Law Exam Leak Labelled “Crippling”
On the morning of Friday June 6, Law students had been gearing up for one of their biggest exams of Semester One, LAWS407 Company Law. A couple of hours before the exam, however, they received an email from the University advising that following a breach of academic conduct, they’d been forced to make the “difficult decision” to postpone the exam. Cue carnage. Whistleblowers had tipped the University off that the...30 Years Strong: Te Rōpū Māori Marks a Milestone
Kiritea Smith, Chair of the 30th Committee – Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pūkenga Porourangi Templeton-Reedy, Co-President of Te Rōpū Māori – Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tainui Honouring the Past, Celebrating the Present, and Building the Future It’s been three decades of unapologetic presence, fierce advocacy, and whānau-first leadership at the University of...Recession Indicators: Otago Edition
Aotearoa technically isn’t in a recession anymore, but this is what I have seen and things I expect to see in the near future as signs of economic backsliding. Full buses Home hair cuts and choppy bangs U-Bar pintflation (alongside the death) The rise of platonic room-sharing PAK’nSAVE introduces a one-in, one-out system English majors drinking instant coffee Campus scones shrink The University leaves a slice...Students Swarm the Beehive: Youth Parliament Debriefed
Youth Parliament provides a socially acceptable setting for rangatahi to yell at a room full of important people. The biggest news story to come from Youth Parliament were the accusations of censoring the youth voice, levied against the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD). Critic Te Ārohi had a fly on the wall in the Youth Press Gallery – here’s the tea, straight from Wellington. Parliament gossip hits just as good as the campus...(OUSA) Greening Out: Second Quarter Reports Summarised
Two quarters (for non math majors: half) of a year in, it’s been hectic for the OUSA Executive. They’ve been no strangers to Critic Te Ārohi’s headlines, with a referendum, BDS postures and questions of Political Rep Jett’s conflict of interest making appearances – a let’s not forget the countless hours of behind the scenes work that never sees the light of the news. To get their honorarium (fancy...I can tell you what you study based off your census answers
I spent the semester break trawling through census data and am confident I can accurately guess what you study based on how you...
Editorial: Census Was a Trip
Welcome back to campus! While many of you had a well-deserved rest and shroom-induced epiphanies, I tripped in a labyrinth of census data, was sent down corridors of correlations and came out the other end both enlightened and far too familiar with your...
Campus Banksy Calls Out ‘Old Boys' Club’ Exec
In the wake of news that Political Rep Jett Groshinski will be running for council and continuing in his role despite a conflict of interest, anti-OUSA Exec propaganda posters have popped up on notice...
Local Produce: Powder Chutes
From fans to friends. A local rock band from Wanaka ended 2024 on Spark Arena’s stage playing with Grammy-nominated act Highly Suspect. 2025 saw the band interrupt their usual rotation of gigs with a nationwide tour promoting their self-titled album,...
Moaningful Confessions: “Caught, Clawed, and Chlorinated”
Have something juicy to tell us? Send your salacious stories to moaningful@critic.co.nz. Submissions remain...
OUSA Exec: The Glorious and Half-Serious Revolution
The last couple of months have been rough. Not “there’s no seats in the link” rough. More like “I tried to...
Debatable: Is it socially acceptable to drink glasses of milk?
For It was a bit of a shock to learn that drinking the occasional glass of milk was a controversial act. I’m an adamant...
Booze Review: Speight’s Hazy Pale Ale
This article does not start with a sip, but with a journey. Of course, by journey I mean driving from my boozeless flat in the North East Valley to Rattray Street to pick up a rarer drop than most...
