OUSA & Te Rōpū Māori Candidate Blurbs

Posted 5:35pm Sunday 21st September 2025 by Critic Staff

Voting is open from Monday, September 22nd at 9am until Thursday the 25th at 4pm for the Otago University Students Association Executive and the Te Rōpū Māori Te Rito. Here are your candidates. OUSA  President – Leads the Executive and serves as the primary Read more...

Editorial: I’d Say We’re Pretty Lucky

Posted 5:40pm Sunday 21st September 2025 by Nina Brown

I don’t know about you, but these past couple of weeks have left me reeling. Both on campus, in wider Ōtepoti, in national and international news (I won’t linger on this one too long), it’s as if whoever runs the simulation has turned up the dial to “hard” and left Read more...

Fiery Exec Campaigns “Healthy Democracy”

Posted 9:27pm Thursday 18th September 2025 by Nina Brown

It’s election season for the OUSA Executive. With 20 candidates vying for a position in 2026, three lunch-time forums were held last week to provide the opportunity for candidates to share their policies. Knowing most students don’t have the capacity to sit through six hours of Read more...

OUSA Exec: Vote.

Posted 6:00pm Sunday 21st September 2025 by Amy Martin

Every year students have plenty to say about OUSA, and don’t get me wrong, that’s exactly how it should be. But if you’ve got strong opinions about who should be leading and advocating for you in 2026, the best way to make sure you’re heard is to vote!  The Executive Read more...

Why You Should Give A Shit About Local Body Elections

Posted 10:33am Sunday 7th September 2025 by Molly Smith-Soppet

If you're into trawling local Facebook groups then you've probably seen the words “Dunedin City Council” floating around somewhere. But what even is the DCC, and why should you, an ordinary student just trying to survive the dog-eat-dog world of academia, care? While it is Read more...

Ski Club “Coup” Nearly Sweeps Exec Elections

Posted 2:20pm Sunday 2nd October 2022 by Denzel Chung

Your student leaders for 2023 have been voted in. Less than 10% of the student population bothered to cast their ballot. Ski Club members, who had heard that many roles were uncontested, stacked the ballot with their club. They took home five positions, and ousted the returning Vice Read more...

(Continued): Every Local Election Candidate, Summarised

Posted 7:25pm Sunday 18th September 2022 by Critic

Running for Dunedin City Council (DCC) Andrew Whiley Team Dunedin Running under the centre-right Team Dunedin ticket, Andrew spruiks his experience “speaking on, representing and supporting all communities across the city”. He wants to ensure “everyone has the opportunity to Read more...

Ecology Student Runs for Otago Regional Council

Posted 6:31pm Friday 2nd September 2022 by Denzel Chung

Full disclosure: Elliot is Features Editor at Critic Te Ārohi. Rest assured that we grilled them exactly how we would grill any other council candidate. Elliot Weir, a student doing their Masters in Ecology, is also running for a spot on the Otago Regional Council (ORC). As far as Critic Te Read more...

Concerns About “Hidden” Anti-Vaxxers In Local Elections

Posted 6:42pm Friday 2nd September 2022 by Denzel Chung

Local body elections are not often known for being hotbeds of fake news and nastiness, but there are fears that the post-Covid world has changed this. Critic Te Ārohi spoke to Kayli Taylor, a former Otago student now working at the Disinformation Project, to try and cut through the Read more...

OUSA Exec Candidates Say, Unanimously, “Please Vote For Me”

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 22nd August 2021 by

In what would prove to be their last chance to greet the voting public before lockdown, OUSA’s candidates for the 2022 Exec took the stage last week to share their plans for the coming year. All of the forums were held in the Main Common Room. The Presidential race was uncontested from day Read more...