The intended photo was meant to be of a helicopter pilot and his wife, but somehow the mix-up managed to slip through the eagle-eyed attention of the editors, who thankfully had a sound explanation for the mistake:
Meanwhile, Dave Cannan’s column finally solved the mystery of pheasant sightings in South Otago, with the reliable source of “an unnamed Peninsula wild-bird fancier,” which could really be anyone.
Seemingly without explanation, the ODT ran this clip art explosion, the meaning of which is unclear. Certainly the depictions of Dunedin schoolchildren doing anything other than loitering in the Meridian food court on a Friday evening or trying to use poorly-made IDs at the Cook are woefully inaccurate.
Luckily the ODT shows no signs of boosting its quality, and thus its readership, because its staff find...
