Gyro (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Gyro is the official magazine of its owners the Otago Polytechnic Students' Association
(OPSA) http://www.opsa.org.nz/gyro.htm at Otago Polytechnic
in Otago
, New Zealand
. Gyro is a member of the Aotearoa Student Press Association
(ASPA), and was the first polytechnic publication to fully join.
Gyro is printed monthly and covers news, features, regular columns, and reviews. Printed copies are available free of charge around the Dunedin North and Central Otago campus areas, and selected sites in Dunedin
city. Archive copies may be located at Dunedin's Hocken Library
. On-line copy is constantly available at the Gyro digital site.
Gyro traces its history back to the 1960s photocopied SAM (Students' Association Magazine), and was known as Kram, and Student Informer during the '70s, Informer and Pinch in the '80s, and Tech Torque during the '90s, until its re-branding as "gYRo" in the late 1990s ("Gyro" as of 2007). Gyro was published as a newsprint magazine during the late 1990s and as a glossy magazine in the late 2000s. As of 2011 it is published in a Zine
format.
Gyro won second "Best Headline" and second "Best Small Publication" at the 2009 ASPA National Awards, and second "Best Headline", second "Best Reviewer" and third "Best Columnist" in the 2010 Awards.
Design/Technical Editors
Otago Polytechnic Students' Association
Otago Polytechnic Students' Association is an independent organisation founded in the 1960s that all Otago Polytechnic students become members of when they enrol, it is the sole students' association at OP.OPSA's aims include:...
(OPSA) http://www.opsa.org.nz/gyro.htm at Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic
The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with campuses throughout the region of Otago including Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown....
in Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Gyro is a member of the Aotearoa Student Press Association
Aotearoa Student Press Association
The Aotearoa Student Press Association is an association of fourteen student newspapers and magazines that are published by the student associations of universities and polytechnics in Aotearoa .The members of ASPA are:...
(ASPA), and was the first polytechnic publication to fully join.
Gyro is printed monthly and covers news, features, regular columns, and reviews. Printed copies are available free of charge around the Dunedin North and Central Otago campus areas, and selected sites in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
city. Archive copies may be located at Dunedin's Hocken Library
Hocken Library
The Hocken Library is a research library, historical archive and art gallery based in the New Zealand city of Dunedin...
. On-line copy is constantly available at the Gyro digital site.
Gyro traces its history back to the 1960s photocopied SAM (Students' Association Magazine), and was known as Kram, and Student Informer during the '70s, Informer and Pinch in the '80s, and Tech Torque during the '90s, until its re-branding as "gYRo" in the late 1990s ("Gyro" as of 2007). Gyro was published as a newsprint magazine during the late 1990s and as a glossy magazine in the late 2000s. As of 2011 it is published in a Zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
format.
Gyro won second "Best Headline" and second "Best Small Publication" at the 2009 ASPA National Awards, and second "Best Headline", second "Best Reviewer" and third "Best Columnist" in the 2010 Awards.
List of editors
- 2011 Lisa Scott
- 2010 Daniel Copeland & Sasha Jamieson
- 2007–2009 — Daniel Copeland & Gregor Campbell
- 2004–2006 — Carmen Wilson
- 2002–2003 — Fiona Bowker
- 2001 — Simone Montgomery (& briefly Duncan Eddy)
- 2000 — Fraser Heal
- 1998–1999 Simone Montgomery
- 1997 — Duncan Heal
- 1996 — Chris House & Dale Grice
- 1995 — Sandy Garner
- 1992 — Shaun Scott
Design/Technical Editors
- 2001 till present — Mark Baxter
- 199?–2000 — Fraser Heal