Editorial | Issue 9

Posted 10:21am Sunday 1st May 2016

I'd just like to say straight off the bat that Campus Watch are the ducks nuts. For the most part they do an outstanding job and are easy to get on with, usually making for some good light-hearted entertainment.  However this week we had a particular individual walk into the office and Read more...

Things not looking so peachy for Rouseff

Posted 10:46am Sunday 24th April 2016

Brazil's President Dilma Rouseff faces impeachment following claims that she tampered with state funds to hide budget gaps ahead of her 2014 re-election.  Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted last Sunday to authorize the senate to open an impeachment trial against Rouseff. Read more...

200 dead and 100 abducted in Ethiopian Raids

Posted 10:42am Sunday 24th April 2016

Over 200 hundred have been killed and over 100 children kidnapped by armed militants from South-Sudan in a cross border raid into Ethiopia.  Officials from Ethiopia have blamed the South Sudanese Murle tribesman for the deadly attacks which took place within some districts in the Gambela Read more...

Council Votes Against Making Homeless More Homeless

Posted 10:26am Sunday 17th April 2016

Wellington councillors have voted against introducing bylaws that would put a ban on begging in the city.  The vote came after a report was released stating that begging in the nation’s capital was on the rise after many homeless had drifted from both Auckland and Read more...

Conversational Intercourse With Intellectuals | Issue 6

Posted 11:35am Sunday 10th April 2016

For a while now we’ve been taking requests on which lecturers students wanted to read about. Without fail a large majority of those I talked to unanimously agreed that the Dean of Law, Professor Mark Henaghan was top of the list.  A proud Timaru man, Professor Mark Henaghan cut his Read more...

Editorial | Issue 6

Posted 10:11am Sunday 10th April 2016

Here in New Zealand, our younger generations are privileged beyond belief. We’ve never had to experience any wars or terror, found ourselves without a home or lived under any tyrannical rulers. Thankfully we live in a free and democratic nation. In just under a couple of weeks Dunedin will Read more...

Syrian Forces Capture Vital ISIS Stronghold

Posted 10:48am Sunday 3rd April 2016

After days of fighting, Syrian Government forces backed by Russian airstrikes, have re-taken the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director, Rami Abdulrahman confirmed that over 400 Islamic State militants where killed, with around 180 Read more...

Editorial | Issue 5

Posted 10:12am Sunday 3rd April 2016

Lately, there has been a lot of chat about pay inequality when it comes to gender in sports.  The discussion kicked off when reports surfaced that the New Zealand men’s cricket team had flown business class to the T20 World Cup, while their female counterparts where situated back in Read more...

Bomb Blast Kills 37 In Turkish Capital

Posted 11:12am Sunday 20th March 2016

Turkish warplanes have struck Kurdish militant camps in Northern Iraq a day after a car bomb exploded in Ankara, an attack in which officials believe two fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are responsible. The bomb blasts, which killed 37 and injured a further 135 when it exploded in Read more...

Thank Fuck The Flag Debate Is Coming To An End

Posted 11:05am Sunday 20th March 2016

This Thursday will see voting in the second flag referendum come to a close, with results to be revealed on March 30.  So far in the second referendum over 1.2 million votes have been returned, a substantially larger number in comparison to the first referendum when at the same stage only Read more...