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Otago Daily Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Otago Daily Times
Call for more action against boy racers in Canterbury
Dave Dunlay. Independent Banks Peninsula Ward council candidate Dave Dunlay is welcoming the Government's new crackdown on boy racers, calling it 'long overdue' – and urging the city council to take inspiration from successful strategies used elsewhere in the country and abroad. 'We've put up with it for far too long. The noise, the danger, the disruption – enough is enough,' he said. Dunlay, who has lived on Brittan Tce in Lyttelton for nearly 30 years, said boy racers have made life miserable for communities across Banks Peninsula. 'Every weekend, the same thing happens. Dyers Pass, Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Cass Bay and Gebbies Valley all taken over by convoys of modified cars and dangerous driving. 'People are scared to leave their homes or walk their dogs at night. It's not just antisocial, it's intimidation.' The Government has outlined extensive new laws aimed at putting the brakes on illegal street racing including: Increasing fines for excessive vehicle noise from $50 to $300 Giving police greater powers to shut down illegal gatherings Enabling police to seize and destroy vehicles of repeat or fleeing offenders Dunlay said while these changes are welcome, he wants to see the city council and police go further, drawing on ideas that have worked in other parts of the country and overseas. 'In places like Hamilton, they're using acoustic cameras that detect illegal vehicle noise in real time. In Auckland, physical deterrents like speed humps and chicanes have been installed in known hotspots. 'In Dunedin, police have trialled stopping repeat offenders from entering certain streets at night. 'Overseas, cities in the UK have successfully implemented Public Space Protection Orders to ban street racing in specific areas, backed by real enforcement. 'Some councils in Australia have even created designated track nights to channel car culture away from public streets.' Dunlay wants Christchurch to adopt a similar toolkit of interventions, combining enforcement with community-based deterrents. 'We should be using CCTV and noise monitoring more strategically and we should be backing police with the tools and funding they need to act.' -APL
Otago Daily Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Otago Daily Times
Call for more action to crackdown on boy racers
Dave Dunlay. Independent Banks Peninsula Ward council candidate Dave Dunlay is welcoming the Government's new crackdown on boy racers, calling it 'long overdue' – and urging the city council to take inspiration from successful strategies used elsewhere in the country and abroad. 'We've put up with it for far too long. The noise, the danger, the disruption – enough is enough,' he said. Dunlay, who has lived on Brittan Tce in Lyttelton for nearly 30 years, said boy racers have made life miserable for communities across Banks Peninsula. 'Every weekend, the same thing happens. Dyers Pass, Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Cass Bay and Gebbies Valley all taken over by convoys of modified cars and dangerous driving. 'People are scared to leave their homes or walk their dogs at night. It's not just antisocial, it's intimidation.' The Government has outlined extensive new laws aimed at putting the brakes on illegal street racing including: Increasing fines for excessive vehicle noise from $50 to $300 Giving police greater powers to shut down illegal gatherings Enabling police to seize and destroy vehicles of repeat or fleeing offenders Dunlay said while these changes are welcome, he wants to see the city council and police go further, drawing on ideas that have worked in other parts of the country and overseas. 'In places like Hamilton, they're using acoustic cameras that detect illegal vehicle noise in real time. In Auckland, physical deterrents like speed humps and chicanes have been installed in known hotspots. 'In Dunedin, police have trialled stopping repeat offenders from entering certain streets at night. 'Overseas, cities in the UK have successfully implemented Public Space Protection Orders to ban street racing in specific areas, backed by real enforcement. 'Some councils in Australia have even created designated track nights to channel car culture away from public streets.' Dunlay wants Christchurch to adopt a similar toolkit of interventions, combining enforcement with community-based deterrents. 'We should be using CCTV and noise monitoring more strategically and we should be backing police with the tools and funding they need to act.' -APL
Otago Daily Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Hip-hop artist dedicates first book to late friend
