Ethel & Hyde

Posted 2:14pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Student Support

Dear Ethel/Hyde, I signed a lease about a week ago for a flat on Leith St with a bunch of mates and now we have received an invitation to an initiation, because it turns out one of our friends knows someone living there this year and gave them our names. I am very nervous about what we might have Read more...

Editorial | Inspirational travel quotes

Posted 10:28am Sunday 30th July 2017 by Lucy Hunter

“Travel while you’re young and able. Don’t worry about the money, just make it work. Experience is far more valuable than money will ever be.” An awful quote, a false attribution, a terrible font, set on a background of some cliff-face you are supposed to want to climb. To Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 17

Posted 11:12am Sunday 30th July 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

To start this week, the ODT has some good old fist shaking to do. Damn those youths, with their internet and their riots and their non-arthritic hips.   Then, a very serious story that is also inextricably funny. I think it’s because I imagine mushrooms the exact size Read more...

Mystery Object Hunt (July 31-August 6)

Posted 12:32pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Critic

Only four weeks left until the mid-semester break! But remember not to wish your lives away; each day counts and is worth celebrating.   Monday 31 July – Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day Close your eyes and imagine being a euphonium in this world of pianos and guitars. Can Read more...

Sage Advice | The Gymnasium

Posted 1:26pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Mat Clarkson

“It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of citizen you may become by developing your strength and beauty to their highest limit.” - Socrates   This question comes from a loyal reader: “Dear Sage Advice, gyms in Dunedin... Read more...

Inventions Out of Time | Alchemy

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

4.5/5 Alchemy is the perfect way to while away those rainy afternoons. Fun for the whole family, alchemy is engaging and easily accessible for all ages. The only problem is that it is perhaps too easy. Turning base metals into gold is a great way to entertain the kids, but it doesn’t hold Read more...

Purple Goanna Is Genuine Poison

Posted 2:10pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Swilliam Shakesbeer

Purple Goanna spits in the face of all that is holy. An artificial potion of methylated spirits and dirty chemicals, this RTD has inflicted a pain on the youth of New Zealand that even Suzie Cato could not fix. The flavours are indecipherable. With the deep purple hue of the liquid, one would Read more...

Poetry Corner | The Redundant Executive Senior Lecturer (A 7 year university grant)

Posted 2:28pm Sunday 23rd July 2017 by Leah Macpherson

Practised fingers pluck each chord, the melody a fresh wave splattering sea water on the assembly of the elements Quick movements on multiple strings conjure the wind, a deep rumble, gusting southerly heart break Head tilts into the eye of the storm, eyes closed, mouth Read more...

Sage Advice | Music

Posted 1:43pm Sunday 23rd July 2017 by Mat Clarkson

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” - Ludwig van Beethoven   Music is one of the many languages of the human soul, but, as Herr Beethoven points out, its profundity is surely of the highest order. This week I have been in contact with a local Read more...

Lucky in Love | Pac Man & Ghost

Posted 2:03pm Sunday 23rd July 2017 by Lovebirds

Each week, we lure two singletons to The Bog Irish Bar, give them food and drink, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, email: critic@critic.co.nz   Pac Man I arrived at the Bog (such a masculine bar for two gay guys to meet!) respectfully Read more...