If you’re not an ODT subscriber, take up a 2 month subscription trial at discounted rates. Keep up with what thousands of households across the South and further afield read and talk about every morning. Enter a promotional code to start your ODT journey. Ts & Cs apply as listed below.
DIGITAL ACCESS
- Credit Card Auto-Pay every 4 weeks
- TRIAL RATE: $3.91 for 4 weeks
- for the initial 2 periods (8 weeks)
- continues at $16.56 every 4 weeks
- cancel with 5 working days' notice
- web access, ODT+ app & e-edition
NEWSPAPER DELIVERY + DIGITAL ACCESS
- Credit Card Auto-Pay every month
- 2 MONTH TRIAL: $25.76 / month
- Town delivery - continues at $39.10
- Rural delivery - continues at $58.65
- Delivery 6 days per week across most of:
- Otago, Southland & South Canterbury
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Proudly NZ’s oldest newspaper — and proudly online for the South:

Website: 5,000+ stories a month from across the South Island, the nation and the world. Check out local news, opinion pieces and quizzes.
E-edition: The layout you know, including World Focus on Mondays & The Weekend Mix on Saturdays. Accessible via ODT+ app or via my.ODT.co.nz
Other subscription options
Corporate deal
With a digital subscription for your company or team, you'll get individual logins and access so you can stay ahead of the game and understand the South better.
We offer a discounted digital access at just
$10+GST per user monthly (based on 10 users).
Corporate user brackets are:
| 3-5 users | 6-10 users |
| 11-20 users | 21-30 users, etc. |
Subscriptions are invoiced annually with credit card or bank transfer payments.
If you are interested in a copy of the newspaper for your cafe, waiting room or social room, we can deliver that too.
Newspaper trial
Otago Daily Times newspaper delivered to your home 6 days per week. All ODT Digital access benefits (e-edition + website + app) are complementary.
- Credit Card Auto-Pay every month
- 2 MONTH TRIAL: $25.76 / month
- Town delivery - continues at $39.10
- Rural delivery - continues at $58.65
Our delivery area covers most of the South: Otago, Southland & South Canterbury.
Why subscribe to the ODT?
Your subscription supports independent, regional journalism that keeps our communities informed and connected across the South.
We have reporters across the South, telling stories that matter, holding power to account, and going in to bat for our people. If we didn't cover the South so extensively, then nobody else would.
Trial Terms & Conditions
- This offer is for new subscribers. New subscribers are defined as subscribers who have not have an active or stopped subscription in the last 6 months.
- All new subscriptions are reviewed by our circulation team to check subscription history and confirm this promotion eligibility.
- This offer applies for subscriptions available via the online portal (Auto-Pay option only). Annual Prepaid and Direct Debit payment options are excluded.
- The discounted rate will be active for the initial 2 periods of the selected subscription depending on your selection (8-weeks or 2 months) and will revert to normal rates after that.