NZ

Racist Danish Runs Rampant

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

The Maori community has set its harpoons on foreign territory after a Danish MP denounced Maori culture as “uncivilised and grotesque.” An opinion piece published by MP Marie Krarup in the Danish newspaper Berlingske revealed that a powhiri made her feel uncomfortable, especially after being Read more...

Minimum wage plummets!

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Sam McChesney

Student wage slaves are set to be worse off after a raft of changes to the minimum wage, student loans and Kiwisaver came into effect on Monday 1 April. The minimum wage went up to $13.75 per hour, an increase of 25c. However, the minimum student loan repayment rate increased from 10 per cent to 12 Read more...

Standbys stood down

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Sam McChesney

Air New Zealand has decided to scrap its popular standby flights system from 6 May. The system, which was introduced last year, allowed passengers to catch last-minute flights around the country for $69-$89. The move will hit Dunedin flyers particularly hard, with the lack of competition in Read more...

Marmageddon

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Sam McChesney

Shoppers flooded supermarket aisles on Wednesday to restock on their favourite yeasty spread. Sanitarium, which incidentally pays no tax on its profits due to being owned by a religious organisation, called a halt to Marmite production in late 2011 after God destroyed its Christchurch Read more...

Studylink shit

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Bella Macdonald

Students have gone weeks with no income as Studylink has failed to answer applicants’ phone calls. Criticisms have arisen that the service would struggle to organise a bun fight in a bakery. Following an “unusually” high volume of calls regarding student funds, Studylink is yet to process Read more...

Critic runs fluff piece in order to show off pretty infographic

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Sam McChesney

If Facebook likes were votes, the Greens would win the next election by a landslide. The Daily Blog published the results of a hypothetical social media election on Wednesday 13 March, putting the Greens as sole governing party with 63 seats. Ever the politics nerd, Critic re-crunched the Read more...

No Jobs Bro

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Bella Macdonald

Students are struggling to find work, with recent statistics revealing that more students are looking for jobs and fewer gaining employment following the cut to the student allowance for post-graduate students. The number of students seeking part-time work during the summer period was up by Read more...

Psycho Nerd Goes on One-Man Killstreak

Posted 5:18pm Sunday 3rd March 2013 by Claudia Herron

An online gamer has tragically turned his fantasy “Guild Wars” game into a real-life “killed wars” game after losing a fantasy battle and allegedly killing his cyber rival. Police believe the attack was most likely motivated by the game the pair were playing prior to the incident. A dispute is said Read more...

“Your Degree Is Fucking Useless” - NZ Herald

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Zane Pocock

In a prime example of how The New Zealand Herald has gone tabloid, they claimed last week that an international report shows that “New Zealand university degrees are the most worthless in the developed world”. The OECD report showed that the life-long value of a New Zealand man’s tertiary Read more...

Criminals kill each other, crime rate drops

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Bella Macdonald

New Zealand Police are giving themselves a big pat on the back after statistics released show that reported crime in New Zealand has reduced, despite a significant increase in the number of murders. NZ police revealed a 5.2% decrease in national reported crime in their release of the national Read more...