Gravy Train Derails in NZ

Posted 2:03pm Sunday 5th March 2023

Students from Otago and Victoria Universities had a bone to pick with Yung Gravy’s Ori performances. While the Otago attendees' main complaint was about the American rapper’s stage presence, who “appeared to be fucked out of his mind”, Wellington gig-goers were Read more...

In the Eye of the Beholders Dunedin Art Reviews

Posted 1:16pm Sunday 5th March 2023

This column is supported by DPAG, but they have no influence on the reviews   Every week, we send two writers to an art exhibit in Ōtepoti Dunedin. One of them will choose a specific piece, and describe it to the other without them looking. They’ll try to figure out what the Read more...

Editorial: I am once again asking for a student bar

Posted 6:53pm Sunday 26th February 2023

This debate has been raging for a while, but let me get you up to speed. Dunedin lost its last student bar two years ago (RIP Starters). Previous bars had closed because they weren’t profitable or because they were bought out - sometimes by the Uni, sometimes not. Split hairs over that all you Read more...

Arise Church Asked to Leave Tent City

Posted 5:47pm Sunday 26th February 2023

Arise Church has been asked to leave Tent City. As far as we can tell, they’re gone.   Tent City is run by OUSA, and stalls are given contracts to be there. Critic Te Ārohi, also a part of OUSA, has reported extensively on Arise’s allegations of intern abuse and their Read more...

Arise Church Asked to Leave Tent City

Posted 1:53pm Tuesday 21st February 2023

Arise Church has been asked to leave Tent City. As far as we can tell, they’re gone.   Tent City is run by OUSA, and stalls are given contracts to be there. Critic Te Ārohi, also a part of OUSA, has reported extensively on Arise’s allegations of intern abuse and their Read more...

Global Ice Skating Celebration Starts in Dunedin

Posted 3:19pm Saturday 3rd December 2022

The Dunedin Ice Stadium is about to make history. On December 4, it will become the first ice rink to see the sun on the first-ever World Ice Skating Day. This is ironic for several reasons. The most glaring bit of irony is that it’s the middle of summer. World Ice Skating Day (WISD) was Read more...

New Details on Uni Security Lapse

Posted 5:00pm Wednesday 12th October 2022

Last Wednesday, a student tipped us off to the fact that a trove of private University files were accessible online because a security “door” had been left open. This door has since been closed, and we can share more details about exactly what went down.   In June, the Read more...

Editorial: It’s initiation season

Posted 6:21pm Sunday 9th October 2022

I’ve been to two universities in the States, both of them had Greek life. Neither was as problematic as Dunedin’s initiation scene. Stop celebrating, that’s not a good thing.  One thing that you can celebrate (I guess) is that Kiwis would absolutely destroy American frat Read more...

“Big Yikes”: Heaps of Uni Data Unprotected

Posted 5:03pm Thursday 6th October 2022

Using an alarmingly simple exploit, pretty much anyone with an Otago email could access a trove of official University data until late on Wednesday night, October 5th. This included personal contact information, transcripts, academic misconduct warnings and even Otago Uni invoices - but it Read more...

How American Gun Culture Suppressed the Greatest Rock Anthem of our Lifetimes

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 2nd October 2022

But it wasn’t well received in the States. Lots of radio stations refused to play it, because there’s a line that says “her boyfriend’s a dick, he brings a gun to school”. It was released on the one year anniversary of the Columbine massacre, and people did not want to Read more...