Cozzie Livs on the Brain, Says Exec Poll

Posted 6:17pm Sunday 23rd February 2025

The cost of living crisis is at the forefront of the student brain if the OUSA Exec’s Tent City poll is anything to go by. The informal poll asked students what issues were highest on their priority list, with options including housing, a student bar, fresher life, drinking culture, lecture Read more...

Chlöe Hosts Community-Building Panel to “Save Dunedin”

Posted 6:11pm Sunday 23rd February 2025

Kicking off the year of local body elections, on the evening of Monday 17th the Greens hit the quarter-full St Dave’s lecture theatre with a motivational community-building hammer for their hui to “Save Dunedin”. The event included a panel of four local leaders and emphatic Read more...

Editorial: The City of Spokes

Posted 5:44pm Sunday 23rd February 2025

Welcome back, suckers! Welcome back to a new year of living it large at the cosiest wee campus-based university that Aotearoa has to offer. Now that I once again have you all by the balls of editorial control, here’s my pitch: make North Dunedin a City of Spokes.  In a move almost as Read more...

Editorial: Welcome to Dirty Dunners

Posted 10:28pm Monday 17th February 2025

Well here we go again. To many reading this: welcome back, suckers. To the freshers who’ve dug through your hallpack of noodles, vouchers and condoms to find this glorious sample-sized Critic: kia ora, I’m glad you made it. Here’s an introduction to the gig. For those not in the Read more...

Uni Council To Raise Fees By 6%

Posted 3:37pm Monday 18th November 2024

In a bid to stay financially afloat and prevent further job cuts, the Otago University Council (the bigwigs) have agreed to raise tertiary fees by the maximum amount of 6% for 2025. The motion passed almost unanimously, with one abstention from Madame Prez Keegan Wells, the student rep at the Read more...

Council Proposes Stricter North D Booze Rules

Posted 9:32pm Wednesday 13th November 2024

The rules and regulations of drinking in North Dunedin could be set to change under a Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) mandatory review. Proposed changes to the policy could mean earlier closing times for liquor stores, a freeze on more off-licences in North D, and a “yeah, nah” to the iconic Read more...

Crestani Parents Object to DropKicks

Posted 7:24pm Thursday 12th September 2024

The opening of new venue DropKicks has been a sticky subject after two community groups opposed Loboski Venues Ltd.’s liquor licence application. Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) are one. Critic Te Ārohi can now reveal that the other group are Bede and Elspeth Crestani, the Read more...

Editorial: Pukunui for Bird of the Year

Posted 4:21pm Saturday 7th September 2024

Critic Te Ārohi is officially backing the Pukunui (Southern NZ dotterel) for Bird of the Year, an annual Forest & Bird election that pits 75 birds against each other in a battle for awareness and conservation resources. Before you ask: no, while Salient Mag’s Editor has gotten a Read more...

Bruce Aitken’s Knox Portrait Removed

Posted 3:43pm Saturday 7th September 2024

A decade after quietly stepping down from his role as Knox College Master, former University of Otago Pro-Chancellor Bruce Aitken is facing sexual offence charges.  The Otago Daily Times broke the news on August 29th after Aitken’s name suppression lapsed nine months after first Read more...

Debatable: Battle of the $4 lunch sides: Onion Bhaji vs Samosa

Posted 2:52pm Saturday 7th September 2024

Onion Bhaji: Connor Moffat Though Nina claims to have to bite her lip from moaning over the samosa, when it comes to choosing a hot side piece for your $4 lunch munch, the onion bhaji stands out as the superior choice. If sexual relationships with a samosa are your thing then go for it (take what Read more...