14 May 2026
Friends who dig archaeology and PhD study
Everything is better when shared with a friend, and that includes doctoral study.
10 Dec 2025
Otago announces 32 new professors
Twenty-six University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academics are being promoted to the position of Professor, with a...
06 Nov 2025
Re-established Research Centre funding welcome in ‘grim’ environment
Research centres are celebrating securing money from the recent Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago Research Centre...
05 Nov 2025
Partnership project in Aotea Harbour, Waikato receives Otago Research Grant
Dr Zac McIvor, with the Archaeology Programme at Otago, has received a University of Otago Research Grant (UORG) to cont...
05 Jun 2025
Otago researchers help unlock ancient migration secrets
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have helped bring clarity to the great migration of early Pacific...
13 Mar 2025
Otago success in QS World Rankings
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is home to New Zealand’s highest ranked subject area in the latest QS Wor...
26 Sep 2024
Unexpected early kūmara cultivation discovered in Otago study
New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest secur...
01 Aug 2024
Fossil reveals how penguins’ wings evolved
A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of the bird, an international study shows.
19 Jul 2024
Festschrift celebrates Forty Years in the South Seas
Otago Chair of Anthropology, Professor Glenn Summerhayes, has been presented with a Festschrift (a book that honours a r...
05 Jul 2024
Otago students excavate iconic Roman monuments
A team of Otago archaeology students and graduates are excavating in Mèrida, Spain, in the city’s iconic Roman theatre a...
22 Nov 2023
Collaboration a focus in Pacific Academic Staff Caucus supported projects
Three research projects led by Pacific staff in Te Kete Aronui – Division of Humanities have been awarded Advancing Rese...
21 Nov 2023
Taoka tūturu - One man’s finds are a community’s treasures
One keen-eyed beach walker’s finds have inspired a successful community-based initiative to identify and register taoka...