The University of Canterbury Engineering Students Association
(Ensoc), the group behind events that have brought
considerable disorder to Dunedin in the past, is heading back
for a weekend in the city.
It seems the Undie 500 rally has finally found a new
destination, but there is still the small matter of
widespread opposition from local authorities to get around
before the event can go ahead.
The years of the Undie 500 in Dunedin with the ensuing
disorder and ugly scenes of riot police clashing with
students in Castle St might be over if organisers are
successful in moving the event north.
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.
