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He Whakapapa Māori, He Māori Koe
Posted 5:20pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Gemella Reynolds-Hatem
Nau mai ki Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka! Kia Ora e te whānau, He uri tēnei nō ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tahu poutini, waitaha, ngāti Mamoe, syria me lebanon anō hoki Ko au te tumuaki takirua o Te Rōpū Māori i tēnei Read more...
Local Produce: Bored Games
Posted 5:15pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Jordan Irvine
For New Zealand Music Month and for the 40th anniversary of Radio One, Local Produce will cover four iconic Dunedin bands by way of interviewing a member of each selected band and asking them about their legacy. While some only see it as a jumping off point for Shayne Carter’s career, many Read more...
Debatable: Should animal testing be banned?
Posted 5:13pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Otago University Debating Society
For Animal testing dates back to BC times, and has led to numerous medical and biological advancements, many of them life-saving. But last I checked, it was the 21st Century and with all the technology we have now, it's time to leave animal testing in the past. It's a common Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: The Chamber of Secrets
Posted 4:38pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Critic
Going to the doctor about sex-related stuff can be scary, and quite embarrassing sometimes. But do not fret, I have a story to share in solidarity to encourage you all to go get your genitals checked if they are exhibiting strange symptoms. I was experiencing bleeding with penetration for a few Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 11
Posted 4:35pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Critic
Aquarius Aquarius, this week you will reconnect with someone you haven't thought about for a long time. This person will be the Tom to your Jerry, even if just for a night. Remember to just go with the flow and you won't be led astray. Scent of the week: Dior Sauvage mixed with 3-day-old Read more...
Editorial: Popping My Capping Cherry
Posted 4:24pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Nina Brown
Let’s get this out of the way: I’ve never been to the Capping Show. After talking to cappers for this issue, though, that’s something I really regret. The Capping Show has been around for 130 years. It’s soldiered on through world wars, pandemics, and 33 seasons of Read more...
Booze Review: White Claw
Posted 3:25pm Saturday 11th May 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
The world’s most patriotic drink is now in Ōtepoti Dunedin, meaning the common breatha will be turning their hats backwards, putting on the loudest tech house, and getting absolutely frat-boy wasted. For booze reviews, this is like your first child being born, marrying the love Read more...
Local Produce: The Clean
Posted 8:21pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by Jordan Irvine
For New Zealand Music Month and for the 40th anniversary of Radio 1, Local Produce will cover four iconic Dunedin bands by way of interviewing a member of each selected band and asking them about their legacy. In a 1981 interview, David Kilgour, co-founder of The Clean, was asked if there Read more...
Debatable: Should you date someone with opposing political views?
Posted 8:13pm Sunday 5th May 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 When you’re in a relationship with someone, you don’t want to be the same person. Being the same person looks Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 10
Posted 7:49pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by Critic
Aquarius This week you’ll feel a sense of calm washing over you, like lapping waves. It may be you, or it could be the bag of ket you stumbled upon. Keep your head in the gutter and you never know what you might find. Patronus: Hector's Dolphin Pisces Pisces, just because Read more...
Introducing Your Political Rep
Posted 7:47pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by Liam White
Kia ora, everyone! I’m Liam and I’m your OUSA Political Rep for 2024. For those of you who were here last year, I was the guy with the shit campaign posters in the bathrooms (don’t forget to follow @ousaexec and @liam_ousa _pols on Instagram for updates). I get asked a lot what I Read more...
Editorial: The new logo DOESN’T look like bananas
Posted 7:40pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by Nina Brown
The Uni launched its new brand last week. Predictably, with the news came a parade of trolls snarling and gnashing their teeth at the “woke” and “tokenistic” new tohu (symbol) and ikoa Māori (name). The usual protocol would be to sit back and let them tire themselves out Read more...
