ODT Watch | The Week the ODT Smoked Some Weed and Told Ghost Stories

Posted 10:14pm Thursday 15th March 2018

To start this week we jump right into the high-octane world of the ODT’s opinion section. Riveting, absolutely riveting.     Next, I imagine the ODT gazing out of a window running aesthetically with rain while Bic Runga plays in the background, pondering the muses Read more...

Student Area Terrorised by Violent, Knife-Wielding Children

Posted 10:06pm Thursday 15th March 2018

Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne has slammed the numbers of high school kids attending student parties in North Dunedin, arguing that they cause much of the disorder in the student area. “We have a couple of unwanted visitors at parties, particularly on Castle Street and Hyde Street that are Read more...

Is this the ODT's worst ever headline pun?

Posted 11:41am Sunday 11th March 2018

This week the ODT have tried to force a pun even worse than usual, Ah yes, because “brass” was used to indicate coinage in the Victorian era, and caulis (the commonly used abbreviation of cauliflower) are becoming more expensive, and cauliflowers are brassicas. It writes Read more...

Landlord Mike Harbott rented “unliveable” flats, ignored Tenancy Tribunal rulings, and has not paid the ordered compensation

Posted 9:14pm Thursday 8th March 2018

In 2016 eight girls signed a flat with Mike Harbott at 41 Gladstone Road. He told them that the property was being renovated but that the renovations would be complete well before the end of the year. Many of the renovations were not completed. There was no source of heat, no ventilation in the Read more...

Chronicles of Castle: 7 Days of O-Week on NZ’s Biggest Party Street

Posted 6:10pm Saturday 3rd March 2018

As one of the two truly iconic party streets of North Dunedin, Castle is locked in a never ending tussle with Hyde to prove their status as the true home of O-Week. It’s hectic, as parties spill onto the street and combine into a frothing melee of noise, dancing and vomit. We sent a Read more...

University Cracks Down on Initiations

Posted 6:01pm Saturday 3rd March 2018

17 people in 2017 were excluded from University for initiation related events, including nine people from the Debacle initiation that got significant media attention last year, which the ODT called “sadistic”. In comparison, in 2016 and in 2015 not a single person was disciplined for Read more...

Embers of Couch Fire Culture Pissed Out by Uni

Posted 5:57pm Saturday 3rd March 2018

Couch burning, once so prevalent you couldn’t open your front door without seeing at least three smouldering sofas, a few charred armchairs and an oxidising ottoman, is on the decline. In 2017, 24 fire-related incidents were dealt with by the Proctor, compared with 70 fire-related incidents Read more...

Breakdown of Exec Drama

Posted 12:50pm Monday 26th February 2018

Editor’s Comment: Over the last three weeks, rather than putting their time to productive use, your elected representatives on the OUSA executive have been preoccupied with petty bullshit, infights and arguing.   President Caitlin Barlow-Groome made a minor mistake. She apologised. Read more...

Re:Fuel Rebrands as UBar

Posted 4:36pm Saturday 24th February 2018

Re:Fuel has been rebranded UBar under new management; the name Re:Fuel was apparently the copyright of the last manager. Adrian Lowrey, UBar’s new manager, emphasises that UBar will provide the same service as Re:Fuel. “Essentially nothing has changed apart from the name. UBar will Read more...

Student Association Confirms Being a Student Is Still Worse Than Being Unemployed

Posted 4:06pm Tuesday 28th November 2017

Jonathan Gee, the President of the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA), has taken issue with the National Party’s recent attack on the government's proposed $50 a week increase to the student allowance, arguing that National’s numbers do “not show the Read more...