Politweets | Issue 24

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 21st September 2014

Whoops. 23.5. Might be a good idea, John. Yes. Haha. Read more...

Greatest hits / Greatest shits | Issue 24

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 21st September 2014

Greatest HitThis one’s really easy this week. By the time you read this, the election will be over, and I’ll be able to return to a relatively peaceful life. Thank the fucking Lord. Greatest ShitI really don’t think I could give it to anything other than the National Party for being sued by Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 24

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 21st September 2014

Disclaimer: This was written before the election The country is in disarray after a shocking turn of events leaves New Zealand with a government poised to make dramatic changes that were almost unheard of during the election campaign. When New Zealand took to the polls on Saturday Read more...

Young Nats embark on pilgrimage for cheese rolls

Posted 10:45pm Sunday 14th September 2014

In the lead up to the General Election, Critic sat down with three of the Young Nationals’ executive. President Sean Topham, Treasurer and Canterbury-Westland Chair Sam MacDonald, and Secretary Adam Roland were visiting to see the experience that is Castle Street on a Sunday morning. Topham Read more...

Interview: Metiria Turei

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014

Metiria Turei is a co-leader of the Green Party, and focuses on the social policy side of Green politics. She also doubles as a candidate for Dunedin North, meaning she spends much of her campaign time frolicking between Auckland, Wellington, and her modest “castle” out in the wops. Read more...

Politweets | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014

Aw. Letters are due 5pm Thursday, email critic@critic.co.nz Chur. Fake Asenati is confident. Read more...

Greatest hits / Greatest shits | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014

Greatest HitA chance meeting that could have gone horribly wrong but didn’t: Max Key and Mona Dotcom. The Prime Minister’s son and Kim DC’s ex-wife met at a nightclub in Auckland and instantly became friends. Like a strange Beehive Romeo and Juliet, they danced the night away (as friends) and Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014

On Monday 8 September, Critic hosted its own version of Back Benches with Wallace Chapman. Last week’s politics section was dedicated to introducing the participants, who were young politicians from across the spectrum; this week looks at the most hilarious quips and quotes offered by Wallace, John Read more...

Guest Editorial | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014

I wonder what I’ll do after the election. Have time to think, I’d imagine, or perhaps I’ll finally get around to watching The Wire. No doubt by the time the next election has rolled around, the stress-induced mania will have faded into an aching nostalgia, and I’ll be left wishing for the first door Read more...

Dirty Student Politics

Posted 10:28pm Tuesday 9th September 2014

*content warning* Kiwiblog's David Farrar stands by the blog post in which he argues OUSA President Ruby Sycamore-Smith is implicitly condoning rape in her support of Tom Scott’s @Peace song “Kill the PM.” On 1 September, Sycamore-Smith published a column in Critic in which she praised Read more...