Tertiary students throng among the information marquees at the Otago Museum Reserve in Dunedin yesterday. Photos by Gregor Richardson/Craig Baxter. : Welcoming the students

Ollie Cameron, with the stage name Oleh, plays to Arana College residents in the hall, at the University of Otago campus, yesterday. : Welcoming the students

Otago Polytechnic nursing students Katie Eames (left, 20), of Hawkes Bay, and Kristina Anderson (19), of Christchurch, catch up during a polytechnic student welcome in Dunedin yesterday morning. : Welcoming the students

Happy with their free meal are Paige Spittal (left, 19), of Nelson, and Anae Dixon (19), of Tauranga, at an Otago Polytechnic student welcome in Dunedin yesterday. : Welcoming the students