What has NZUSA given OUSA?

Posted 10:32am Sunday 1st May 2016 by Joe Higham

Last October’s referendum saw the student body overwhelmingly vote for OUSA to remain members of the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA). Do OUSA need NZUSA or are they simply a hollow representative body? Linsey Higgins, NZUSA’s president, told Critic she Read more...

Execrable | Issue 7

Posted 10:17am Sunday 17th April 2016 by Henry Napier

Two OUSA Executive officers who were not in Dunedin at the start of their tenure have not received their full honorarium payments. Both Administrative Vice-president Jarred Griffiths and Finance officer Jesse Hall have had payments withheld from January 1 to February 11. OUSA President Laura Read more...

Execrable | Issue 6

Posted 10:18am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Henry Napier

Last Monday the student executive met with members of the OUSA events team to debrief last years Craft Beer Festival and the worthiness of the festival moving forward.  The meeting began with President Laura Harris posing questions as to what the value was for OUSA running the festival, Read more...

Execrable | Issue 4

Posted 10:51am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The OUSA Executive are starting a sub-committee to tackle growing fears around student safety. The new working group will comprise of Executive members and will produce a report for Vice Chancellor Harlene Hayne. During last week’s OUSA Executive meeting President Laura Harris raised Read more...

Execrable | Issue 2

Posted 10:33am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The OUSA executive kicked off the year funding a student political radio show on Otago Access Radio, despite students already having access to broadcast through Radio One. The executive voted last Monday to support the show hosted by Tyler West to be held on Otago Access Radio. The show would be Read more...

OUSA Delegates Head To Capitol

Posted 10:50am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Joe Higham

OUSA Welfare Officer, Bryn Jenkins, and Campaigns Officer, Sean Gamble presented an oral submission to the Social Services Select Committee in Parliament on behalf of OUSA on February 17. The submission was in relation to amendments to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill. The submission Bryn Read more...

Harris In The House

Posted 11:05am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Staff Reporter

Over the 10-day voting period, which ended last week, 4311 Otago students cast their votes for the 2016 OUSA Executive. Although only 21 percent of the student population voted in the election, voter turnout was up by over 1000 from 2014, after a clear increase in on-campus campaigning. The Read more...

All the Awards at Blues and Golds

Posted 11:33am Sunday 27th September 2015 by Laura Munro

Student achievements in sports and culture were celebrated at the OUSA Blues and Golds awards last Thursday. The Blues award for Sportsman of the Year went to Fa’asiu Fuatai, who has been selected for the All Blacks’ 7s squad after playing in the University of Otago Premier team. The Read more...

2016 Executive Nominations

Posted 11:10am Sunday 20th September 2015 by Staff Reporter

The nominations for the 2016 OUSA Executive have closed, and an array of good-looking candidates have put their names forward to represent you next year. Voting is open via the OUSA website from 21 to 30 September, with the winners announced that evening. There are 10 voting positions on the Read more...

Execrable | Issue 23

Posted 10:40am Sunday 13th September 2015 by Laura Munro

President Paul Hunt kicked off the dryest meeting of this year by outlining that Vice President Isaac Yu has been finalising a review of the Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival as well as other OUSA events. Hunt said Yu will make “potential recommendations” based on “what students Read more...