Letter from KnowYourStuffNZ: What is Harm Reduction?
Posted 2:20pm Sunday 14th April 2024
My name is Max Phillips, and I am a drug user. “User” is a bit of a loaded word, but it shouldn’t be, since everyone reading this is also a drug user. Over 80% of New Zealanders drink alcohol (one of the most harmful drugs), and we can tend to forget that things like panadol are Read more...
Unicol Fresher Wins Big from Online Gambling (Twice)
Posted 2:17pm Sunday 14th April 2024
A Unicol fresher has won big money from online gambling. Known around campus as Elvis*, he won $27k in total; taking his gambling virginity in a weekend that can only be described as one for the books. Elvis tells Critic that it all began the summer before Uni, when he was drinking with some Read more...
South D Warehouse Starts to Sell Frozen Meals
Posted 2:15pm Sunday 14th April 2024
There’s a new player in the budget culinary scene in Dunedin: South D Warehouse. The store is the second Warehouse location in Aotearoa to start selling frozen meals after they successfully popped off in Manukau. The meals are “family-sized” (or a single serve for a drunk Read more...
Te Rōpū Māori Names Te Kaihāpai and Tumuaki Takirua at Bi-Election
Posted 2:12pm Sunday 14th April 2024
Te Rōpū Māori held their SGM/bi-election last Wednesday, April 10 – the third and final time you’ll be seeing that date in the news section this week, promise. The election was called to fill the positions of Tumuaki Takirua (Co-President) and Te Kaihāpai Read more...
Local Produce: HŌHĀ
Posted 2:09pm Sunday 14th April 2024
HŌHĀ is an Ōtepoti noise duo composed of drummer Madison Kelly (they/them) and guitarist Liam Clune (he/him). The band formed in early 2021, with the two friends coming together for jam sessions before eventually becoming a band playing gigs, most recently at Camp A Low Read more...
The Great Critic Drug Review
Posted 2:08pm Sunday 14th April 2024
Disclaimer: The content provided in this article is not intended to encourage the use of illegal drugs or substance abuse. The information is based on personal experiences and subjective observations that are not applicable to everyone, and should not be used as a substitute for professional Read more...
Booze Reviews: Long White Hazy Lemonade
Posted 1:49pm Sunday 14th April 2024
RTD’s have now fallen victim to the shameless marketing trend that’s conned every corduroy-wearing millennial in Wellington into drinking the most experimental hazy IPA. Trying to prove your superiority of taste and class doesn’t cover up the fact you get shamelessly pissed every Read more...
White Claw’s Coming to Town
Posted 1:46pm Sunday 14th April 2024
Don your frat boy caps, White Claw is coming to Aotearoa. In a statement to Newshub, DB Breweries, official partner of the American RTD, confirmed that “the rumours are true” – they’ll be hitting shelves nationwide from April 19. For those not in the know, White Claw is Read more...
TiB Seeks Feedback on Uni Sexual Misconduct Policy
Posted 1:44pm Sunday 14th April 2024
TW: Mention of sexual harm. Thursdays in Black kicked off their year with a sexual harm prevention hui last Wednesday in the Union common room. The hui was organised in collaboration with OUSA Student Support, Te Whare Tāwharau, and the Uni’s Sexual Misconduct Action Response Team Read more...
Landlord Leases Queen St Parking for $35 a Week
Posted 1:41pm Sunday 14th April 2024
A landlord has been leasing out car parks to a Queen St population battling to find a park. Eight to ten car parks have been made available for lease by the landlord after he realised his tenants only “had about three cars.” What’s shocked students is the price, with one student, Read more...