Both police and St John were at the scene of the massive keg party in Agnew St after 4.30pm, reporting up to 1000 people there ''at the peak'', a police spokeswoman said yesterday.
She said there was one arrest for disorderly behaviour and three partygoers were ''assisted'' by St John for intoxication, but otherwise the large party was ''relatively well behaved''.
A St John spokesman said at the time it was assessing two 18-year-old females, one of whom had fallen and hit her head.
Just before 5pm the party was wound up. Empty bottles and beer boxes were strewn on the street.
A woman, who appeared to be intoxicated, was lying on the footpath screaming while being comforted by friends. A few others, some in fancy dress, continued to party.
The street has periodically hosted keg parties, at times annually, like the more well-known Hyde St party.
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I think this is a pretty unfair representation of such a lovely event. Instead of choosing to focus on the lovely celebration, the sunny day, the fact that there was no fights, minimal glass, no fires, that peeps have been knuckling down and focusing hard, the awesome local Dunedin music, the ODT chooses to focus almost exclusively on the negatives.
Student culture in Dunedin is changing, people are realising that fights are stupid, couch fires are average, that its funner not to get so drunk that you cant remember anything or interact with anyone.
If only the ODT had shared one of the many other videos highlighting the passion and celebration of the vibrant culture down here, or held a few on the spot interviews. Media representation of the culture could assist (rather than hinder) the change that we are seeing. I understand it must be difficult sometimes, coming from a different culture and a different generation.
Maybe its time to appoint a student journalist, or a media liason from within the student body itself, in order to communicate some of the more positive aspects of these events that almost never get mentioned, and highlight some of the beautiful interactions.