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14 Mar 2025
Enrolment growth at Otago for first time since 2021
Student enrolments at the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka are tracking positively at 2.7 per cent above the s...
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14 Mar 2025
Young Muslim immigrants are proud NZers – study
Young Muslim immigrants with a strong personal faith feel a deep sense of belonging to Aotearoa New Zealand despite assu...
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14 Mar 2025
How parents can develop kids’ consumer competence
Taking children to the supermarket isn’t always top of the list for parents, but the family grocery shop can have a posi...
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14 Mar 2025
Concerning rates of injecting-related injuries for drug users – study
New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch – Ōtakau Whakaihu Waka, Ōtautahi, has exposed the large number o...
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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...
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09 Mar 2025
Vaccination programme saves lives and millions
A Turanga Health vaccination programme saved lives and created millions in social value, a seminal research project has...
Undergraduate news (Te Aka Tauira)
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13 Mar 2025
Entrance scholarships from alumni donors celebrated
More than 50 donor-funded entrance scholarship recipients gathered at Allen Hall for official recognition of their succe...
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12 Mar 2025
Supporting tauira team effort for Tumuaki Takirua
Porourangi Templeton-Reedy and Ngātiki Taylor will bring their friendship, leadership skills and passion for seeing taui...
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11 Mar 2025
Sundae every day in The Link
A new food stall has opened in The Link’s Hawkers’ Alley and up to six food stalls will rotate through the area dependin...
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07 Mar 2025
Highlighting values priority for UOPISA president
From Vice President of the Politics Students Association to President of the Pacific Island Law Students’ Association, S...
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07 Mar 2025
Disability Action Plan launch signifies commitment to inclusivity
An increased commitment to creating an inclusive, accessible environment and enabling disabled students to reach their f...
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05 Mar 2025
Advocacy key for OUSA President
New Otago University Students' Association president Liam White will draw on all his experiences from his time at Otago...
Postgraduate news (Te Pānui Taura)
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12 Mar 2025
Supporting tauira team effort for Tumuaki Takirua
Porourangi Templeton-Reedy and Ngātiki Taylor will bring their friendship, leadership skills and passion for seeing taui...
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11 Mar 2025
Sundae every day in The Link
A new food stall has opened in The Link’s Hawkers’ Alley and up to six food stalls will rotate through the area dependin...
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10 Mar 2025
Otago student wins Young Econometrician Award
When PhD candidate Syed Zulqernain Hussain received a Young Econometrician Award at last month’s 34th meeting of the Aus...
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08 Mar 2025
Otago’s Online MBA 10 years old and top of class
The Otago Online MBA (Master of Business Administration) is celebrating its tenth birthday this year – and doing so with...
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07 Mar 2025
Highlighting values priority for UOPISA president
From Vice President of the Politics Students Association to President of the Pacific Island Law Students’ Association, S...
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07 Mar 2025
Taiwan trip focuses on tangata whenua connections
A postgraduate tauira Māori who recently participated in a delegation visiting indigenous communities in Taiwan says the...
Bulletin Board and staff news
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14 Mar 2025
History 'quite a sobering force'
Some of the anti-queer views being currently voiced loudly are sounding scarily similar to views expressed during the 19...
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14 Mar 2025
Enrolment growth at Otago for first time since 2021
Student enrolments at the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka are tracking positively at 2.7 per cent above the s...
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14 Mar 2025
Putting ethics at the forefront in the use of human skeletal remains
Department of Anatomy researcher Professor Siân Halcrow is collaborating with two biological anthropology colleagues fro...
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13 Mar 2025
Pharmacy clinic meets street festival
Kaimahi at Otago’s Pharmacy Clinic He Rau Kawakawa Whare Haumanu were determined to make themselves known at this year’s...
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11 Mar 2025
Sundae every day in The Link
A new food stall has opened in The Link’s Hawkers’ Alley and up to six food stalls will rotate through the area dependin...
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10 Mar 2025
2025 Harraways Visiting Professor named
International food science researcher Dr Susan Tosh from the University of Ottawa, Canada, has been named as this year’s...
Alumni news
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14 Mar 2025
Enrolment growth at Otago for first time since 2021
Student enrolments at the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka are tracking positively at 2.7 per cent above the s...
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14 Mar 2025
Work with passion and you're not working at all
A Q&A with Dr Bruce Hamilton, former High Performance Sport NZ and Olympic Health team lead.
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13 Mar 2025
Entrance scholarships from alumni donors celebrated
More than 50 donor-funded entrance scholarship recipients gathered at Allen Hall for official recognition of their succe...
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06 Mar 2025
Honorary degrees and special memories for two Otago leaders
For two former senior leaders who received Honorary Degrees from Otago in December, their connections with alumni provid...
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05 Mar 2025
Professional staff the backbone of Medical School
They’re knowledgeable, experienced and unflappable. And what they don’t know about the Otago Medical School (OMS) probab...
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28 Feb 2025
Voice scholarship celebrates legacy of Honor McKellar
A new scholarship to remember the life and work of the late voice teacher and performer Honor McKellar is being establis...