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It was an "out-of-control situation" and the young people at the party should not have to live with the pain and guilt, Sophia Crestani's father says.

A former tenant at a Dunedin flat where a 19-year-old student died has wept while telling an inquest the decision to lock bedroom doors during the...

A Dunedin tenant says barricading the doors to contain a fatal student flat party was one of the worst decisions he has ever made.

Sophia Crestani, 19, died after emergency workers at the scene struggled to get in.

An initiative to enhance student safety and unite the Dunedin community has been launched in memory of Sophia Crestani who died at a flat party last year.

By Tess Brunton of RNZ An inquest into the death of a student at an overcrowded Dunedin party has heard recordings of distressed party-goers pleading for...

An inquest into the death of a student at an overcrowded Dunedin party has heard recordings of distressed party-goers pleading for help, saying someone is

The tenants had blocked off other exits, sealed up doors, and put plastic on the floors to protect their belongings.

Parents who have the grace, vision and determination to wring something positive from the trauma and misery of the death of a child deserve...

Two female University of Otago students have described being told to strip to their underwear and called "piggies", as more stories of horrific...