The Chosen One: James Heath Takes OUSA Throne

Posted 12:09am Friday 21st September 2018

James Heath won a close but decisive victory in the race for 2019 OUSA President over friend and rival Laura Cairns, picking up 59% of the votes cast.  It’s the next step for an extremely experienced candidate, who has already put in two years on the exec as Education Officer and Read more...

Love is Blind | Campus and Watch

Posted 6:38pm Thursday 20th September 2018

The hopeful lovers on the Critic Blind Date are provided with a meal and a bar tab, thanks to Ombrellos and Cello. If you’re looking for love and want to give the Blind Date a go, email critic@critic.co.nz     Campus The bartender told me that if I fucked this up he Read more...

The Great New Zealand Drug Review

Posted 8:22am Tuesday 18th September 2018

Experimenting with altered states of consciousness is part of the human condition. Even in prehistoric times, scientists believe humans took ancient drugs to get high.  With this in mind, Critic decided to conduct a highly scientific review of some drugs, for your enjoyment (but Read more...

Critic Decides The Worst Campaign Posters

Posted 3:17pm Friday 14th September 2018

Findlay OK dude, we know you’re rocking the pedo ‘stache for some inexplicable reason. It’s already not a great look considering you’re going for Colleges Officer where you have to hang out with a bunch of young, supple freshers.  But why on God’s green Read more...

Love is Blind | Kylie and Kyle

Posted 4:02pm Thursday 13th September 2018

The hopeful lovers on the Critic Blind Date are provided with a meal and a bar tab, thanks to Ombrellos and Cello. If you’re looking for love and want to give the Blind Date a go, email critic@critic.co.nz     Kylie As the designated third wheel for my sister and her Read more...

Love is Blind | Laura and James

Posted 9:45pm Thursday 6th September 2018

The hopeful lovers on the Critic Blind Date are provided with a meal and a bar tab, thanks to Ombrellos and Cello. If you’re looking for love and want to give the Blind Date a go, email critic@critic.co.nz     Laura:  I was three Smirnoffs down by the time I Read more...

Critic Blind Date | Princess and Daddy

Posted 7:33pm Thursday 30th August 2018

The hopeful lovers on the Critic Blind Date are provided with a meal and a bar tab, thanks to Ombrellos and Cello. If you’re looking for love and want to give the Blind Date a go, email critic@critic.co.nz     Princess I’m not going to bother talking about Read more...

OUSA Art Week Student Exhibition Winners

Posted 10:39pm Sunday 19th August 2018

Art Zone Painting Winner: Kowhai/Yellow by Tom Normeier         This particular painting has thoughtful use of colour and extreme detail, from the soft focus in the background to the pollen on the bird’s beak. The eye of the bird draws the viewer in and Read more...

Love is Blind | Miri and Zach

Posted 4:42pm Thursday 16th August 2018

The hopeful lovers on the Critic Blind Date are provided with a meal and a bar tab, thanks to Ombrellos and Cello. If you’re looking for love and want to give the Blind Date a go, email critic@critic.co.nz     Miri After spending the afternoon scrolling through Read more...

The People Behind Otago’s Favourite Facebook Pages

Posted 11:30pm Thursday 9th August 2018

In the glory days of the early 2000s, Facebook pages earned your likes by having hilarious names such as “I could tell you, but I’d rather show you through INTERPRETATIVE DANCE” and other such bizarro crap set loose upon the random XD quirky youths of the decade. Nowadays, no Read more...