ODT Watch | Issue 23

ODT Watch | Issue 23

Decapitated bodies and random floating heads


Walking hand in hand on the beach, staring into each other’s eyes across a romantic dinner, going upstairs to consummate the marriage yet again ... all normal activities for a honeymoon. Drunk driving to pick up your sloshed bride after a night in the cells? Not so much.


The police are taking a proactive approach by installing video surveillance to catch the badass kids of Dunedin in their hooliganry. Apparently the library is the ideal spot to do just this, being a “hang-out place for young people.” We think the young people causing disorder probably aren’t the type to hang out at the library ...



So, let me get this straight, the promoter is happy with the presales? Not sure the ODT made the promoter’s feelings towards the presales clear enough.



This article on the introduction of candy to the Whitcoulls product range and how said candy looks deceivingly like stationary, serves as an important public service announcement. Everyone be on your guard when next shopping at Whitcoulls! The author provides some solid advice: “Sweetie, they are not lollies, they are paper clips. They’ll make your pooze run.”


Non-news makes the news yet again!


This is the most disturbing front-page picture we’ve seen yet. Decapitated bodies and random floating heads ...
This article first appeared in Issue 23, 2014.
Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014 by Kristen Stewart and Allison Hess.