Arrest Causes Surge In Student Loan Repayments

Posted 10:32am Sunday 10th April 2016

The arrest of Ngatokotoru Puna, an overseas-based borrower who defaulted on his loans, at Auckland Airport in January has caused overseas borrowers to begin making repayments on their student loans, the Government says.  According to a Government press release, overseas borrowers repaid Read more...

Otago University Faces On-going Issue Of Declining Enrollment

Posted 10:14am Sunday 10th April 2016

Otago University saw a 2.2 percent decline in overall student enrollments in 2015, with 2016’s enrollment numbers set to be announced at a University Council Meeting on Tuesday afternoon.  With humanities and commerce departments feeling the brunt of the declining numbers over the Read more...

Stop Killing People You Fucking Twats

Posted 10:45am Sunday 3rd April 2016

A Taliban splinter group, named Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday terrorist attack in Lahore, Pakistan’s second most populous city, which took the lives of at least 72 people, many of whom were children.  Along with the dead, approximately 300 people were Read more...

Bunnings Warehouse U-Turns On Defibrillators

Posted 10:43am Sunday 3rd April 2016

Dunedin's branch of Bunnings Warehouse has backed down on plans to remove a potentially life-saving defibrillator, despite one of the staff members having died of a heart condition, the ODT reported.  Bunnings New Zealand manager Jacqui Coombes had been quoted by the ODT as saying that Read more...

“Increased Vigilance” Sees Student Offences Up 20 Percent In 2015

Posted 10:24am Sunday 3rd April 2016

Although 2014 witnessed a nine percent drop in overall offending in comparison to 2013, that figure did increase by almost 20 percent during 2015 when compared to 2014, with 576 separate incidents occurring. The large majority of those were simply disorderly behaviour, which totaled 174, while other Read more...

The Roof Collapse That Changed Hyde’s History

Posted 10:56am Sunday 20th March 2016

The annual Hyde Street Keg Party has become infamous, not just in Dunedin, but much, much further afield as well. The demand for tickets this year has been unprecedented. After the servers crashed, the first batch of 1,000 tickets were sold out in 45 seconds, and OUSA were experiencing over 11,000 Read more...

New Zealand’s Contribution To Refugee Crisis Pathetic

Posted 10:46am Sunday 20th March 2016

Tuesday last week marked the fifth anniversary of the on going Syrian Civil War that has seen approximately seven million civilians displaced within Syria, just over four million emigrate from their homeland in search of relative safety abroad, involvement of the U.S.A, Britain, and Russia to Read more...

To Brexit Or Not To Brexit…

Posted 11:50am Sunday 13th March 2016

Britain's in-out EU referendum has been set for June 23. Being Europe’s second largest economy by nominal gdp, a British vote to leave the eu could be catastrophic for the union’s integrity, and could spell the collapse of the union itself.  The reason for the referendum is Read more...

North Korean Nuclear Threats Worry International Community

Posted 11:42am Sunday 13th March 2016

North Korean supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has said his country should be ready to use nuclear weaponry at any time and has threatened to turn Washington D.C. into a sea of fire, a comment that is certainly not infrequent but remains worrying for traditional enemies South Korea and the United States Read more...

Iran Elects Reformist Majority

Posted 11:36am Sunday 13th March 2016

Iranian reformists are celebrating an unprecedented victory in last week’s election, earning 83 of the 280 Parliamentary seats as well as making significant gains in the country’s clerical body; the Assembly of Experts. The principle reformist party, the Persuasive Coalition of Read more...