Escalating taxi rank violence causes DCC to get involved

Posted 10:37am Sunday 29th May 2016

Recent violence at Dunedin’s Octagon taxi rank has prompted the DCC to get involved in order to find a solution to the issue.  The taxi rank, which is located outside ‘10 Bar’, regularly has long lines until the early hours of the morning and runs parallel to the Read more...

Students vent anger at disruption caused by Dental School demolition

Posted 10:32am Sunday 29th May 2016

Otago University dental students voiced their outrage during a meeting last week after they were told they would have fewer clinics as a result of the ongoing planned demolition taking place within parts of the dental school.  One dental student attributed the cause of the inconvenience to Read more...

Shout It From the Rooftops: I Am A Vegan

Posted 11:12am Sunday 22nd May 2016

In February this year, I was sat at a restaurant on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, which winds itself through the sprawling metropolis of Bangkok. It was a typically hot and humid day, and the sun was just setting behind and between the concrete skyline. The menu before me was filled with Read more...

Industry competition and journalism at stake in proposed giant media merger

Posted 10:40am Sunday 22nd May 2016

Recently it has been confirmed that Australian and New Zealand media giants APN and Fairfax Media are in talks to merge, in a move that is subject to Commerce Commission approval. The two media outlets produce many newspapers, magazines and radio stations throughout both countries, including Read more...

NZ fisheries have caught 24.1 million more fish than they reported

Posted 10:36am Sunday 22nd May 2016

A collaborative study has discovered that New Zealand fishery catches are 2.7 times more than previously reported. The study was conducted by Glenn Simmons from Auckland University, alongside various researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of British Columbia as well as Read more...

Police discover woman falsified abduction

Posted 10:30am Sunday 22nd May 2016

A teenager who made an allegation to police claiming that two men in a parked vehicle attempted to abduct her has now been ousted as a liar following a thorough investigation into the claim. The 18 year old told police she was the victim of an abduction attempt at around 4.25pm on May 7 while she Read more...

130 Dunedin activists protest ANZ’s $13.5 billion investments in fossil fuel

Posted 10:54am Sunday 15th May 2016

Approximately 130 people took part in a peaceful protest on Thursday May 12 against Australasian banking giant ANZ’s investments in the fossil fuel industry.  The protesters peacefully blockaded the entrances to the two ANZ banks on the corner of Hanover Street and George Street and Read more...

Young woman narrowly escapes abduction attempt

Posted 10:51am Sunday 15th May 2016

An 18 year old female, walking on Forth Street in North Dunedin at 4.25pm on 7th May was reportedly grabbed by a passenger in the back seat of a parked vehicle, in an attempt to abduct the young woman.  Despite the driver aiding the passenger in pulling her into the vehicle and also Read more...

OUSA Execrable | Issue 11

Posted 10:36am Sunday 15th May 2016

Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA) has given a notice of withdrawal to the New Zealand Union of Students’ Association (NZUSA).  The decision to give notice to withdraw from the organisation comes as a result of an AUSA review of NZUSA, which the AUSA Executive began Read more...

Offender still at large after unprovoked Octagon stabbing

Posted 10:48am Sunday 8th May 2016

A twenty-one year old male was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday morning near Dunedin’s Octagon, in an attack that has provoked on-going shock and worry among the local community.  The victim had received multiple stab wounds to his neck and back in a seemingly unprovoked attack, Read more...