ODT Watch | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014

Poor Dent students, their beloved Medical Library is being moved to make way for animal testing facilities! Hang on a minute … is it just us, or is anyone else concerned about how animal testing is deemed a lesser concern than dentistry students missing out on a study space that isn’t even Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014

Heads up, Dave Cull! Has ODT got a deal for you: more shackles on sale! I’m sure there’s still some taxpayer money squirreled away that you could use to augment Dunedin’s growing collection of dirty, old handcuffs. These three articles, placed together in Tuesday’s Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014

ODT reveals the Otago region’s most boast-worthy facts and figures … Which apparently don’t amount to much. The article highlights several, uh, “strengths” including that the average income for Otago households is $1,000 less than the rest of New Zealand, life satisfaction is lower Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014

This article goes on to lament the burnt-out couches, empty booze bottles and pigsty houses, rhetorically questioning if decimating Dunedin in the name of having fun is really desirable. We’d like to point out this man’s first and foremost mistake: taking a Sunday drive through Castle Street Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014

Apparently there’s a major gap in New Zealand’s education syllabus … ODT rightly demands this be amended immediately; we don’t want New Zealand’s reputation going down the drain! A snag is right: John Key was giving away sausages for free a mere 100m away from school kids Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014

At first glance this appears to be an awfully inept spelling mistake … but no. It is, in fact, an awful and confusingly contradictory pun about a pacifist’s response to international terrorism. When I give someone a piece of my mind, it is most definitely not peaceful! Incoming Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014

The ODT is your one stop shop for news of the royal visit! All the drooling and irrational obsession you could possibly hope for over the duration of their stay is to be found in the ODT’s special “royal tour” feature! Funny how so far none of the articles have mentioned how the visit is Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 07

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

Denmark has come up with an innovative way to increase birth rates – and we like it! Though we’re a little mystified about the encouragement for “elderly and gay couples” to participate ... Um, no, I think your guest will be thinking twice before accepting a dinner invitation from you Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 06

Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014

So that’s why they’re tearing up the Leith! Get your sledge hammers out – we’re going to be rich! You’re giving us mixed messages here, ODT. We thought destruction was meant to boost profits ... Instead an 11-year-old apple merchant is now financially ruined. High Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 05

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014

What kind of burlesque show is this? They're wearing more clothes than a UniCol fresher out on a Saturday night. In winter. When it's raining. If only men would accept women as equals in the workplace. That's rich coming from you, ODT. This public Read more...