ChatGOTH: The Flatmate
Posted 6:57pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by ChatGOTH
Hey ChatGoth, Long time listener, first time caller here. I have a bit of a problem with a flatmate who brings things home from adventures, whilst some of these things are rather amusing, others are more outright strange. One of these things is logs, just cut up bits of tree. He hasn't Read more...
Booze Review: Bavaria 8.6 Original Holland Beer
Posted 6:55pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
Bavaria 8.6 Original Holland Beer didn’t come to fuck around. Straight off the plane from the Netherlands, this wolf-clad bevvy is your new one-minute ticket to getting fucked. Referred to simply as ‘8.6’, this devil-in-a-can is bound to get you silly with its outrageous Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: Halloween Rendezvous
Posted 6:43pm Sunday 5th May 2024 by Critic
It was Halloween. I got all dressed and ready into my costume, and boy did I feel sexy. Pairing that with many drinks later at a Halloween party, I thought I was hot shit. You know when you are feeling yourself so much that you just want someone else's hands all over you? Just me? Okay fine. Read more...
Local Produce: Vagina Dry
Posted 10:32pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Vagina Dry are the new leaders of Ōtepoti Riot Grrrl music. Fronted by El (she/they) on vocals and guitar, she spits forth a political and intersectional feminist message in their lyrics. Backed by Caleb (he/him) on drums and Reef (he/him) on bass, in a short amount of time they have become one Read more...
Debatable: Should students prioritise saving?
Posted 10:12pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Annabel Rhodes
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: Annabel Rhodes When students think of frugality, we often think of two minute noodles and timing our flatmates in the Read more...
Booze Reviews: Coruba Raspberry, Grapefruit & Soda
Posted 10:02pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
Coruba is meant to be tall, dark and handsome; a drink to remind you of the tropics, or of anywhere you can reliably hang your washing outside to dry. Coruba Raspberry, Grapefruit & Soda is anything but that. The drink is, in fact, short, white and strange. It’s like that one mate that Read more...
Takeaways: Week 9
Posted 9:57pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Critic
SOMETHING TO WATCH Scarfies film Arguably the film that took the cult from Dunedin student culture and put it next to classic, Scarfies encompasses the student experience: a shithouse flat, copious alcohol consumption, drugs, kidnappings (maybe not this one but shit happens yk), and rounds it Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: The Rubber Raxxer
Posted 9:19pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Critic
I had been talking to Latin (easiest decoded code name ever) for maybe a month before my return to the glorious city of Auckland, but nothing had come of it – at least not yet. Upon landing, I promptly received a text from a high school friend inviting me to go with her to town. Lo and behold, Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 9
Posted 9:17pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Critic
Aquarius The tension in your life is building and you feel like you're going to explode. Try going for a run around the harbour, sinking 12 cones, or having a good wank. Take a load off, I’m begging you. Brand Deal: Smirnoff Pisces Stop pretending you know everything and start Read more...
ChatGOTH: Goth Nights
Posted 9:15pm Friday 26th April 2024 by ChatGOTH
Oh ChatGoth, How can it be that Dunners has Black Friday (Goth queen of NZ) in residence AND Australasia's best synth pop band Robots in Love and still we have no goth nights to dance til dawn in our stompy boots! Whatever shall we do? 穴 Hi 穴, I Read more...
Editorial: 2-in-1 Shampoo and Conditioner Isn’t An Ick
Posted 9:13pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Nina Brown
This could end up being a shit yarn, but you’re lucky – all five of you who read the editorial – that there’s one at all given it was written through post-Hyde fog. Anyway, here’s why 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner isn’t an ick. Last year, for Anna’s Read more...
Booze Reviews: White Russian
Posted 8:37am Tuesday 23rd April 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
There’s something to be said about milk-based cocktails. They’re sweet, creamy, and have you teetering on the edge of shitting your pants. Having recently watched The Big Lebowski, naturally White Russians were the only way to approach this inconsistent but virtuous thrill of Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: Bathroom Olympics
Posted 8:08pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Critic
This is how I won a $3 plastic trophy for winning a sex competition. Last year a mate and I wanted to attend an event: party buses, bar crawl and silly dress up – ideal. It was a five hour drive away, but we figured that if we found men at the event to shack up with the accommodation was free Read more...
