OUSA Exec: Kamesha Jones

Posted 11:40am Sunday 4th October 2026 by Kamesha Jones

You are probably being asked to vote left, right and centre – literally. Two weeks ago, you might have had a flurry of Instagram requests from potential OUSA election candidates (guilty). If you were remotely clocked into anything the candidates were saying – you would have noticed a Read more...

OUSA Exec: Vote.

Posted 3:46pm Saturday 26th September 2026 by OUSA Exec

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 2027, the best way to make sure you’re heard is to vote!   The Read more...

From Pandas To Parliament

Posted 2:22pm Sunday 27th September 2026 by Bella Bates

Critic Te Ārohi recently sat down with Opportunity’s Wellington Bays candidate, Kayla Kingdon-Bebb. Alongside contesting the Wellington Bays electorate, she serves as Opportunity’s spokesperson for climate change, conservation, the environment, oceans and fisheries. This is your go Read more...

$5 Lunch Hijacked by OUSA Executive Election Forums

Posted 2:20pm Sunday 27th September 2026 by Harry Almey, Stella Weston & Gryffin Blockley

$5 lunch was overrun last week with three days of lunchtime forums to give students a chance to dissect the policies and promises of the 25 candidates running for the ten OUSA Executive positions for 2027. To save you from over six hours of forums, here is our three-page summary of the 12,000 words Read more...

Your 2026 OUSA Executive Candidates

Posted 12:04pm Sunday 20th September 2026 by Critic

NOTE: These are uncensored, unfiltered and unedited blurbs straight from the horses’ mouth(s). All blurbs apart from President were capped at 100 words, so some are cut off. If candidates do not have a picture alongside their blurb, that is because they missed the photo window with us from Read more...

Editorial: Enrol To Vote By The 25th of October

Posted 11:50am Sunday 20th September 2026 by Hanna Varrs

This issue has turned out to be pretty politics heavy, and I’m pleased about it. Politics should be at the forefront of everyone’s minds right now, and I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t scream at everyone to enrol to vote. As you’ll see on the cover, Read more...

Take Notice: Student General Meeting To Be Held September 9th

Posted 12:47pm Sunday 23rd August 2026 by Hanna Varrs

A Student General Meeting (SGM) will be held in a couple of weeks, discussing major role changes to your OUSA student executive. SGMs invite students to vote on constitutional changes passed by the OUSA Exec – the constitution cannot be altered without student backing. As previously reported, 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...

Opinion: Don’t be a Sucker – Vote or Get Voted on

Posted 11:21am Sunday 23rd July 2017 by Isaac Yu

It’s that happy time that only comes around once every three years. ‘It was the best of times, the most shitposty of times,’ the famous proclamation tells us. A time of soap box Facebook statuses on WHY. YOU. SHOULD. VOTE. Yet, despite all the internet slacktivism about how Read more...