Icy Plunge Secures $3k for Mental Health Support

Posted 7:45pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Hugh Askerud

A second-year battler has raised $3k for mental health support after swimming in the recent New Zealand Ice Swimming Championships at Alexandra Pool on July 10-13th. Now that’s Dunedin-core. Maddy spoke to Critic Te Ārohi about the struggles of the race and her motivations for taking Read more...

Students “Giving Back” to Rescue Choppers, Blood Donations

Posted 1:36pm Saturday 24th September 2022 by Zak Rudin

Following a gnarly Mt Hutt crash, two Otago Uni students recently partnered with the New Zealand Blood Service (NZ Blood) and the Canterbury Westpac Rescue Helicopter to take blood and money from students. For a good cause, of course.  Last year, Isaac suffered a compound fracture to his Read more...

Two Students Shave $6k Worth of Hair

Posted 4:28pm Sunday 29th May 2022 by Nina Brown

Two third-year students managed to raise almost $6,000 for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand, as part of Shave for a Cure. Critic Te Arohi spoke to the two do-gooders to find out how they pulled it off.  What started as a comment about how much easier it would be to gender-bend with a Read more...