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Plot to Overthrow Auckland Student Magazine Editor

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Staff Reporter

Craccum Editor Thomas Dykes may lose his position next week following a petition from 20 members of the Auckland University Student Association (AUSA) which calls for a motion of no confidence against him. The petition claims that Craccum (Auckland University’s student magazine) has been Read more...

Studyspace.co.nz Profits Reach Single-Figures

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Callum Fredric

A new website has taken the student mantra “USBs get degrees” to a new level, with students now able to buy and sell notes for their courses online. University of Otago students Hayden Kerrisk (CEO), Mike Arthur (Programmer), and Paul Kibblewhite (Stylist) have created Studyspace, which is basically Read more...

Castaway’s ‘Wilson’ makes tragic real life appearance in Southland

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012 by Sasha Borissenko

Invercargill locals are in shock over what has been described as New Zealand’s worst maritime disaster since the Wahine in 1968. An 11-metre fishing boat, the Easy Rider, capsized in Foveaux Strait on Wednesday March 14 with nine people on board. Only one person is thought to have survived, with Read more...

Air NZ’s Cockpit Cock-Up

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012 by Bella Macdonald

Air New Zealand has discovered cracks near its planes’ cockpit windows, grounding 11 aircrafts and causing delays to flights in and out of Dunedin. After hairline cracks were found in one aircraft during a routine inspection, all 11 planes in the 11-year-old ATR fleet were grounded until Read more...

Victoria IS the bomb

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012 by Gus Gawn

Victoria University in Wellington plunged into chaos on Monday morning when an anonymous email sent to the University outlined a bomb threat against the Easterfield building at the Uni’s Kelburn campus. The building was evacuated and cordoned off for several hours while police used a bomb dog to Read more...

Tame Iti Hangs Jury

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012 by Claudia Herron

Questions have arisen over the fate of the “Urewera Four” after a jury was unable to reach a verdict on the most serious charge against them. On March 20 Tame Iti, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, Emily Bailey and Urs Signer were found guilty by a jury on a number of firearms charges. The offences Read more...

Lamington Attacks Spark Dangerous New Trend

Posted 4:27pm Sunday 18th March 2012 by Bella Macdonald

Auckland Mayor Len Brown was attacked on March 9 by a sponge-smearing protester after a session with Auckland University students. Mr. Brown was on campus discussing the dispute between Maritime New Zealand and the Ports of Auckland Union. At the conclusion of his speech, a protester Read more...

NZUSA loves flogging dead horses

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Bella Macdonald

The New Zealand Union of Students Associations (NZUSA) has realised students are incurring debt in order to study, and have issued a press release to warn everyone about the situation, a mere 20 years after the student loan scheme was launched. In a press release dated March 6 2012, NZUSA Read more...

University grads flee country to find jobs, avoid crossbow violence

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Gregor Whyte

University students have identified not finding a job after graduation as one of their greatest fears, and as one of the most stressful factors affecting them during their studies. A Colmar Brunton poll reported in the New Zealand Herald found that 21% of students identified being unable to Read more...

Dunedin Remembers Christchurch Quake

Posted 2:18pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Claudia Herron

A contingent of 400 Otago students and Dunedin residents gathered on the Museum Reserve, united as one in red and black, to commemorate the first anniversary of the February 22nd Christchurch Earthquake. The memorial service was organized by OUSA, which had also initiated a similar service last Read more...