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On Wednesday 24 October I'll be part of a panel presenting and discussing this topic. My talk will be looking at the community of named student flats in Dunedin.

If you'd like a taster, here's a selection of images I'll be showing as part of the presentation which is entitled: a unique community in the north end of Dunedin: 80 years in 10 minutes.

If you're interested in attending - please check out the link above and register.

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Map of named students flats in Dunedin

This is by no means complete - I need to do a comprehensive update of all my records, but it does link addresses with photos of named flats. Some are still in situ, many have long gone.

View Dunedin Student Flat Names in a larger map

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A house with the leftover carcass of a rotisseried animal lying in its backyard and the hides of bush pigs hanging over a fence is vying for a prize in the Next Top Flat Competition in Dunedin. Source : Radio NZ 28 September 2011  

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Dir. Brendan Donovan, based on the novel The Lazy Boys by Carl Shuker, feat. "Randolph's Going Home" by Shayne Carter & Peter Jefferies. More at 

http://www.carlshuker.com/lazy_boys.html, http://twitter.com/#!/CarlShuker.

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Great to see a good few named flats in the vid guys!

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“You can be a student anywhere but you can only be a Scarfie in Dunedin” Mark Wilson looks at the prospect of extinction facing this New Zealand cultural icon. 

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Wahaha and Beehive

Had a great walk around a few of Nth Dunedin, lots of new flat names - especially on Hyde Street, and had the pleasure of chatting with the boys from Wahaha and Beehive - cheers guys, happy Easter.

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Emergency kit #eqnz

On the day of the September 2010 earthquake I spent the day anxiously making up an emergency kit. It lived in the dining room, by the kitchen door, for a month. On 22nd February I grabbed it as we ran from our house through water, silt and sewage. We used a lot of the items over the subsequent days. I thought I'd list the contents, both to refer back to, and as a help to others if needed.

In the house I had a basket in which we kept the following (I'd got into the habit of throwing my camera and wallet in there at the end of each day):

important family documents (including 2 copies of a get thru help sheet and EQC and insurance details and a spare eftpos card)

pad and paper

ziplock bag of chargers (headphones, adapters, phone, camera etc)

wind up torch-radio-charger

first aid kit

wallet

camera

sunscreen

hats

In the garage were three other kits.

Plastic Box (20L):

gas stove and cylinders

butane stove and cylinders

radio with batteries and electric cord

analogue ph

power board

ziplock bag of toiletries (deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap)

ziplock bag with sponges and rubber gloves

ziplock bag with candles and matches

chalk

fishing line

squirter bottle (to fill with detol solution)

detol/antiseptic (to make up in a bottle to use instead of soap for washing hands)

bleach (to sanitise drinking water)

washing powder for clothes

packets of wipes

laundry soap

large black polythene bags

cups, plates etc

ziplock bag with a sharp knife, scissors, potato peeler, swiss army knife, screwdriver

pack of cards

ziplock bag with pens and pad of paper

soda water and other bottled water

Food Bag:

water

500ml olive oil

cans of tuna

cans of lentils

cans of tomatoes

cans of peaches

cans of apricots

cans of chickpeas

cans of baked beans 

cans of soup

packets of soup mix

tube of coffee and condensed milk

fruit in a tube

rice crackers/cream crackers

nut bars/muesli bars

Pack:

jackets

sleeping bags

blankets

towels and tea towels

fleece tops

bivvy bag

plastic sheeting

Other things I should have had ready and will include when we top up:

cash

change of clothes and shoes

gumboots

solar shower

pot

a couple of games and books

insulation tape

tarpaulin

dehydrated meals

collapsable bucket and an old colander (use for a loo)

face masks

brush and shovel

spare keys for the house

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