Dunners

The Jolly Exec Report

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Nick Jolly

There are many ways to spend $50k. $3 dinners should not be one of them. Unfortunately, our great leader Francisco believes that they should be. Luckily, this mindless spending has been curbed by the restraint of a sensible few. I live in a flat that is close enough to the Clubs and Socs building to Read more...

"Quite steamed" scarfie pays the price for trying to keep warm

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Josie Cochrane

A second-year Otago student has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service following his arrest for endangering public safety on Friday 29 March. The student spoke with Critic directly and has asked to remain anonymous. At about 1am, a “huge fire with about 100 people around it” was Read more...

Critic manufactures story based on ODT's manufactured story

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Sara Lamb-Miller

The ODT’s Sunday article claiming that Dunedin is the true Garden City of New Zealand sinks to a new low, even for them. It seems mean-spirited to take Christchurch’s last claim to fame away while they’re not looking. They even have gardens made out of bits of rubble now, in the empty spots where Read more...

An-Nur Kiwi Academy

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Thomas Raethel

After years of planning, an all-male Islamic boarding school is confirmed to be opening in South Dunedin. Built on the site of a former Catholic primary school, An-Nur Kiwi Academy will be the third Muslim school in New Zealand, and the first outside of Auckland. Formerly owned by the Dunedin Read more...

Driver admits liability in cycle death

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Sarah Bayly

Beverley Peat, who caused the death of Dentistry lecturer Dr. Chris He last November by opening her car door as he was cycling past, has been charged with “causing death by careless operation of a vehicle,” and remanded on bail for sentencing in May. Dr. He, described by a student as a Read more...

Getting Down and Nerdy

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Jamie Breen

In a recent article published in the ODT, University of Otago Physics lecturer Tim Molten pointed out that in New Zealand greater value is placed on sports than on the sciences. Critic is absolutely shocked. “Imagine if you were to become a Physicist and you became a hero and everyone bought Read more...

Councillors counselled

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Jack Montgomerie

Dunedin City Councillors are to be warned against conflicts of interest at every meeting, just weeks after the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) cleared two councillors of voting for funding that would help their businesses. Councillors Kate Wilson and Richard Thomson, both of whom are part Read more...

Victoria Victorious in Research Rankings

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Callum Fredric

In its trademark bureaucratic and inaccessible style, the Tertiary Education Commission has published the results of its 2012 Quality Evaluation. The evaluation, which is the first since 2006, ranked the research performance of over 6,300 tertiary staff across the country. Despite the influx Read more...

Lord Monckton

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Claudia Herron

Controversial climate change skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton will share his views with Dunedin next week as part of a nationwide speaking tour. His Dunedin visit is being organised by the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. Lord Monckton is a British journalist, politician, former Read more...

Smelling Gastly helps Weezing and Koffing

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Bella Macdonald

Professors around the globe have been blown away by a recent Otago Uni study which found that hydrogen sulphide (H2S), the gas that gives farts their characteristic odour, could reduce the symptoms of asthma. The results came from a sample of over 1600 Rotorua residents, a popular tourist Read more...