Hot on Their Heels

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 13th September 2026 by Jessie-Jade Witeri (Ngāti Whakāue, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Whanaunga)

Like a pair of hand-me-down shoes, te reo Māori is an inheritance. Well-worn, repaired when it needed mending and kept with its next wearer in mind. The leather may be scuffed and softened by another person’s feet, but when you put them on, they fit. Each generation leaves its mark on Read more...

Not Sold Separately

Posted 12:49pm Sunday 13th September 2026 by Te Āwhina Brundell

When you’re a kid, someone inevitably asks what three things you’d take if you were stranded on a remote island. I never expected to find out, so the question stayed purely hypothetical. Until it wasn’t. Now, the remote island had a name: Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. But Read more...

AI: Amazing Innovation or Annihilation Incoming?

Posted 12:02pm Sunday 6th September 2026 by Stella Weston

I know that students have pretty strong feelings about artificial intelligence.  “FUCK AI”. “Just admit you can’t think for yourself, you smooth-brained twat”. “Never, AI should be destroyed [...] AI should be banned, all information about how it can be Read more...

Drawing Out The Inspiration

Posted 12:31pm Sunday 23rd August 2026 by Stella Weston

Art Week is back and better than ever. Walking through the Link-turned-art-gallery, Ōtepoti students’ talent was on clear display. The OUSA-run Art Week competition had five sections: photography, illustration, sculpture, painting, and other, as well as a separate photography and poetry Read more...

The Party Game Rulebook

Posted 11:37am Sunday 2nd August 2026 by Critic Staff

It’s been a long time since we were children. Somewhere between primary, intermediate and eventually high school, we put down our toys and picked up the phones. In high school, parties were all about drinking as much as possible and doing a quick tacky in the upstairs toilet, or clubbing until Read more...

Beyond the Ring

Posted 9:49am Sunday 26th July 2026 by Te Awhirēinga Heperi

I have spent much of my university career just figuring it out. I’ve failed papers, and excelled in others. I’ve created work I am deeply proud of, and work that should never see the light of day. In short, my transcript would tell you that it’s been rough. However, what it Read more...

How North D Became the Pot of Gold Under the Rainbow

Posted 12:26pm Sunday 22nd March 2026 by Gryffin Blockley

With special thanks to Professor of Sociology Hugh Campbell.  If you live in North Dunedin, chances are you were woken up in the very early hours of March 17th. Some joined enthusiastic flatmates banging down their doors, while many more are rudely awakened by the distant boom of Bluetooth Read more...

FESTIVAL FROM THE INSIDE: TIPS AND STORIES FROM SECURITY GUARDS

Posted 12:32pm Sunday 8th March 2026 by Matilda Rumball-Smith

*To cover any fancy legal footwork against May and Lucy, any resemblance to persons, places, events, are purely coincidental. All stage names and people are fictional. In saying that, May and Lucy’s work performance will probably get them fired anyway.   Now that uni is back in Read more...

Bop or flop? Your One Stop Op Shop Opinion Drop

Posted 1:06pm Sunday 13th March 2022 by Lotto Ramsay

Need a wardrobe makeover on a budget? Are you craving a whiff of that specific, musty, secondhand smell? Have your bootstraps gotten worn out from all that pulling-up you’ve been doing? A solution is never far away. Critic Te Arohi visited seven secondhand clothing stores north of the Octagon Read more...

The Online World of Fake Psychics

Posted 3:51pm Sunday 6th March 2022 by Ruby Werry

As I’m sure we all know, the internet is a lawless wasteland, and of that lawless wasteland, Facebook is undoubtedly the Wild West. Traders on Marketplace asking for used diapers; updates from unhinged family members; more scammers than you can wave a stick at. Not only are these scammers Read more...