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...

Christchurch Remembers Five Years On

Posted 11:04am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Joe Higham

Monday 22 February marked the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake that killed 185 people. Along with the human cost, the quake caused approximately $30 billion of damage to the city and surrounding areas, according to the New Zealand Treasury, and ended up as the second worst Read more...

Trump Keeps On Winning

Posted 11:15am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Joe Higham

Donald Trump’s political juggernaut continues at full pace after claiming two emphatic victories in the winner-takes-all South Carolina primary, claiming 32.5 percent of the vote, and then in his business home of Nevada, he left the rest of the republican candidates floundering behind him, 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...

Olympic and WC Stadium Problems Hit Tokyo

Posted 1:13pm Sunday 4th October 2015 by Daniel Lormans

The 2015 Rugby World Cup is well underway in England and is running smoothly (just maybe not for England on the field) with record-breaking attendance that is making the most of England’s tried and trusted network of world-class sporting venues and transport infrastructure. While World Read more...

SDHB Injected With $7 Million

Posted 11:58am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Bridie Boyd

The government has announced it will be giving the cash-strapped Southern District Health Board $7 million to help pay its outstanding bills. However, Minister of Health Jonathan Coleman confirmed in a statement that no more money would be given to the board until it has confirmed its deficit for Read more...

Otago Looking for Strong Finish to ITM Cup

Posted 1:16pm Sunday 4th October 2015 by Daniel Lormans

Most of the rugby-watching world is understandably fixated on the World Cup, but the real engine of New Zealand rugby, the ITM Cup, is still grinding away in front of mostly empty stadiums. The provincial competition now appears to be a second-tier competition,  but has been the backbone of the Read more...

2015 in Brief

Posted 12:01pm Sunday 4th October 2015 by Laura Munro

US Supreme Court Legalises Gay Marriage On 26 June, the US Supreme Court legalised the marriage of same-sex couples in all 50 states. After the decision was announced, the White House was illuminated in rainbow colours. An open supporter of gay marriage, President Obama said: “If Read more...