University of Otago Foundation Trust Divests

Posted 10:41am Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Bridie Boyd

Last week, the University of Otago Foundation Trust, an entity separate to the university that holds half its investments, announced that it would be divesting from fossil fuels. The trust will now also prohibit any future investment involving the exploration for and extraction of fossil Read more...

Cinema Shooting Kills Two

Posted 11:23am Sunday 2nd August 2015 by India Leishman

The lives of two women have been cut short after a second cinema shooting took place in Lafayette, Louisiana, on 23 July. Jillian Johnson, 33, and Mayci Breaux, 21, were fatally shot during an evening screening of Trainwreck. The shooting left three dead, including gunman John Russell Houser, and Read more...

Students Remain Poor in Thriving City

Posted 11:04am Sunday 26th July 2015 by India Leishman

Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) has released its 2014 report, which shows positive growth in Dunedin’s economic and employment sectors in the year to March 2014. The report also shows encouraging results in the tourism and creative sectors. Economically, Dunedin grew by 2.2 Read more...

Five Servicemen Killed at Military Base

Posted 11:51am Sunday 26th July 2015 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

On 16 July, a lone gunman opened fire on two military bases in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The shooting, which occurred shortly after 10am, killed five servicemen. Another serviceman and a policeman were left injured, and the shooter was also killed at the scene. Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who was Read more...

Mitsubishi Apologises for Torture of Prisoners

Posted 11:54am Sunday 26th July 2015 by Joe Higham

An apology has been issued by Japanese corporation, Mitsubishi, for its use of American prisoners of war during World War Two. The prisoners were used for forced labour at Mitsubishi factories throughout Japan. It has been said that the use of the prisoners of war was deemed necessary to fill Read more...

Elections to Replace FIFA President

Posted 11:56am Sunday 26th July 2015 by Oliver Gaskell

FIFA announced last Monday that elections will be held next February to replace its controversial president, Sepp Blatter. The election is part of a series of overhauls and reforms designed to restore the organisation’s image after a year of corruption allegations. Blatter, speaking at a Read more...

Party Restrictions “Ridiculous”

Posted 10:49am Sunday 26th July 2015 by Angus Shaw

View Street’s controversial “Backpackers” flat was forced to cancel a planned party last week, despite getting initial approval from the Dunedin City Council and local police. The “Backpackers’ Ball,” a tradition of several years, was scheduled for Friday 17 Read more...

Government Speeds through Transport Bill

Posted 12:17pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Henry Napier

The House went into urgency last week following fears that thousands of speeding tickets issued through local councils were invalid.  The Land Transport (Speed Limits Validations and Other Matters) Bill — which sought to amend a technicality in the law that had rendered many speed Read more...

Design Staff and Students Sacrificed

Posted 10:53am Sunday 26th July 2015 by Laura Munro

University of Otago design students have obtained, through an Official Information Act request, documents detailing the possible future, or lack of, for design at Otago. The first document is a review of the Department of Applied Sciences conducted in late 2014. The second is a proposal to get Read more...

My Opinion: Henry’s word | Issue 17

Posted 12:20pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Henry Napier

Sam Lotu-liga should be sacked as a minister. That statement sounds like something you might read on Whaleoil, but it’s the truth. Last week a video emerged on YouTube, which showed a number of organised fights happening in Mt Eden prison as part of an inmate-run fight club. Following the Read more...