A car enthusiast has disputed claims a gathering in Queenstown over the weekend was in any way anti-social, or that it was held in the middle of the night. Senior Sergeant Paula Enoka, of Queenstown, told the Otago Daily Times yesterday police attended the "unusual" gathering where about 100 vehicles had parked at the Mitre 10 car park, on the Frankton Flats, between about midnight and 2am on Sunday. He was also frustrated the group of 100-plus car enthusiasts had been tarred by police with a "boy racer" brush. "Every single meet we’ve had the police have been there — we’re not trying to hide it. "Every other meet we’ve had they’ve been there, they’ve been in the background, they’ve been sweet about it, we’ve chatted to them and we’ve had no problems with them.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 22, 2020 16:30 UTC