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Posted 11:32am Sunday 23rd August 2026

I have spent five years ruminating on the idea of home. On where it is, what it is, and what it means to me, and to those around me. I was lucky. I grew up in a happy family who lived in the same house from when I was six months old until I left for uni, so I had never really needed to question Read more...

Opinion: If You Want Young People To Vote, Then You Should Probably Talk To Them

Posted 10:22am Sunday 16th August 2026

It has been a big year for tertiary education in politics. Fees-free was cut, student support has been chipped away at, and somehow we are still expected to believe that young people feel politically represented. That’s why it’s a little rich when students actually ask our political Read more...

40 Ways to Start a Conversation

Posted 11:27am Sunday 2nd August 2026

As many of you will have experienced recently, tutorials have just started back up. And with the return of tuts comes one of university’s most painful traditions: the dreaded ice breaker. It always starts the same way. “Tell us your name, where you’re from, and what you did over Read more...

Bars With Activities

Posted 11:25am Sunday 2nd August 2026

Let's be honest: nights out at the pub have gotten a little stale. After a few rounds of beating the same dead horse, someone inevitably ends up scrolling Instagram reels and suddenly the night feels less like a fun social outing and more like an obligation to live the “Scarfie Read more...

Dunedin Thunder Women’s Hockey Team Takes On Auckland Steel

Posted 9:37am Saturday 18th July 2026

This weekend, the Dunedin Women’s Thunder take on league leaders Auckland Steel in the semi-finals of the New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League (NZWIHL) season. This will be the last chance for Dunedinites to catch the team at home this year, and if Thunder players Caitlin and Manuella are Read more...

The Many Flatting Zones

Posted 3:22pm Saturday 11th July 2026

As winter settles over North Dunedin and the sun starts setting before dinner, a familiar anxiety begins spreading through the student population – especially in halls. It starts with an overheard conversation. A rumour that some groups have already signed their flats. A friend mentioning a Read more...

Editorial: DRAMA ALERT: Tabloid is back, baby!

Posted 12:00pm Saturday 23rd May 2026

Welcome to the Tabloid Issue! This one is always the best. Tabloid lets us be silly, dramatic, nosy, and unserious in the way that student journalism is made for. My first exposure to the wonderful world of print magazines was through my Nana’s Women’s Weekly, Women's Day, and Read more...

Hot or Not: Trends of Otagooooooo

Posted 11:58am Saturday 23rd May 2026

Student culture changes fast. One week, everyone’s in jorts and shotgunning Cody’s in their mates flat. Next, they’re wearing quarter zips, training for a half marathon, and spending $14 on a strawberry matcha because it's “better for cortisol.” Somewhere between Read more...

TRIPLE TROUBLE: Student presidents CAUGHT living DOUBLE LIVES in BOMBSHELL INVESTIGATION

Posted 11:56am Saturday 23rd May 2026

In a shocking display of coordinated corruption, OUSA President Daniel Leamy and Te Rōpū Māori Tumuaki Takirua Jarna Flintoff and Sami Harrison Dunn have allegedly fooled and deceived the hard-working student body. Critic Te Ārohi would say this is the biggest scandal to hit Read more...

Can You Resist A Scandalous Rumour?

Posted 11:46am Saturday 23rd May 2026

1. You come back to your flat after locking in at Central for most of the day. Your favourite flatmate is cooking dinner, so you decide to hang out for a while. What is your chosen topic of conversation? A: You give them a run through of your day, no matter how boring and uneventful it was. B: Read more...