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...

Students Not All To Blame

Posted 10:59am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Joe Higham

Police have arrested 13 people during O Week in Dunedin after some parties got too wild.  Several large parties were shut down due to lighting couches on fire and bottles being thrown. Four people were arrested at a party attended by 150 people where four couches had been set Read more...

2016 New Zealand Teams Preview

Posted 11:39am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Critic

Blues Luckily for the Blues in 2016 the only possible way to go is up. The franchise had a 2015 to forget, winning only three of their matches, losing their first nine and dealing with a raft of off field challenges, ending with the resignation of coach Sir John Kirwan. Players to Watch: Akira Read more...

Students Bunk, More Room For So Many Activities

Posted 11:07am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Hugh Baird

Victoria University has informed over one hundred first year students, just days out from their arrival that they will have the pleasure of sharing a bunk bed this upcoming year.  Students from Katharine Jermyn Hall, Te Puni and Weir House have all been notified that as compensation for Read more...

Anti-TPPA Protest Draws Small Crowd

Posted 11:48am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Bridie Boyd

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) was the subject of another student protest last week, this time taking place on the Union Lawn. The protest was the largest University of Otago activist event in 2015, attracting around 100 people. The protest, organised by leader of the Otago Read more...

Year in Review

Posted 12:36pm Sunday 4th October 2015 by Henry Napier

It's come to the end of Critic's 2015 year. Therefore, it seems appropriate to look back on what has happened in politics over the last nine or so months. Party Performances The National Party: 7/10 National started the year in strides following a ground-breaking victory Read more...

RAs Worse Off after Pay Changes

Posted 11:52am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Joe Higham

Residential assistants (RAs) say they have been left worse off after the University of Otago changed its payment system at the beginning of 2015. Although the change has increased RAs’ initial pay, the accommodation supplement has been scrapped, meaning they have less in their pockets Read more...

Interview: James Shaw

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 4th October 2015 by Henry Napier

Back in May, James Shaw was travelling around the country on the Green Party regional tour for the co-leaders election. Critic was able to talk to him about his bid to co-lead the party. Shaw went on to win the co-leadership. Last week, we got to sit down with him again and hear what Read more...

Drunks Stopped with Barbed Wire

Posted 11:55am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

The University of Canterbury has been forced to use barbed razor wire to deter students attempting to climb on construction cranes on campus. A university spokesperson said students gained unauthorised access to construction sites in three incidents, two of which occurred after the barbed wire Read more...