Student Parties

[Ian Warren]

I mentioned a party really going for it to Kade last night , it was so loud i thought it being 200 meters away ..bloody hell it was nearly 2 kilometers away , don,t mind parties but would have hated to life in the Riccarton Road and Wharenui Road area , i did 15 years back . Word off it in the 'Herald News' .

Strange , the put NZ Police flyers in letter box,s couple weeks back , The few idots ! they really don,t learn .... wonder what their studies are like at the University

Police describe a drunken student party in Riccarton last night as "highly dangerous" - and one of the most disorderly they've attended for some time.

Around 250 people were at the party, at a flat near the corner of Riccarton Road and Wharenui Road.

Christchurch South Area Commander Inspector Malcolm Johnston says police were initially called by noise control officers and, because of the noise and intoxication, made a decision to shut the party down.

"We had incidents of fighting there, we had incidents of people allegedly jumping on cars, we had incidents of other party goers tipping over wheelie bins, throwing bottles at police," he says.

Malcolm Johnston says it caused a huge amount of disruption to the neighbourhood and is incredibly disappointing behaviour.

[Splitpin]

Sounds like a typical in the officers mess........the Air force put it down to "high spirits".....if it was in the Corporal 's club....it was a riot .......

[Ian Warren]

They shut it down prity quick , interesting to see if and news coverage on , few houses down is a pensioners home , guess they would not be to happy and surprised anyone one in the area still have windows .

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 21 2011,5:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They shut it down prity quick , interesting to see if and news coverage on , few houses down is a pensioners home , guess they would not be to happy and surprised anyone one in the area still have windows .

Police attacked at student party
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/police-att...t-party-4318804
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/police-att...y-4318804/video

[Splitpin]

It is a shame when this happens Ian, and I wasnt making fun of it in my first post.....but its going to keep going on, untill this counrty starts treating the alcohol companys , the way they treat smokers.

But the powers that be, seem very reluctant to do anything to kerb alcohol advertising....except for a few ad's on tv...which are shown when the target audience is out getting pissed anyway. Why not put pictures of drink related deaths and injury on beer cans and wine bottles.....oh no......but dont you light that ciggi and keep yourself to yourself.

I agree, those idiots are just that....idiots, but they choose to drink....and as far as i can see, are encouraged too do so.

Whats the latest....a smoke free NZ by 2015....."yeah right", i wonder what would happen if DB launced a brand of cigarette

Again Im sorry you had to put up with it....and i feel sorry the folks who were close to it.

[Ian Warren]

As i said , The few idiots , ... After the Quakes and mess cause by the disaster out came the good ones 'the student army' helping out with massive cleanups in there own time with mud /sand and again Feb cleanups ... but you will always get 'The few idiots!'

[dbcunnz]

They should revoke all liquor licenses from supermarkets and at least three quarters of the liquor stores if not all of them should be shut down.
OK so that might drive it underground but a small amount underground would be far easier to police than trying to police all the drunks around with the present setup of all the liquor outlets we have in this country.

[Ian Warren]

No best way to control it Doug , you won,t see this least hope not , but see 'stewddents' in the local supermarket comparing price via ALC/VOL .. cheapest for the most toxic , what they should do is simply have a key card , the ones who are without a record off hard bashing would be fine , another that may have cause the incident ... and another WEED and BOOZE don't mix .

[Timmo]

As you mention Ian, it is usually only a few idiots in a society who (try) to ruin it for other people....problem is, politicians love to make problems seem far larger than they are in order to get support for law changes which often do diddly to actual tackle the problem and only inconvenience (or worse) the majority.

In terms of our liquor laws- I don't think the current 'problems' (again, hyped up by politicians IMO but there are issues that need to be addressed) are related too much with Labours age drop but a lot to do with the simultaneous changes which have resulted in a) neighbourhood liquor shops with long hours b) supermarkets selling beer and wine and c) more drinks targeted at young drinkers (which are often far more potent and easy to consume than those targeted at 'experienced' drinkers!)
This results in people buying up large quantities of palatable, cheap alcohol and taking it home to get sloshed. Compare this to more 'traditional' forms of drinking alcohol which was less palatable and drunk in pubs where the publican and other patrons would 'supervise' any unruly behaviour- This, IMO, is a far better environment for people to drink in and far easier to contain associated problems (i.e. sound).

I'm not too sure where you are coming from in regards to the weed + booze mix Ian- They are best separate but someone who is prone to getting 'hyped up' on booze will be less so if they've consumed some herb as well. Cannabis is a far less damaging substance than alcohol is although, of course, both have safe and unsafe methods of consumption.

But yep...get people back into pubs and police the laws that publicans have to follow more strictly (i.e. not serving intoxicated people) while at the same time reducing the prevalence of 'at home drinking' and problems such as these will reduce I think....

[Ian Warren]

Your quiet right Tim , what caught my attention was the noise and I really did not think anything about it , i,m in the area of the Canterbury University hotspot and you hear party,s every holiday season , thing that struck me was the share volume of noise , the sound and to find it so far away , then to find an all out brawl .

[Bandit]

Having done security work for 22 years I feel sorry for the poor Noise Control guys that went to the initial call out. Cops come in at least pairs, normally more if it's a big party. Poor security guy is on his own serving the original abatement notice.

I've done a few "noisies" over the years and being in a student city I can honestly say gang parties are easier to deal with than drunk student parties.

As you guys have pointed out. It's our booze culture. Lots of public events are the same. Look how many people try to smuggle booze into alcohol free sports events etc. They can't do without for even 90 minutes.

Then we have to clean up the mess.