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07 Sep 2026

New podcast puts health of Māori leaving prison in the spotlight

The TIAKI podcast launches today: a six-episode series on the health and wellbeing of Māori who leave prisons, and on wh...

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01 Sep 2026

Marmite lures discovery from lake depths

Dr Roe Stuart didn’t find a taniwha in the unexplored depths of New Zealand’s lakes – but they may have found a new spec...

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25 Aug 2026

From Ōtaki to Otago and back 

When Heniti Buick began at the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka at 17, she did not have a “grand career plan”.

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13 Aug 2026

Cultural perspectives central to understanding stigma

Integrating Māori and Pacific attitudes towards mental illness into health campaigns may result in a less judgemental Ao...

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11 Aug 2026

'Magnolia Day' heralds the arrival of spring

One of the University of Otago's longstanding traditions is 'Magnolia Day', which celebrates the first bloom on a belove...

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24 Jul 2026

Christchurch campus Matariki ‘stars’ celebrated at annual awards

The Faculty of Medicine – Christchurch Ōtautahi community came together in the Rolleston Lecture Theatre earlier this mo...

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17 Jul 2026

Pacific women call for better cancer education and culturally responsive care

A major University of Otago - Ōtākau Whakaihu Waka study has found significant gaps in Pacific women’s knowledge of gyna...

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24 Jun 2026

From steam to STEM: 2026 Harraways Visiting Professor named

International food researcher Dr André Brodkorb is truly committed to science. Not only does he use simulated models and...

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15 Jun 2026

Simulation outbreak traced to Zoology Department

Forget 'Dungeons and Dragons', it’s 'Basements and Aliens' in the steampunk surrounds of Zoology's historic Marples Buil...

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05 Jun 2026

Plotting a future that hits the mark

Grace Cinque’s spending her fourth year at Otago operating remote-controlled boats.

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05 Jun 2026

Hidden beneath campus: Otago’s WWII air raid shelter

An air raid shelter hidden just below street level at the southeast corner of the University’s Geology Building is consi...

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02 Jun 2026

A smarter way to grow

What if you could grow potatoes from seeds instead of tubers?

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