Debatable: Should climate change be an individual responsibility?
Posted 7:56pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Julia Randerson
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 Let’s face it: the UN’s climate conferences are infamously ineffective, corporations tend to dislike any Read more...
Local Produce: Ann Arkii
Posted 5:25pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Ann Arkii is the Monarch of the Ōtepoti drag scene. Having performed drag for over a year, Ann is often credited with revitalising the drag scene in Dunedin through the Ōtepoti Drag Directory, which helps feature and encourage emerging drag artists. Critic Te Ārohi sat down with Ann Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 8
Posted 5:05pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Critic
Aquarius Aquarius, you have been busy, and it’s showing. The dark circles and chapped lips aren't cute. Sometimes taking a night off the booze is a good idea so you won't look 20 going on 35. Your turn on: Netflix adaptation of Wattpad porn Pisces A bad week is in the cards for Read more...
Introducing Your Clubs & Socs Rep
Posted 5:02pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Emma Jackson
Hello lovely people! My name is Emma Jackson and I am your Clubs and Socs Rep for 2024 <3 A few things about me is that I was born in Saudi Arabia, living there for 10 years before moving back to Aotearoa and setting up camp in Christchurch. I play competitive tennis, love tramping and 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...
Local Produce: HŌHĀ
Posted 2:09pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
HŌHĀ is an Ōtepoti noise duo composed of drummer Madison Kelly (they/them) and guitarist Liam Clune (he/him). The band formed in early 2021, with the two friends coming together for jam sessions before eventually becoming a band playing gigs, most recently at Camp A Low Read more...
Debatable: Should we decriminalise all drugs?
Posted 1:56pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Julia Randerson
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 It’s high time to hash out some legislation that treats drug use as a health issue, not a criminal one. The Read more...
Booze Reviews: Long White Hazy Lemonade
Posted 1:49pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
RTD’s have now fallen victim to the shameless marketing trend that’s conned every corduroy-wearing millennial in Wellington into drinking the most experimental hazy IPA. Trying to prove your superiority of taste and class doesn’t cover up the fact you get shamelessly pissed every Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: Ex-Best Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend Fucker
Posted 1:21pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Critic
Thank god this happened back in my home country, I would be shanked if this got back to them. At my school in year 12, my friend (let’s call her Amelia) got a boyfriend (let’s call him Jed) who had a completely identical (slightly fitter) twin brother. I, being perpetually single Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 7
Posted 1:19pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Critic
Aquarius You’re at a crossroads this week. Either accept that you have tummy issues and swap to oat milk or shit yourself in the most embarrassing place possible: three metres away from the bouncer outside U-Bar. Strain of weed to try: Sour Diesel Pisces You take a creative Read more...
Editorial: Stay Safe, Kids
Posted 1:08pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Nina Brown
Welcome to the Drugs Issue. You may have picked that up already based on the bong-heavy design of both the cover and centrefold. We timed it to come out the week of Hyde Street Party and 4/20 – which conveniently happens to be the same day this year. I see you, OUSA. “Drugs” is Read more...
Local Produce: Purple Dog
Posted 10:09pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Starting off the year with a slew of Pint Night performances at U-Bar, Purple Dog have now established themselves as a prominent Ōtepoti band. As they gear up to release a second single, Critic Te Ārohi caught up with the band to ask about their origin story, new music, and upcoming Read more...
Debatable: Should Hyde residents have to pay for tickets to the Hyde Street Party?
Posted 10:07pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Liam Gould
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: Liam Gould Okay, so it might be a bit stink that on top of overpaying for what is likely a cold and damp flat on Read more...
