No charges over Dunedin balcony collapse

No charges will be laid after a balcony collapsed, injuring several people, during a Six60 concert at a Dunedin flat last year.

Eighteen people were injured, two seriously, when the balcony gave way at the Castle St flat on March 4.

In a statement today, police said they had determined that no criminal offence occurred, and they would not be laying charges.

A Dunedin City Council investigation soon after the event determined that the collapse came as a result of "the balcony being critically overloaded beyond its ultimate capacity".

The balcony was not intended to hold more than 8 people, but at times during the concert as many as 18 were on it, Inspector Jason Guthrie, Area Commander Otago Coastal, said today.

Despite reports that people were jumping on the balcony, video footage showed this was not the case, he said.