Critic Recipes For Bored Fuckers

Posted 5:53pm Thursday 24th September 2026

They said independence and flatting would be fun. What a load of hogwash. Before long, you've mastered the art of quick gruel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Your parents are concerned: “you only eat what?” You explain that sometimes you simply need to shove something in your gob Read more...

Pharm Revue Is Back, Baby!

Posted 7:49pm Sunday 20th September 2026

Ladies and gentlemen, bogans and breathas – Pharm Revue is back! Pharmacy Revue had been dead to the world since 2018, and attempts to revive it were thrown off by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. But last year, the Pharma Mia! script was dusted off, updated, and put on for a super stoked Read more...

Mananui Ramsden Talks Māori Issues

Posted 6:46pm Sunday 20th September 2026

Come November 7th, South Island voters on the Māori roll (and Wellington) will vote for their MP to represent Te Tai Tonga, Aotearoa’s largest electorate. Critic Te Ārohi sat down with Mananui Ramsden, the labour candidate eyeing up the seat this election cycle.    In Read more...

The Green Party's Pitch to Māori Students

Posted 6:44am Monday 14th September 2026

Otago students registered on the Māori roll will elect the MP for Te Tai Tonga at the November 7th election. This MP will represent the whole South Island, plus the city of Wellington, in Parliament. After a six-year hiatus, the Green Party is back in the rohe, and are running a candidate in Te Read more...

Couldn’t Get It Up: SGM For Changes to Exec Roles Fails To Meet Quorum

Posted 12:36pm Sunday 13th September 2026

Last Wednesday at 12pm, a Student General Meeting was held to consider a new roster of OUSA Executive roles. Except it technically wasn't held. To change the constitution, the meeting needed 112 (around 0.5% of the student body) to show up. A solid 80 did. Imagine having to watch your friend Read more...

Investigation: What Was That Nursing UoO Confession Post About?

Posted 11:54am Sunday 6th September 2026

An anonymous post, titled "Dear Otago Poly Nursing… are we okay?" appeared on the University of Otago (UoO) Meaningful Confessions page on the 22nd of July. The post complained that nursing students were being "emotionally humbled" by marking, bad lecturers and Read more...

Law Revue Pisses in Rowling's Goblet of Fire

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 23rd August 2026

Law Revue shat satire all over J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire and called it art. It was.  Law Revue 2026 follows Harry Notter, a wimpish boy forced to do chores by his evil flatmates, who receives a letter one fateful day from Albus Dumbledean. Huzzah! He has been Read more...

Orange Sky Ōtepoti: A Place Of Smiles, Clean Clothes and Kōrero

Posted 4:09pm Saturday 8th August 2026

Orange Sky, a charity that provides free laundry services to alleviate homelessness and hardship, opened its first location south of Ōtautahi this year — right here, in Ōtepoti. We at Critic Te Ārohi were tumbling over ourselves to see how it's been getting along since it Read more...

Med Revue turns 50 in "Wounderland"

Posted 8:14pm Sunday 2nd August 2026

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Med Revue had audiences tumbling down the rabbit hole to see its latest production, Alice in Wounderland. Critic Te Ārohi dived in too, braving the risk of getting lost in a warren of medical jokes that fly over our heads. Spoilers: only 4. Someone had to Read more...

Local Produce: Sewlutions Studio by Sanda

Posted 9:35am Saturday 18th July 2026

Startup Dunedin runs a yearly Student Pitch Competition, where students with a growing start-up or side hustle can win up to $5000 for their mahi. As we look forward to this year's Student Pitch Competition, Critic Te Ārohi decided to check in on the progress of last year's co-champion, Read more...