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...

Chaos on the Commute

Posted 8:25pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Liberty Murray

In case actually showing up to your morning lectures was bad enough, a recent streak of icy mornings have left Otago tauira shaken and embarrassed. Students were falling like dominoes and cars were slipping and sliding around the roads, much to the enjoyment of wise students who didn’t leave Read more...

OUSA Exec: Winter Well-being

Posted 8:32pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Amy Whyman

Winter is here. Now is the time where you have to guess whether Castle and Leith St are shimmering because of broken glass or frost. It’s the time of slipping down the hill to your lectures and spending long nights at the library because of its heating system. Long story short, it’s Read more...

Mi Goreng Graduate: Shepherds Pie

Posted 12:00am Monday 14th April 2025 by Ruby Hudson

It's that time of year again… winter is coming! This week we have a hearty staple that everyone will enjoy. Full of vegetables and a tasty mince, this recipe is a great weeknight dinner, and is awesome leftovers for lunch the next day. If you are vegetarian try subbing the mince out for Read more...

Do It Your Fucking Self: Defrost Your Windscreen

Posted 2:54pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Sam Smith-Soppet

These days, it's far too cold to walk to campus from Harbour Terrace. You don’t want to take the bus (because that involves waiting) so you decide to take your car which, let's be real, has no WOF and is probably due for a service – but that's a problem for Future You! Given Read more...

Debatable: Is Winter a Good Season?

Posted 3:00pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Otago University Debating Society

Debatable is a column written by the Otago University Debating Society. The Debating Society welcomes new members and meets at the Business School every Tuesday at 6pm. For The change in season rolls by unnoticed in the depths of first-sem exam hell, but with calmer times ahead we can stop and Read more...

Bitter Cold: The Winter Blues

Posted 3:50pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Nina Brown

Dunedin winters are harsh on bills, the body and the brain. The days shorten, showers lengthen, limbs stiffen, and – in the worst cases – eyes deaden. For freshers cosied up in residential halls, it’s not so bad with free heating and regular hot meals. The bitter bite of winter you Read more...

10 Ways to Keep Warm this Winter

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Sam Smith-Soppet

The Winter Breatha’s version of a dick-measuring contest is trading war stories of how much the cold weather has fucked us over. But like your dad likes to remind you when showing any discomfort (AKA sign of weakness), “Don’t give me problems, give me answers.” Your mates are Read more...

Editorial: Touch Some Grass

Posted 4:55pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Nina Brown

We’re all saying it: winter is coming, and with it the winter blues. Soon enough it’ll have all of us in its clutches once more as we wallow in the sunless pit of North Dunedin. There are all kinds of things that are recommended to help you cope. My advice? Just touch some Read more...