Ethel & Hyde | Issue 6

Posted 2:36pm Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Student Support

Dear Ethyl and Hyde,  I’ve just been diagnosed with Celiac Disease but I can’t afford gluten free food. - Rice Cake   Ethel and Hyde is brought to you by the Student Support Centre. They advise you to take Ethel’s advice. Send your questions Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 6

Posted 11:22am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

This week the ODT’s sensationalist fear-mongering is running strong. We at ODT Watch are highly anticipating the chlorinated staplers, rubber bands, rulers and paper clips that “all supplies” surely includes. However, it could be that the ODT are just pre-empting the Read more...

The Hell Hole | Issue 6

Posted 2:42pm Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Mat Clarkson

Zack became a Zombie during the first global outbreak when he was thirteen, and was now twenty-six. Those who were infected had since been rehabilitated, but their bodies never fully recovered. The Z-word was considered offensive from then on. One day Zack was eating alone in the park by the Read more...

Economics Everywhere | Issue 5

Posted 2:05pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Wee Doubt

Do you ever order what turns out to be way too much food at a restaurant, and then eat it all anyway to “get your money’s worth?” As well as greed, you’ve fallen victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. You paid good money for the meal, and you don’t want to “waste” Read more...

Cookin' Up Love | Issue 5

Posted 2:10pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Lovebirds

Each week, we lure two singletons to The Captain Cook Hotel, 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. But be warned--if you dine on the free food and dash without sending us a writeup, a Critic writer will Read more...

The Hell Hole | Issue 5

Posted 2:14pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Chelle Fitzgerald

As a single person of the female persuasion, I decided to give this whole Tinder thing a whirl. The whole thing started out somewhat innocently; I naively thought that it would be the best place to meet other single people, and so, armed with some deceptive pseudo-attractively “well-lit” Read more...

Ethel & Hyde | Issue 5

Posted 2:34pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Student Support

Dear Ethyl and Hyde,  My lab partner is a fucking dumbass and keeps interrupting me during my calculations etc. to ask questions. It messes up my train of thought and as a result I’m not getting stuff cemented mentally. How can I get them to stfu? Disclaimer: Student Support advises Read more...

Voices from Beyond the Grad | Issue 5

Posted 11:10am Sunday 26th March 2017 by Claire Macindoe

The legend of the discovery of penicillin is one that is familiar in modern history. Alexander Fleming, a man not known for his cleanliness, leaves a petri dish unwashed for a couple of weeks – much like your flatmate’s dishes – and discovers a mould with mystical Read more...

David Clark | Issue 5

Posted 11:12am Sunday 26th March 2017 by David Clark

It’s no secret that I’m excited about the election later this year. I really enjoy campaigning, and going into this year’s election Labour is rearing to go and fighting fit. We’ve got a rejuvenated team, and a set of policies that will make important investments in our Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 5

Posted 11:22am Sunday 26th March 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

This week the ODT is reporting on mysteries from beyond the realm of life and death. We at ODT Watch thought that the mystery was done and dusted when the ghost roses rose from the dead, but apparently that was merely the beginning.   Moving further into the surreal paranoid Read more...