Christchurch musician Sam Dunlay has released his first book, The Caterpillar , which is dedicated to the memory of a long-time friend and collaborator. Known by his stage name, And$um, Dunlay, 28, is an electronic hip-hop artist from Lyttelton. His sophomore album, Late Night Down Brougham, was featured in Rolling Stone Australia's best new New Zealand music in 2023. His first book is a collection of short stories and poetry dedicated to Louis Yeki, 25, who died suddenly in December. Yeki's death is subject to a coroner's inquest. 'It was really tough, with the nature of his passing there was a lot of questions, no one really knew what was going on the first couple of days,' said Dunlay. 'The main part is just shock and it's the months following where you start to feel what you're really feeling. 'It's just special to still be able to talk to him and keep his memory, he was an amazing musician and one of the best rappers in the city.' Dunlay and Yeki collaborated on the 2023 album, The Heroic Adventures of And$um & Lui Mill . The short story and poetry writing process acted as an outlet for Dunlay's grief over his friend's death. 'It's not always easy to directly talk about, so it was really nice to be able to get some of these feelings down and write them out. 'For me it's therapy to be able to get it all out,' he said. Dunlay has been making music for 10 years, but felt a shift in inspiration from writing songs to writing stories. The Caterpillar , the first story in the self-published collection, which the book is named after, he wrote 18 months ago. 'It was a story I'd been thinking about writing for years,' he said. The Caterpillar acts as a metaphor for Dunlay's battle with chronic fatigue following Covid and how he has come out the other side transformed. Themes of isolation, self-reflection, and the small inconveniences that shape our lives are explored. 'I draw a lot of inspiration from life's everyday moments. I enjoy stories that are universal and ordinary, but they mean a lot more than that. 'It was a really fun process to write, I'd work sometimes for a month then I wouldn't touch it for another three. Things in my life would change and it would reflect how I wanted to write,' he said. Dunlay found the writing process for the book differed from songwriting in its structure. 'You've got a lot more room to flesh out an explore an idea.' The official book launch was on Sunday. 'It was really nice to make it feel a bit more real and feel like it actually happened. 'You never know if these things are going to see the light of day so it was a cool feeling,' he said.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Three DCHS students named National Merit finalists
Matthew Dunlay, Nathan Goins and Sally Tidwell took the Pre-SAT and did extremely well: All three Daviess County High School seniors were in the top 1% of scorers of all students who took the PSAT in the state. Earlier this week, the students learned they had been selected as finalists to be National Merit Scholars. Goins, Tidwell and Dunlay join Owensboro High School senior Landon Block as National Merit finalists. Becoming a National Merit Finalist is a process that begins when students take the PSAT. According to the National Merit website, 1.3 million students took the PSAT: Of those, only 16,000 high-scorers were named semifinalists. Most of the semifinalists move on to become finalists, but from there, the group will be narrowed to 6,870 Merit Scholarship designees. The students hadn't been officially notified by letter as of Friday afternoon, but DCPS officials were notified earlier in the week. Goins said although he knew the finalists announcements were imminent, he didn't know until his mother called after seeing it on the school district's social media page. Dunlay brushed up on his punctuation, but otherwise felt ready for the test, which is about 50% reading and writing and 50% mathematics. 'I've always been really good at math,' Dunlay said. Goins said he didn't do much prep work for the test. 'I know I had a study book, but I don't know if I even used it,' Goins said. 'I might have flipped the pages the night before.' Tidwell said in an email she was excited to learn she was a National Merit finalist and said: 'I'm absolutely honored, and very excited, to have made it this far. 'Not many students get this opportunity or this kind of recognition, so I'm incredibly grateful for it.' Dunlay said his family was also pleased by the announcement. 'My dad gave me a high five,' he said. James Bryant, school counselor at DCHS, said the school is proud of the students' accomplishments. The students have 'top of the line great scores, but so is (the students') character,' Bryant said. 'Being named a semifinalist and then a finalist is very excellent in applying for opportunities that are out there,' Bryant said. 'It just strengthens their portfolio.'
