ODT Watch | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013

No, the Queen wasn’t talking about John Key’s visit. The article is about wasps being accidentally introduced into New Zealand for no purpose whatsoever, much like tofu. Funnily enough, the ODT isn’t referring to its own reporting. The title actually refers to Dunedin’s Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013

Shocking! Critic had always thought history was about the future. In an insightful study, researchers found that by standing near the bar and looking at the bartender, you’re more likely to get served. He is fine with humans; he just needs therapy for sneering Read more...

Government Picks on Old People For Once

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013

Student Allowances are being restricted once again, with mature students now being targeted by cuts to the scheme. As of next year, the Allowance’s 200-week limit will be reduced to 120 weeks (approximately three full years of study) for students aged 40 years or over on the date their studies Read more...

Catholic Centre for Life to Provide “Non-Judgemental” Service

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013

Family Life International has opened the doors to a new John Paul II Catholic Centre for Life on Filleul Street, Dunedin. This is the third Centre for Life to be opened in New Zealand, following those already running in Auckland and Wellington. Dame Colleen Bayer, National Director of Family Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013

The ODT is so glass-half-empty! We preferred the images of Team New Zealand nearly capsising – these showed the world who’s the dog and who’s the lamppost. Breaking News: there is now a new oldest man. Critic wonders how regularly this title changes hands. It’s Read more...

Feral Cats to Be Sent to Heaviside Layer

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013

Dunedin City Councillor Kate Wilson has created a ‘‘cat committee’’ to discuss solutions to the city’s growing feral cat problem. The committee was set up in response to ongoing concerns about the “pest problem” represented by such cats. Residents argue that if there is a system in place for Read more...

Captain Cook Staggering Back to Life

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013

The Captain Cook Tavern will be open again within a year, according to a New Zealand architectural firm. Edwin Elliot of Elliot Architects confirmed that the company has been hired to draw up plans to convert the pub, which shut its doors in July after 153 years of operation, into a Read more...

Switched On Museum to Bring Prostitution, Gambling

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013

The Marijuana Museum of Dunedin, founded by Abe Gray of Otago Norml and Julian Crawford of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP), opens its doors this week to educate locals and tourists on the world of cannabis. Crawford is also a candidate for the Otago District Health Board (DHB) and the Read more...

Money Thrown at Peace And Conflict Centre

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013

An anonymous $500,000 donation has been made to the University of Otago’s National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. Centre Director Professor Kevin Clements said that the donor, an Auckland businessman, does not want personal recognition. “He believes very strongly in the importance of Read more...

Rather Nice Automobile Discovered

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013

A 1922 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost has been discovered inside a container at Port Otago’s Dunedin container yard. The Rolls-Royce, found earlier this month, has never been registered in New Zealand, and it is yet to be confirmed whether the original body remains in place. Even in its current state, the Read more...