Floods force students to put their holidays on hold

Posted 6:48pm Friday 18th April 2014

Hundreds of Dunedin students have had to remain in the city tonight after flooding forced road closures on State Highway One, blocking the route from Maheno to Oamaru. The road is the main route from Dunedin to Christchurch. 30 kilometre-long traffic jams were reported by students returning Read more...

Students targeted by energetic beverage cult to earn millions

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014

“If you could not fail, how big would you dream?” These are the words presented on Vemma’s website to entice young people to join the Vemma brand and sell Verve energy drink products. Vemma is an “ultra-premium, liquid formula that provides the vitamins, minerals and nutrients for greater health and Read more...

PIMS - Puzzling inaccuracy mystifies students

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014

Students were further frustrated by exam woes after the University withdrew the initial exam timetable released last week. Confusion arose after the initial schedule was released last Monday, retracted on Tuesday, then released again on Thursday. A notice, which was emailed to students and Read more...

OUSA Hyde No More Tickets to Keg Party

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

General admission Hyde Street tickets sold out in record time last week, with the 1118 tickets available gone within two minutes of release. 3500 tickets were available with priority going to Hyde Street residents, their friends and residents on surrounding streets, and the remaining 1118 being sold Read more...

Females Find Faulty Floor, Fittings & Faeces In Filthy Flat

Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014

Another story of appalling flat conditions and an inconsiderate landlord has recently faced the media spotlight, with five Dunedin students presenting the state of their flat on Campbell Live last week. The story has been strongly disputed by the flat’s landlord and ex-tenants, who say the girls’ Read more...

Letting the Monkeys Out

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014

There are at least two sides to every tale … especially one spanning over several years, involving high profile business owners, a secret Facebook page and a potential police cover-up. The ODT have told one side of the story, but after Critic was given access to the private Facebook discussion group Read more...

Go Card Makes Bus Go Far

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014

The recent trial of a 25 per cent discount on Dunedin bus services is “proving pretty successful” says Otago Regional Council (ORC) Chairman, Stephen Woodhead. A noticeable increase in patronage means the discount trial will continue until 30 April 2014, after which the Council will decide whether Read more...

Periodic Relationship Tabled at AUT, Too Much for Otago

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014

Associate Professor Allan Blackman, a lecturer for Otago’s Department of Chemistry since 1991, resigned from the University in December last year to take up a position at Auckland University of Technology’s School of Applied Sciences. Earlier that year, Blackman became engaged to an Otago student Read more...

NCO spells end for party

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014

Over half of the 382 noise complaints made to the Dunedin City Council last month were from Dunedin North, with 94 per cent of the complaints relating to noise from stereos. This is the highest number of complaints in a single month since February 2010 and coincides with the influx of students back Read more...

Ben Sherman pushes Paul Smith to Fringe

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014

The 2014 Dunedin Fringe Festival has arrived, with over 300 guests attending the opening Festival Gala and the Polsen Higgs Comedy Club. The Dunedin Fringe Festival, funded by the Dunedin City Council, Otago Community Trust and Creative NZ, is “an awesomely creative grassroots event that wouldn’t be Read more...

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