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Scarfie flats

Otago University students are known as ‘scarfies’ after their long scarves. This poster features the typically old and often run-down houses, mostly in North Dunedin, where students flat in term time.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Otago places - Northern Dunedin', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/22765/scarfie-flats (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 Jul 2015