CC ’fucking’ TV

Posted 10:36am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The University of Otago has confirmed their intention to install CCTV cameras throughout a number of student populated streets in Dunedin, with the aim being to keep Otago University students safer. The specific areas intended for the CCTV surveillance are still being finalised, however proposed Read more...

Free Tertiary Education Could Be A Reality

Posted 11:39am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Tom Kitchin

During the summer break, all students were hit with something that could create a substantial change in the tertiary education environment. There’s now a real possibility that university students in New Zealand will have access to free education. Labour leader Andrew Little presented a new Read more...

Minimum Wage Increases Fail To Inspire

Posted 10:44am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Joe Higham

The government has announced that the minimum wage will increase 50c from April 1, taking it from $14.75 to $15.25.  Having risen every year since 2009, when it was just $12.50 an hour, the minimum wage still remains far below what some people have been campaigning for. The Living Wage Read more...

Highlanders Hit Early With Injuries

Posted 11:45am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

Highlanders will have to do without Waisake Naholo and Fumiaki Tanaka for at least the next month, or longer, due to injury. Naholo sustained a new fracture to the same leg that he injured before the World Cup last year. The injury occurred late in the game against the Blues and the fracture was Read more...

Plans For Ceasefire In Syria

Posted 11:18am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Hugh Baird

The United States and Russia have reached a new ceasefire agreement in Syria, set to take effect on Saturday despite questions still remaining over how the truce will be enforced and the response to any violations. Under the terms of the agreement both the Syrian Army and the Syrian Armed Read more...

Cyclone Winston: Government Sends $2m In Aid

Posted 11:21am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Henry Napier

The New Zealand Government has sent $2 million in aid relief to Fiji following the destruction caused by a recent tropical cyclone dubbed “Cyclone Winston”. So far Cyclone Winston has killed 42 people, according to latest reports from the BBC, with fears for remote areas and islands yet 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...

Nothing John Key Says This Year Will Matter

Posted 11:28am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Joel MacManus

I'm going to start this column off with a prediction for 2016. It’s not a very bold prediction. In fact it’s pretty much as safe as you can get in the unpredictable world of politics: At some point this year, John Key is going to say something really dumb and/or offensive. It Read more...

Forsyth Barr Stadium Picks Up Its Game

Posted 10:55am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Henry Napier

The parent company of Forsyth Barr Stadium has posted a $1 million profit despite forecasting significantly smaller earnings for the last financial quarter. The company, Dunedin Venues Management Limited (DVML), manages a number of Dunedin City Council owned venues including the Dunedin Centre, Read more...

Kiwis In Australia On New Citizenship Pathway

Posted 11:30am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Hugh Baird

Talks last week between John Key and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have made it easier for Kiwis living in Australia to seek Australian citizenship.  Prime Minister Turnbull announced the changes recently in a joint press conference during John Key’s trip to Sydney to meet Read more...