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Author Molly Crighton pictured holding her book inside St Paul's Cathedral.

25 Aug 2026

Turning to crime pays off for Otago author


A criminally good book has just hit the streets of Dunedin. The perpetrator? Otago kaimahi Molly Crighton.

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20 Aug 2026

Take a bow, teaching and support staff


Talented, hard-working Te Kaupeka Whaiora – Ōtepoti, Faculty of Medicine – Dunedin teaching and support staff were recog...

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20 Aug 2026

Otago research improving life for Crohn’s disease sufferers


Research at the University of Otago I Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka looking at why some Crohn's disease sufferers don’t respond t...

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20 Aug 2026

Otago academic wins national environmental economics award


There’s a jeopardy-rich field at the intersection between economics and the environment that keeps Associate Professor V...

20 Aug 2026

PhD graduand develops tool that could protect Aotearoa's biosecurity


It might take a village to raise a child, but it can also take a community to help a PhD candidate graduate, as Benjamín...

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18 Aug 2026

Past learning creates a hopeful future


More than seven years after first enrolling, Paul Kane will graduate this weekend with a PhD and a deep sense of pride,...

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18 Aug 2026

Celebrating Our Home in dance video


An Otago tauira is hoping a video she has made, featuring some of the most beautiful parts of Ōtepoti, will help people...

17 Aug 2026

Funding for novel dental technology


A funding boost means an Otago dental team is one step closer to predicting the outcomes of oral surgery, increasing the...

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17 Aug 2026

Publications editor turns children’s book author


With remarkable simplicity, Lisa Dick turned a handful of words into a heartfelt story about love in her debut children’...

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15 Aug 2026

Award-winner bitten by the food waste bug


Second- year Food Science master’s student Nazuna Harada is flying high after winning the poster and presentation catego...

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14 Aug 2026

Generous donation to aid respiratory research


One of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading climbers has donated $1.37 million to fund respiratory medicine research at the Un...

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12 Aug 2026

Teaching passion earns top academic honour


A passion for teaching has earned one educator a top academic honour.

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