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RNZ News
2 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
Otago University hall stops serving special dietary requirement food after label mishap
Otago University is not serving any special dietary requirement food to live-in students while an investigation is underway. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Caterers providing meals for live-in students at an Otago University hall have stopped serving food to those with special dietary requirements while an investigation is carried out. The university said on 6 June a Te Rangihīroa College resident with an egg allergy ate a slice of cake at lunchtime which was incorrectly labelled as not containing eggs. It said it had brought in an independent consultant and the Ministry of Primary Industries was investigating its procedures around managing food allergies. RNZ has seen a message addressed to hall residents via social media that advised those with allergens could no longer be catered for by the hall for an unknown period of time. The message said they would instead need to have their breakfast, lunch and dinner meals in the nearby St Margaret's College, and a van had been scheduled to take students there during meal times. Te Rangihīroa College is one of 11 residential colleges managed by the university, while St Margaret's College is one of four university-affiliated colleges, governed independently. Otago University acting chief operating officer Jared Hayes confirmed Te Rangihīroa was not preparing or serving any special dietary requirement food while the university worked through what had happened. "St Margaret's is an independent college and has helpfully agreed to provide our special dietary students with food until the situation has been resolved. There was a van provided to help students get to St Margaret's," he said. "They had breakfast at St Margaret's, but individually wrapped meals are now being brought into Te Rangihīroa to reduce the impact on students." Hayes said the arrangement would last "as long as is necessary". Students with special dietary needs at Te Rangihīroa make up about 30 of the 450 residents. Hayes said the university accepted blame for the incident. "It is very disappointing and regrettable that this incident has occurred. We have policies and processes in place to prevent this," he said. "This was an unfortunate incident of human error. There was an error in declaring the ingredients in a food item. "College and University leadership met with the student to discuss the situation and their wellbeing. We remain in close contact with them and are continuing to provide support." A Te Rangihīroa resident told RNZ students with the special dietary requirements were initially being served food after the incident, but those students would have to wait around an hour longer than others. Hayes said arrangements had to be made at short notice to feed those students while the university got a full understanding of the situation. Some students had expressed concern about the situation, which the university understood, he said. "An email has been sent to all affected students offering assistance to apply for special consideration for exams if they believe this is necessary," he said. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Otago Daily Times
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Banner honours go to unbeaten Clutha Steamers
The Clutha Steamers solidified their position at the top of the Southern Region premier competition on Saturday with a 28-17 win over Toko to remain unbeaten and lock away the South Otago banner and Springbok Horns for the season. Toko opened the scoring with a penalty to Jared Hayes before the visitors hit their straps with three tries to enter the break 17-3 ahead. Toko started the second half well with a try before Clutha took control again. While their defensive line was strong, Toko were forced into giving away two penalties handy to the posts, which Clutha converted. A final try by the visitors extended their advantage before Toko managed to grab one back on fulltime. Heriot kept in touch with the top four with a 34-32 win over Crescent at Heriot. The first half was evenly matched as both sides scored some nice tries but also gave up possession in crucial areas of the field. Neither side could gain the territorial advantage with the majority of the half played in the middle areas of the field. Crescent led 19-17 at the break, and after the teams traded penalties at the start of the second half, Crescent extended their lead with a try to flanker Andy Carruthers. Heriot refused to let Crescent get away from them and hit back with another well-worked try. With less than 10 minutes remaining, Kairus Booth slotted a penalty to give Crescent a 32-27 lead, but Crescent's discipline began to let them down. Crescent first five Clayton Cochrane suffered a serious knee injury, and the referee stopped the game while he was attended to and removed from the field. From the restart, Heriot scored the match-winning try, much to the delight of the bumper crowd in attendance. West Taieri capped off their 125th jubilee celebrations with a convincing 51-7 win over Clutha Valley to retain the McIntosh Cup and Holmes Milk Can. West Taieri's forward pack carried with purpose and kept Valley's defence on the back foot. Early injuries for Valley did not help with their cohesion, but they were up against a switched-on West Taieri side who ran in nine tries in front of a massive home crowd. West Taieri's pack was led by hooker Bug Tisdall, who scored a brace of tries in his 200th game for his side. Jake Hamer ran the cutter well and set up numerous tries. Owaka recorded their first win of the season, beating Lawrence 25-20 at Swamp Hen Park. The first half was sloppy from both sides. Lawrence held a 15-7 lead at the break. The only real highlight of the first half was a 40m drop goal from front-rower turned midfielder Sam Wyber. Owaka lost No 8 Liuliu Pasina to a red card in the second half, and with the man disadvantage, Owaka played their best footy, scoring two tries and dominating play. Lawrence finished well but could not catch up. — Francis Parker
