Otago University Students’ Association president Daniel Leamy, pictured with a campaign poster yesterday, wants students to avoid using glass bottles and switch to cans for drinking. Otago University Students’ Association president Daniel Leamy said while such behaviour was disappointing, it was displayed by "less than 1%" of the student cohort. "It comes down to the fact there’s 20,000 students in Dunedin, and it’s one bad egg in that situation that gets picked up on. "It is just that there will always be one or two people out there who ruin it for everyone else." "But the vast majority of students drink out of cans, which is more sustainable, because they’re not ending up getting smashed.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2026 15:34 UTC