Rioting
The day we arrived in Dunedin the city was full of students from Canterbury University taking part in the Undie 500 car rally, or at least the drinking peripheral to the main event. While we were enjoying the liquid hospitality of the Dunedin Art Gallery with a crowd of dentists the students were clearly lubricating in less salubrious surroundings... leading to a major riot later in the evening.
We headed straight to our hotel but many of my colleagues came across riot police confronting bottle throwing students ( although I was told the bottles were not being aimed very close to anyone). Parts of the city were certainly a mess the next day. Not the image NZ wants to portray abroad, but rather more drunken fun getting out of hand than appalling crime to my mind.
The day we arrived in Dunedin the city was full of students from Canterbury University taking part in the Undie 500 car rally, or at least the drinking peripheral to the main event. While we were enjoying the liquid hospitality of the Dunedin Art Gallery with a crowd of dentists the students were clearly lubricating in less salubrious surroundings... leading to a major riot later in the evening.
We headed straight to our hotel but many of my colleagues came across riot police confronting bottle throwing students ( although I was told the bottles were not being aimed very close to anyone). Parts of the city were certainly a mess the next day. Not the image NZ wants to portray abroad, but rather more drunken fun getting out of hand than appalling crime to my mind.
posted by Tim | 3:25 AM
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