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16 Jul 2025
New tool can determine risk of chronic diseases
Dunedin Study researchers have developed a new tool that can tell how fast someone is aging by looking at a snapshot of...
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14 Jul 2025
Health-impaired world leaders raise nuclear war fears
Many former leaders of the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations were impaired by health conditions while in office, raisin...
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08 Jul 2025
Homecoming for Otago’s new DVC Research & Innovation
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has appointed a highly distinguished staff member as Deputy Vice-Chancell...
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04 Jul 2025
Otago leading university in national education indicators
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has ranked first for student performance amongst New Zealand universities...
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03 Jul 2025
Many children suffering ongoing Covid symptoms
More than 20 per cent of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are experiencing significant persistent healt...
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27 Jun 2025
Lack of psychogeriatric beds putting patients and doctors at risk
Placing physically and sexually aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards is both unsafe and uneth...
Undergraduate news (Te Aka Tauira)
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17 Jul 2025
New initiative supports Māori leadership development
A new Māori student executive support programme has been developed to support Māori student leadership at Ōtākou Whakaih...
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30 Jun 2025
Aotearoa’s Malaysian students unite at Otago
A 300-strong group of Malaysian students and supporters from across Aotearoa will converge in Dunedin on 1 July for a we...
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27 Jun 2025
Otago tauira set to shine on international hockey stage
Nina Murphy (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) will represent Aotearoa on the international hockey stage not once, but twice this yea...
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16 Jun 2025
Alumni support gives exchange students boost
If going on exchange wasn’t exciting enough already, 14 tauira will be getting some added financial support thanks to Ot...
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12 Jun 2025
'A roller coaster, in the best way'
Manaaki Scholars Grace Asaua and Muffet Taro spoke with communicatons adviser Koren Allpress about their time at Ōtakou...
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11 Jun 2025
Sweet taste of success for top scholar
There’ll soon be a new chocolate on the block and it’s already serving up sweet, sweet rewards for its creator, first-ye...
Postgraduate news (Te Pānui Tāura)
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17 Jul 2025
New initiative supports Māori leadership development
A new Māori student executive support programme has been developed to support Māori student leadership at Ōtākou Whakaih...
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08 Jul 2025
Smart solution delivers on dolphin DNA
Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species –understanding their past and how they hav...
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04 Jul 2025
Fulbright recipient has big plans
Otago Fulbright recipient Cam Young can’t wait to have his life changed forever by his upcoming year in the United State...
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04 Jul 2025
DBA candidate sets historic milestone
Te Paea Paringati, an Otago doctoral candidate and proud descendant of Waikato, Ngāti Ranginui, and Ngāti Porou, is hono...
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27 Jun 2025
Who gets to create knowledge?
And whose knowledge is, or is not, respected? These questions form the basis of PhD candidate Jaymie Orchard’s research...
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27 Jun 2025
Otago strikes again with top economics thesis
Commerce alumnus Cameron Grubb says it was “a bit of a surprise” to win the 2025 New Zealand Association of Economists (...
Bulletin Board and staff news
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17 Jul 2025
New initiative supports Māori leadership development
A new Māori student executive support programme has been developed to support Māori student leadership at Ōtākou Whakaih...
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17 Jul 2025
New UOC Dean Lutz Beckert an ‘academic citizen’
As a medical student in Hamburg, Germany, newly appointed University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) Dean and Head of Campu...
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17 Jul 2025
Zoology Emeritus Professor Phil Seddon – a career in wildlife conservation
Emeritus Professor Phil Seddon has a feeling his career may have been the result of him effectively talking himself into...
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16 Jul 2025
Ōtautahi academic wins prestigious Fulbright Award
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academic Dr Kelly Tikao (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu) has recently been awa...
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15 Jul 2025
Legal alumnus recognised for helping youth
Otago alumnus, former Invercargill lawyer Fergus More (LLB, 1980) has recently been honoured with the King’s Service Med...
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11 Jul 2025
Urban climate pioneer honoured by The Royal Society
In this Q&A, we talk with Otago Geography alumna Professor Sue Grimmond, who was recently elected a Fellow of the presti...
Alumni news
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15 Jul 2025
Legal alumnus recognised for helping youth
Otago alumnus, former Invercargill lawyer Fergus More (LLB, 1980) has recently been honoured with the King’s Service Med...
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11 Jul 2025
Urban climate pioneer honoured by The Royal Society
In this Q&A, we talk with Otago Geography alumna Professor Sue Grimmond, who was recently elected a Fellow of the presti...
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10 Jul 2025
Unique and “invaluable” Children’s Writer Residency seeks support
For 32 years, the Children’s Writer residency at the University of Otago, which is the only one of its kind in New Zeala...
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10 Jul 2025
Otago medical education underpins success at the Mayo Clinic
A solid foundation in Anatomy and Physiology at Otago and a good all-round training as a house surgeon stood Andrea Boon...
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08 Jul 2025
The people’s pharmacist
A career of owning and operating rural pharmacies began for one University of Otago alumna by stepping into the unknown.
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04 Jul 2025
Honing his dementia research skills at Oxford
Despite preparing to spend the next three or four years at the University of Oxford, alumnus Ronan McNeill is already pl...