Sweeping Aside the Opposition

Posted 11:31am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Charlie Hantler

On the back of a strong domestic season with both Otago and Derbyshire on the English County circuit, one of our favourites Neil Broom earned a recall to the Black Caps. He came out firing, with scores of 22, 109*, and 97 in the three ODIs against Bangladesh, to average 114 for the series, before Read more...

Outpost of Empire: The Far Right in New Zealand Up to the 1920s

Posted 11:40am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Tyler West

For the most part, New Zealand has missed the kinds of ultra-reactionary mass movements that typified fascist, and otherwise hardline nationalist, politics during periods of crisis in other countries. Classical fascist movements, or contemporary populist chauvinism (such as, say, Read more...

Behind the Scenes at Hyde Street

Posted 10:47am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Joe Higham

If you want the raw statistics from Hyde Street, you’ll find them in this article, but you’ll also find much more about what preparations are put in place, and by whom, to make the day tick smoothly and to mitigate the disasters that have occurred in the past. The average attendee was a Read more...

Totally Execrable

Posted 11:11am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Joe Higham

This week there were discussions about grants policy, committee reports, and the clubs council amongst other things, but Critic doesn’t want to distract from the calamitous events outlined below by discussing these other issues. We promise you you’re not missing anything Read more...

Former OUSA President Creates Community Project On Albany St, All Welcome

Posted 11:21am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Anna Linton

Former OUSA President 1979-1980, and local activist, Paul ‘ the Governor’ Gourlie is preparing to launch a community project intended to teach entrepreneurship and tether stronger relations between the town (Dunedin City) and the gown (Otago University). ‘Aotea Peace Read more...

Academics Issue Open Letter in Defence of Free Speech

Posted 11:25am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

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No End in Sight For Syrian Civil War, But You Can Help

Posted 10:55am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

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The New Language of Racism and Othering

Posted 11:27am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Kirio Birks

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Flaws in Funding Model Incentivises Research Over Teaching, Report Claims

Posted 10:35am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Anna Linton

A report published by the Productivity Commission on tertiary education last week has highlighted that the current funding model incentivises research over teaching.  It claims that both the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) and international rankings systems encourage tertiary Read more...

Paris Climate Agreement’s Aims Undermined by Trump

Posted 11:30am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by George Elliott

Last week US President Donald Trump followed through on promises to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s environmental regulations, prompting an existential crisis for global efforts to cut pollution. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the Environmental Protection Agency Read more...