Online Gambling Platform Illegally Promotes Through Students

Posted 5:54pm Sunday 25th May 2025

Online gambling monolith, Rainbet, has come into the spotlight for their advertising strategy in New Zealand, dishing out the cash for Gen Z influencers to promote gambling to their peers – some right here in Dunedin. The catch: it’s not exactly legal. Rainbet has been using student Read more...

Debatable: Is the gaydar real?

Posted 5:45pm Sunday 25th May 2025

For:  We naturally put other people in boxes immediately upon meeting them based on preconceptions and perceived signals, real or imagined. We are brought up to understand that subtle indicators are reflective of deeper identities. The subliminal messages that we send with our choices in Read more...

Do It Your Fucking Self: Electricity 101

Posted 5:31pm Saturday 17th August 2024

Electricity is cool as fuck. But alongside all the awesome shit it does, it can also act as a source of a whole lotta hurt – be it your hairdryer shocking you in the bathroom, your whole flat going up in flames (there’s a reason they check that shit is up to par in first-year halls), or Read more...

‘Flipper Fest’ For Feathered Friends

Posted 7:42pm Sunday 28th July 2024

A genre-diverse festival called Flipper Fest has been scheduled for August 9-10th, all in the name of the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust. Platforming local musos of the current Dunedin Sound, the festival promises to merge surf rock with punk and indie-adjacent sounds to make for a rip-roaring Read more...

10 Ways to Keep Warm this Winter

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 20th July 2024

The Winter Breatha’s version of a dick-measuring contest is trading war stories of how much the cold weather has fucked us over. But like your dad likes to remind you when showing any discomfort (AKA sign of weakness), “Don’t give me problems, give me answers.” Your mates are Read more...

Do It Your Fucking Self: Defrost Your Windscreen

Posted 2:54pm Saturday 20th July 2024

These days, it's far too cold to walk to campus from Harbour Terrace. You don’t want to take the bus (because that involves waiting) so you decide to take your car which, let's be real, has no WOF and is probably due for a service – but that's a problem for Future You! Given Read more...

Rip Scares Prompt Water Safety Advice

Posted 10:06pm Sunday 19th May 2024

Dunedin is host to a swathe of beautiful swimming and surfing beaches. However, two recent stories of beach-going students’ near misses with rips have prompted local surf clubs to warn students to stay safe when swimming in the ocean.  Cam, a second-year Physio student, told Critic of Read more...

Locals HQ Encourages Second-Years to Leave the Nest

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 5th May 2024

Locals, the hall for the hall-less, has issued a notice stating that “HQ is open to first-years only” after being inundated by a swathe of older students in recent years.  For those who don’t know, Locals is a collegiate community at Otago Uni for first-year students who Read more...

Aquinas Room Security Still An Issue

Posted 1:28pm Sunday 14th April 2024

Allegations of break-ins at Aquinas have proven to be true, despite the college stating that “locks are up to date.” Critic Te Ārohi has received evidence of residents accessing specific locked rooms with the use of only a student ID. A series of differing lock mechanisms has meant Read more...

Hide Ya Bong: 10 Ways to Conceal a Bong in Plain Sight

Posted 1:16pm Sunday 14th April 2024

Imagine this: halfway through punching a cone after an incredibly difficult week of BCom-broing and midweek pissups, you hear the front door creak. All your flatmates are home, and no one just fucking drops in. Like a deer in Bic-light, you scramble in fear to find a hiding spot for your still-warm Read more...