Dave Gee: Life from Right Field

The new University year is about to get underway, and tonight the annual First Years Toga Parade marched along George Street, as part of Orientation Week. Hundreds of first year students pulled sheets off their beds, for the easiest costume of them all - the Toga.

The students, led by a group of bagpipers (Yeh, sorry... It's a Scottish thing... Welcome to Dunedin ;-) The parade ran along George Street, from the New Edinburgh Way along to the Octagon, where the students were addressed by the Mayor, before heading into the Regent Theatre to watch a couple of films... Super Size Me, and the obligatory Scarfies...