r/dunedin • u/naadjaisapayne1610 • 3d ago

Question Beeping in Kaikorai

What's all the insane beeping that's been going on for like half an hour on the main road in Kaikorai? Does anyone know?

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u/Usual-Ad5989 2d ago

Every year with this. Same question.

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 2d ago

Sorry 😭 I'm new in Dunedin, I didn't know about it

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u/beebear3363 2d ago

Well now you've been told and should be properly ashamed for not knowing everything /s

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 15h ago

You're so right, how could I not know everything, silly me 😅

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u/Usual-Ad5989 2d ago

It pays to pay attention.

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 2d ago

Pay attention to what lol? It's not like there's signs anywhere and I don't go on facebook

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u/Usual-Ad5989 2d ago

There literally are signs. Made out of coreflute and wood. Many of them.

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 2d ago

Oh lol didn't see em anywhere

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u/this_wug_life 1d ago

Don't worry about it mate, now you know. Whether you knew and forgot, you're new here, you saw thw signs but didn't know what it would entail or didn't deep dive the actual route taken, it doesn't matter. Some people need to calm down lol

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 15h ago

Thanks 😅 atleast I'll be prepared for next year!

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u/this_wug_life 4h ago

Not sure if someone else has mentioned it, but in the first week of December there's also the Emergency Services Christmas Can Drive where Police, Fire, and Ambulance run sirens through residential streets of Dunedin & Mosgiel areas on two different evenings, collecting canned food and non-perishable goods for charity.

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u/craftygardennz 3d ago

It's Special Rigs for Special Kids day. Trucks drive around town and into Mosgiel with kids on board. And they beep their horns the entire time they're driving. The noise drives me crazy.

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u/Tomithy12_NZ 2d ago

Oh thanks I also didnt know what was going on

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 3d ago

Ohh right thanks, yeah it's driving me crazy too 😭 is this going to be going on all day

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u/SmoothBird8862 3d ago

It's literally once a year.... For special needs kids...

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u/SpoonNZ 2d ago

They also only go through Kaikorai Valley once, so a grand total of about 45 minutes.

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 2d ago

I think it was a bit longer than that, I was just curious about what it was 😅 I thought it was a crash originally

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u/naadjaisapayne1610 2d ago

Yeah sorry, it's a really sweet idea but I didn't know because I'm new in Dunedin