OUSA Exec: Revitalising te Reo Māori

Posted 1:20pm Monday 15th September 2025 by Pororangi Templeton

E hika mā, kua eke te reo! He aha te mea nui o tēnei wiki? He reo Māori, he reo Māori, he reo Māori! This week marks the 50th celebrations of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. The acts of our kaumātua and the voices of our tauira Māori at university in  the Read more...

OUSA Exec: Politics Week Is Back

Posted 5:18pm Sunday 7th September 2025 by Jett Groshinski

After two long, politics-free years, Politics Week is finally making its return – and honestly, it couldn’t come at a better time. This year, Ōtepoti students are getting front-row seats to one of the most underrated shows in town: local body elections. That’s right, the Read more...

Execrable: Refusals to Resign & Letters Abound

Posted 6:44pm Sunday 7th September 2025 by Hanna Varrs

Push For Jett Groshinski’s Resignation In bombshell news, Political Representative Jett Groshinski was asked to resign by two-thirds of the OUSA Executive at their most recent meeting on Thursday, August 28th. The Exec told Critic Te Ārohi that the decision was “not made Read more...

OUSA President Nearly Lived in a Cage for a Week

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 7th September 2025 by Gryffin Blockley

If you ever wanted to watch the OUSA President live in a literal cage for a week, unfortunately your dreams have been locked away. From the 25th to the 29th of August, OUSA President Liam White had planned to live in a cage to raise awareness of poor student housing. Critic Te Ārohi has a scoop Read more...

OUSA Exec: Romanticise Studenthood

Posted 10:23pm Sunday 24th August 2025 by Amy Martin

A few weeks ago, after a Pint Night, I spiralled into what can only be described as a mini existential crisis. I realised the countdown has officially begun. The final semester. Suddenly, the late night study sessions will feel nostalgic, a host will feel like a memory forming, and walking across Read more...

Students Chalk Up Change to Lecture Recordings

Posted 11:27pm Sunday 17th August 2025 by Harry Almey

To fight for their proposed lecture recording policy, the OUSA Exec team, chalk in hand, marched outside to do a deadly battle. Despite the bitter cold and rainclouds forming, concrete outside the OUSA offices was transformed into a sea of chalked messages – before immediately getting washed Read more...

Execrable: Betrayal from the Inside?

Posted 11:30pm Sunday 17th August 2025 by Gryffin Blockley

A special general meeting (SGM) has been called with a motion for OUSA to re-adopt BDS. The culprit? One of OUSA’s own: Political Representative Jett Groshinski. The SGM will take place this Thursday, August 21st, at 1pm in the Main Common Room.  An SGM is an invitation for the student Read more...

OUSA Exec: Getting Through the Final Weeks of Winter

Posted 11:35pm Sunday 17th August 2025 by Daniel Leamy

Alright, legends. We’ve finally hit the last stretch of the cold Dunedin winter. By now your flat probably feels like an igloo, the stench of wet laundry won’t go away, and the mould on your bedroom ceiling is growing faster than your will to study and your tolerance for flatmates’ Read more...

OUSA Exec: Lecture Recording Policy Rally

Posted 9:42pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Stella Lynch

Good morning, good afternoon & good evening Academic Weapons I have some FAQs regarding the Recording of Lectures Policy that OUSA co-sponsors. TLDR: OUSA is hosting a chalking event at 4:30pm on Monday 11th August at 640 Cumberland St where we will cover the campus with reasons as to why Read more...

Execrable: BDS Abandoned, NZUSA Withdrawal & Protests Planned

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Nina Brown, Hanna Varrs & Gryffin Blockley

The OUSA Exec held Critic hostage for two hours at their meeting last Thursday (we outlasted Liam, even). In what could only be described as a “robust” meeting (I can’t stop) the agenda had three big ticket items: finally talking about the referendum results, NZUSA withdrawal, and Read more...