Booze Review: Mulled Wine
Posted 9:57pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
Daylight savings is creeping forward, bringing with it shit weather and a splash of seasonal depression. In this autumnal slump, we want a drink that reminds us of simpler times, like Christmas – not New Zealand Christmas, but the one you see in low-budget rom-coms. I want to get fucked up Read more...
ChatGOTH: Heracles
Posted 9:50pm Friday 5th April 2024 by ChatGOTH
Hi ChatGOTH, I need help slaying the Hydra. My ex will not stop trying to talk to me. As per usual post-break up courtesy, I asked for space but little did I know how challenging this labour would be. Long story short, it got to the point where I had to block her (so my phone would stop Read more...
Takeaways: Week 6
Posted 9:49pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Critic
SOMETHING TO WATCH ‘Almost Pumping’ short film If you haven’t watched it yet, you’re missing out. Isaac Chadwick’s short film ‘Almost Pumping’ is a 16-minute fever dream of surf, as Chaddy and his mates tackle the waves of Indonesia, describing Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: Catman
Posted 8:53pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Critic
We’re coming up on the anniversary of this story so I feel as though I have enough closure to share it. This was my first attempt at a Tinder hook up after a breakup, and I knew the guy from home so I thought it would be chill. No surprises, I was wrong. Everything is set up, Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 6
Posted 8:28pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Critic
Aquarius When life gives you lemons, make a vodka LLB (lemon, lime and bitters), sit back and watch the world burn. There is nothing you can do to save those plebs. Your morning mantra: I am healthy, I am wealthy Pisces You are very aware of your surroundings this week. While your intuition is Read more...
Editorial: Turn On Your Heat Pump
Posted 8:25pm Friday 5th April 2024 by Nina Brown
It’s time we all grew up and turned our heat pumps on. I will die on this hill. To all the power Scrooges out there, I get it. The early stages of flatting are a hard fiscal slap in the face. You hear the phrase “cozzie livs” (boomer translation: “cost of living”) Read more...
Booze Review: Sour Apple Cruisers
Posted 4:35pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
Critic was a bit late this St Patty’s to jump on the bandwagon and acquire the breatha’s Irish drink of choice: Lime Cruisers. We even mished to the unfamiliar territory of South Dunedin, but to no avail. We were left with the consolation prize, the ugly step-sister of this green and Read more...
Mi Goreng Graduate: Chocolate Mousse
Posted 4:33pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Ruby Hudson
Serves: 6 Time: 20 mins + 2 hrs cooling Bring on those sexual desires and impress that special someone with this smooth and luxurious choccy mousse. Since dark chocolate is packed full of aphrodisiac, this recipe is sure to get you in the mood. While I admit the whole aphrodisiac thing could be Read more...
Local Produce: Give Up
Posted 4:06pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Give Up is the newest Ōtepoti shit-head post-punk band. They came to prominence last year after making the Bring the Noise finals, which was only their second gig. Now, after opening for Beet-wix and snagging a pint night slot, they’re rolling with the motion of the ocean and are keen to Read more...
Debatable: Should you watch porn?
Posted 4:04pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Abby Bowmar
TW: SA, mentions of abuse For You have an internet connection, an incognito tab, and 10 minutes (8? 5? 2?) on your hands. Put aside the guilt your Catholic primary school instilled in you, and remember to disconnect from your flat’s Bluetooth speaker. Modern society Read more...
Do it Your Fucking Self: How to Breatha-fy Your Room
Posted 3:56pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Sam Smith-Soppet
As a former “dumb fresher fuck”, you’ve just moved into the big wide world. By that, we mean out of a hall, into a beat-as-fuck six-bedroom flat somewhere on Leith, Castle, Dundas or one of the other streets that almost guarantees you are never seeing your bond again. Your room Read more...
Takeaways: Week 5
Posted 3:41pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Critic
Something to watch 5 Broken Cameras 5 Broken Cameras is a documentary film from the perspective of Emad, a Palestinian man who captured first-hand the protests in Bil’in – a West Bank village that struggled against Israeli settlements encroaching on their land from 2005. The Read more...
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