Two students involved in fire-related incidents during
September's Undie 500 disorder received fines and community
work, respectively, when they appeared in the Dunedin
District Court on Tuesday.
One person arrested during the weekend the Undie 500 rally
arrived in Dunedin has been given diversion and another is
being considered for it despite police promising no-one
arrested during the disorder would get that option.
Seventeen Dunedin students have already received convictions
for their part in this year's Undie 500 weekend disorder, but
the University of Otago is refusing to say if it has
disciplined anyone.
City and university leaders in Dunedin and
Christchurch are elated by yesterday's announcement the Undie
500 rally will not return to Dunedin, describing it as
inevitable after last weekend's disorder.
About a dozen well-dressed young men outside the Dunedin
courthouse yesterday suddenly became camera-shy as they
reported to court for the first time after being arrested
during the weekend's Undie 500 disorder.
Organisers of the Undie 500 were unable to control the fringe
elements "down there", so Canterbury student leaders have
turned the key off for the infamous Canterbury car rally to
Dunedin.
