Due to negative media attention, the Canterbury Engineering Students Association has cancelled its Great Quake Escape event. The event had been planned as a celebration to thank students who had helped out after the series of earthquakes that devastated Christchurch.
Speaking to the Otago Daily Times, ENSOC President Loren Burnett said the Great Quake Escape had been wrongly portrayed by the media as being the Undie 500. This led to its cancellation, even though ENSOC had ensured a full schedule for the event so participants were kept busy. Alcohol-free buses for transport were also promised.
Burnett hoped that the cancellation of the Great Quake Escape and precautions taken by ENSOC in planning the event showed the organisation’s enthusiasm to work with the authorities. Despite its cancellation, a liquor ban will remain in central Dunedin from August 19-21, when the Great Quake Escape was supposed to take place.
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