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Letters to the Editor: students, housing and keffiyeh
Letters to Otago Daily Times reveal student housing neglect and heated debate over keffiyeh symbolism amid growing concerns on antisocial behavior and human rights in North Dunedin.
- Earlier this month, letters to the Otago Daily Times urged concern for University of Otago students' welfare and criticised housing affordability, attacking 'the greedies' over rising prices.
- University and student-affairs observers note writers tied troublesome gatherings to lack of large supervised spaces and blamed cheap alcohol, alleged drugs, absentee landlords, and neglected managers.
- A neighbour recalled packing a student's belongings after last Monday's 'fireworks wars', noting smashed glass and rubbish at the Howe St terrace house, while letters reported students moving away for warmer, cheaper flats.
- Council and procurement observers note letter writers urged action citing Rule 44, while some applauded Dunedin councillors wearing keffiyeh and others opposed treating Palestinian issues as DCC concerns.
- Writers argued that letters contested equating the Keffiyeh symbol with Hamas support, while others linked it to reports of Israeli Defence Force treatment of Palestinian people.
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