Otago Polytechnic graduate Matheson Brown can sleep just about anywhere, as he has proven during an entire year of ‘‘couch surfing’’. Living on $54 dollars a week, and with a mould problem developing in the van, he decided to become a fulltime couch surfer. Student Melanie Wilson (20), whose Knox St flat was home to Mr Brown's defective van throughout the year, provided him with periodic overnight stays, though he was able to get away with couch surfing because of his charismatic personality. "If I couldn't find a couch to stay on for the night I would go back to my van. "If you haven't been cold, you won't appreciate being warm.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 14, 2017 21:56 UTC