L.A.B – The New Kings of Kiwi Reggae

Posted 9:46pm Thursday 15th March 2018

L.A.B. is a supergroup with about as much pedigree as it’s possible to have in the New Zealand music scene. Combining the legendary Kora brothers Brad (drums) and Stu (guitar, keyboard), with Ara Adams-Tamatea of Katchafire on bass, and young talent Joel Shadbolt on lead vocals and guitar, Read more...

Critic Interviews Green MP Marama Davidson

Posted 9:56pm Thursday 8th March 2018

Why did you decide it was important that you run for Green Party Co-Leader? It wasn’t the easiest decision, but in the end I felt I was best to maintain our independence, grow our movement, and be transparent for our membership. It’s going to be really important for us as a smaller Read more...

We Crashed the Prime Minister's Tea Party

Posted 6:33pm Thursday 8th March 2018

Critic often doesn’t get invited to important stuff. Mostly because we aren’t important and no one really likes us. So we decided to start inviting ourselves. We had no idea that Jacinda Ardern was in town, reopening the Dunedin Law Courts and announcing Labour’s Read more...

'Health Sci Bible' Causes Controversy

Posted 6:16pm Thursday 8th March 2018

A book on “How to Survive and Thrive in First Year Health Science” has caused controversy after lecturers apparently accused it of being “full of rubbish and mistakes”. The Health Sci Bible was written by second-year students Marcus Ground and Jack Davies as a Read more...

The Studylink Hold Music Playlist Is Fire

Posted 5:59pm Thursday 8th March 2018

As is tradition for students every February, I recently spent a good 10 minutes on hold with Studylink. Normally, that would infuriate me, but this time something was different. The hold music. It started out with Brooke Fraser – Arithmetic, a soothingly powerful tune I haven’t heard in Read more...

SOULS Law Camp Cancelled

Posted 4:53pm Monday 5th March 2018

SOULS Law Camp has been cancelled after a meeting between the executive of the Society of Otago University Law Students and the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Humanities, Tony Ballantyne.  The SOULS Executive made the following statement in an email to all law students: "The Society of Otago Read more...

Postgrad Students Locked Out of WiFi Days Before Theses Due

Posted 6:02pm Saturday 3rd March 2018

Several postgraduate students found themselves locked out of University WiFi and unable to gain after-hours access to their building just days before their theses were due. The issue appears to have been caused by the automatic reset of the Student ID system on February 23, which cleared 2017 Read more...

Editorial | Do Not Put Fruit or Vegetables Up Your Bum

Posted 4:42pm Saturday 3rd March 2018

Last week we published an article about a charity fruit and vegetable scheme run by the Anglican Church. It’s a really great scheme run by amazing volunteers dedicated to bringing you super cheap food. You should totally get on down and sign up. In the header of the article (which was added Read more...

Someone Stole an Ambulance Last Night and Drove it for 40 Minutes Before they got Caught

Posted 8:59am Monday 26th February 2018

O Week 2018 ended with a bang after some loose unit in South Dunedin stole an ambulance and led police on a high speed for almost 40 minutes before they got caught. According to police, the ambulance was stolen at around 11pm and was stopped by road spikes which were set up around Read more...

Opinion: OUSA Exec already drowning in petty bullshit

Posted 4:45pm Saturday 24th February 2018

Over the last three weeks, rather than putting their time to productive use, a number of your elected representatives on the OUSA Executive have been preoccupied with petty bullshit, infighting and personal grudges. They’re wasting the student services fee that you pay, and, frankly, Read more...