The Fold

How is student media surviving – even thriving – in print?

Nina Brown, current editor of Critic Te Arohi, and Joel MacManus, former Critic editor as well as The Spinoff’s Wellington editor, join Duncan Greive to discuss the evolution of the magazine and the state of student media.

07 Oct 2025

The Fold

More about the episode

Critic Te Arohi is the student magazine of the University of Otago, and turns 100 this year, making it the oldest student media in the country, as well as one of its most awarded and impactful. This week, Duncan is joined by the current editor and one of its recent former editors to discuss the evolution of the magazine and how student media, which naturally has the youngest adult demographic in the country, keeps up its mission, despite still relying on the oldest distribution strategy of them all.