Police appalled by skateboarder's videoed antics
Police appalled by skateboarder's videoed antics
An internet video of a Dunedin skateboarder reaching speeds of 60kmh, passing traffic and travelling on the wrong side of the road has shocked police.
Hamish McNeilly
Students reminded of flat security
Students reminded of flat security
Dunedin police are spearheading a campaign asking students to lock their doors and windows following a spate of burglaries from the student area last week.
Shadbolt spurns burnout concerns
Shadbolt spurns burnout concerns
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt has vowed the ‘‘show must go on'' despite being asked to take a break by council staff, concerned he might be burning out.
Students keen to find part-time work with SJS
Students keen to find part-time work with SJS
Working for a minimum wage, cleaning out scum from a Hamilton water tank may not be everyone's ideal job, but it was just one of the many thousands of jobs students find each year with Student Job Search.
Greeting for those passing through
Greeting for those passing through
A ‘‘Transit camp'' is how MP describes the University of Otago students in his Dunedin North electorate.
Effort makes it happen, Vanessa gets it all ready
Effort makes it happen, Vanessa gets it all ready
Orientation may be a time to let your hair down, but for the organisers of the event it was a case of putting your head down and working hard.
Plea to prevent, not light, fires
Plea to prevent, not light, fires
Goody bags going like hot cakes
Goody bags going like hot cakes
James Gannon has bags under his eyes, and what is worse they are green and grey.
What a difference a cook makes . . .
What a difference a cook makes . . .
Lunchtime yesterday meant two different things for some Cumberland Street neighbours yesterday.
Waiting game all part of student ID process
Waiting game all part of student ID process
Having grown up in Osaka, Japan, Takako Kimura is used to queuing, and it is just as well, because yesterday she was last in a line, stretching several hundred metres, to get her new University of Otago student identification card.