OUSA Cook-ing up a deal?

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013

Uncertainty surrounds the future of beloved student pub The Captain Cook Tavern, with DB Breweries’ lease of the bar due to run out on 29 June. The current sub-lessees, the Cook Brothers, have indicated that they do not intend to renew while OUSA have denied any bid to pick up the lease. However, Read more...

Otago Becomes Cheekier, Darker

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

The number of Maori students enrolled at the University of Otago has increased by 23% over the last five years, although research has shown that Maori from poorer socio-economic areas are still under-represented in all professional programs relating to health sciences. Otago Health Sciences Read more...

Idea Stolen From France Hailed as “Audacious”

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

The Public Trust Building hosted a lavish awards ceremony for the 2012 Audacious student business plan competition, in which Ryan Everton took out the top honour with his sustainable plastic cup. Everton received $8,000 to put toward his company Globelet, which aims to reduce waste in New Zealand. Read more...

Fraudster Gambles On Freedom, Loses

Posted 4:25pm Sunday 23rd September 2012

Name suppression has been lifted for the former University of Otago accounts manager who admitted to stealing almost $240,000 from the University over seven years. Graeme “Petty Cash” Pettitt has pleaded guilty to eight charges of accessing the university’s electronic accounting system between March Read more...

Councillor Apologises for Calling Herself Old, Blames Senility

Posted 4:25pm Sunday 23rd September 2012

Age Concern Otago has condemned two Dunedin City Councillors for their self-deprecatingly calling themselves “old farts” and “old fellas”. The comments, which were made by Councillors Fliss Butcher and Richard Thomson during a full council meeting on Monday, were interpreted as offensive to the Read more...

Beloved Bars Bullied by Bureaucracy

Posted 4:03pm Sunday 9th September 2012

The future of many local bars remains uncertain as substantial fee increases under the new alcohol law reforms threaten their livelihood. New legislation will see bar owners fronting the full cost of licensing applications, which are currently 50% subsidised by ratepayers. Critic spoke with Read more...

Speight’s Brewery to Increase Production of Mediocre Beer

Posted 5:17pm Sunday 2nd September 2012

A major re-development of Speight’s Rattray Street Brewery will enable the brewing of over 24 million litres of beer per year for thirsty scarfies. Lion Breweries has been granted resource consent for the next stage of the $29 million re-development following completion of the first stage back in Read more...

Jimmy Boy

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012

Esteemed moral philosopher and historian Emeritus Professor James R Flynn has a staggering breadth of knowledge in fields of philosophy, psychology, and politics, on topics ranging from human ideals to race, class, and IQ. After a near 30-year reign as Head of the Politics Department at the Read more...

Tertiary education to the Future!

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 12th August 2012

A board of panellists comprised of tertiary education staff, students, and politicians gathered at the Otago Museum on Wednesday 8 August for the Tertiary Education Union’s latest public forum “Speak up for Education”. The forum had a distinctly left-wing slant, being chaired by Radio 1 Read more...

Maverick Professor Threatens to Assemble Eco-Army

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 5th August 2012

Government-owned farming corporation Landcorp and the Department of Conservation are at loggerheads over the potential threat of wilding (it’s a real word, look it up) Douglas-fir trees spreading onto conservation land. Landcorp planted 189ha of Douglas-fir trees on Waipori Station near Read more...