Heartland - Dunedin North

... it's hormone city, yeah. It's incredible, the amount of people who sort of just suddenly realise that they have bits of them that haven't been used much before.

– Future comedian Jeremy Elwood (then an Otago University theatre student) on the love lives of first year students

You can create yourself at university. The campus is such a permissive and tolerant atmosphere that allows you to express yourself.

– Leah McFall, a fifth year English student and Radio One DJ at Otago University

Universities have always been political in challenging authority. That's what Universities are for Gary.

– John Drummond, Professor of Music at Otago University