David Clark | Issue 2

Posted 10:57am Sunday 5th March 2017 by David Clark

There’s a real buzz in Dunedin during Orientation Week. Cafés and bars come alive, the streets fill with people exploring their new home and empty University colleges and flats transform into hubs of activity.  I hope you have created plenty of good memories this O-Week, and Read more...

Hyde St Residents “shocked” After Assaults

Posted 10:28am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

Residents on Hyde St have described feeling “shocked” and “unsafe” following a spate of assaults on the street in O-Week, culminating in three arrests being made.  A total of four assaults allegedly occurred around the student area in the early hours of the morning of Read more...

Struggle, What Struggle?

Posted 11:20am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Tyler West

The entirety of ‘things wot gon dun happened to students last year’ can’t in all honesty be contained in a listicle. Much as in years before, and likely years to come, 2016 was an often bloody year for anything that might resemble a real ‘student movement’ Read more...

Anti-Glass Alliance Assemble

Posted 10:35am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

The Dunedin City Council (DCC) has engaged with local liquor store owners in a coordinated effort to reduce the number of glass products sold in North Dunedin, although they failed to nail down any specific plans. The policy was a key election promise made by Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull during the Read more...

Annette King’s Departure Leaves Jacinda Ardern Poised to Become Labour’s Deputy Leader

Posted 10:40am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Anna Linton

Annette King has stood down as the Labour Party’s Deputy Leader, with both herself and leader Andrew Little endorsing Jacinda Ardern as her successor.  “I did ask her [King] to stay on the front bench with the Health Portfolio, and she did consider it,” Little told Critic, Read more...

How to keep talking when the world is upside down…

Posted 10:50am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Associate Professor James Maclaurin

James Maclaurin is a philosopher of science at the University of Otago. He has a particular interest in the life sciences and computing and information science (particularly artificial intelligence and it’s impact on humanity). We asked him to talk about how to argue constructively. The Read more...

Jacinda Ardern a smart pick for Labour deputy

Posted 11:30am Sunday 5th March 2017 by George Elliott

Labour’s caucus will elect a new deputy leader this week and they’d be stupid to not be on board with Jacinda Ardern. Annette King’s most recent tenure as deputy was always meant to be a temporary arrangement, but she did leave with one last battle cry last week, sternly telling Read more...

DCC and Uni Begin New Initiative to Clean up North Dunedin’s Streets

Posted 10:42am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Anna Linton

A collaborative recycling initiative between the Dunedin City Council and Campus Watch, overseen by the Proctor, will mark an overhaul in how glass and rubbish are dealt with in North Dunedin. Street cleaning, extra blue glass recycling bins and skips in North Dunedin, every Friday of February Read more...

Super Rugby Preview

Posted 11:44am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Charlie Hantler

With the Scarfies back in town, the main event of Orientation Week gets ever closer: the Highlanders taking on the Chiefs at The Forsyth Barr. As a student at Otago, you’re obliged to get behind the blue and gold, making yourself part of the ‘Landers Army’. With a promising Read more...

Dotcom Loses High Court Extradition Battle, Vows to Fight On

Posted 10:48am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Joe Higham

Last week, New Zealand’s High Court ruled in favour of extraditing Kim Dotcom and his co-accused to the United States over their roles in the now-defunct file-sharing business Megaupload.  The United States of America are seeking to have Dotcom (and the three other co-accused) Read more...