ODT Watch | Issue 10

Posted 2:48pm Sunday 3rd May 2015

In “Scarfies Go Wild” this week, this old-boy appears to have done his OE on the extreme side. An Australian doctor, branded as the posterchild for ISIS, has been found to have previously failed first-year health science in Dunedin. Oh look … another youth binge-drinking story Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 9

Posted 2:53pm Sunday 26th April 2015

  When the front page is often a picture of a farmer in gumboots and a swandri, you shouldn’t really claim that you have your eye on fashion.       Don’t fall asleep at the library, at work or on any form of moving transport, especially if heavy Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 8

Posted 4:07pm Sunday 19th April 2015

Clinton’s having a crack at the old White House again, yay for girl power! Here is something to do with all those plastic bottles the flat collects: do a three-day trip in a kayak made out of recycled plastic bottles. In “winter is coming” news, the snow-related Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 7

Posted 5:24pm Friday 17th April 2015

As an avid Easter fan, it breaks my heart that at the Great Easter Bunny Hunt, 8000 little bunnies saw the white light and went to bunny heaven, full of carrots and Easter eggs. Don’t go hunting on the West Coast, as your odds of getting stung by a swarm of bees are terrifying An Otago Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015

The beer was chilled and the kegs were flowing as the last bastion of Scarfie culture took place on Saturday 21 March. Following the trend current in Invercargill, Dunedin’s own “code brown” situation occurred last weekend at Moana Pool, with those wanting a “leisurely” swim Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 5

Posted 3:54pm Friday 27th March 2015

Only in Otago do we get front-page headline news that a regional rugby player has become a new dad. Be thankful if you’re a ginger and live in New Zealand rather than Tanzania, as more than 200 people have been arrested due to their association with the murders of albino Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 4

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

Being a guy used to be easy, but now it’s the year of the man bun, the hot lumberjack and manscaping. Stop, pop and roll! Nothing like a good NZ Breakers Basketball/Savage remix of a great club banger. #punoftheweek In another story featuring dodgy hospital Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

It’s good to know our new Pharmacy graduates are taking their place in the world and giving out dodgy drugs. Only in New Zealand do we feature a convicted killer and ex-NZ Idol participant on our below-par talent show. A strip club in Auckland has been Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015

A new player in the weapons market was discovered at the recent Highlanders game. Better keep this one on the lowdown so ISIS doesn’t find out. Must have been a slow news day. Although who wouldn’t want a hat of the day featured in their newspaper every day. Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 1

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 22nd February 2015

We’re wheely proud too. As anticipated, the ODT has provided us with some finely tuned puns. This surely answers the age old question that alliteration and puns are all you need to know when writing a headline. No, this article is not just another Read more...