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Pacific PhDs, Library and Pacific Islands Centre team

16 May 2025

Library shows commitment to Pacific legacy through Koloa mei Moana


The Library is pulling out all the stops with its bold visions for a new initiative, ‘Koloa mei Moana’.

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16 May 2025

A digital poetic regeneration of archival multilingual Rotuman texts


PhD candidate Mere Taito is believed to be the first person to hand in a thesis written on early 20th century multilingu...

An exciting morning for Iunisi Finau as she is pictured in front of the University clock tower on graduation day.

12 May 2025

Family inspiration for Masters graduate


Iunisi Finau credits constant family support as the driving force which saw her graduate with a Masters of Indigenous St...

Sakiusa Baleivanualala working in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

09 May 2025

Graduand fighting superbugs in the Pacific


Saki Baleivanualala didn’t just come to the University of Otago to study, he came here to learn, grow and give back.

Graduate Josephine Ripley dressed in her regalia before her graduation.

09 May 2025

Laws and Arts graduate leading with a Pacific heart


For Josephine Ripley, completing a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in Pacific Islands Studies was a journey of b...

Kaylee Driver with Hugh Campbell receiving her award

11 Apr 2025

A celebration of Māori and Pacific tauira and research in the School of Arts


Undergraduate students of Te Pae Takata - The School of Arts were recently presented with awards recognising their achie...

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10 Apr 2025

Fulbright fellow focuses on underserved populations


We catch up with medical alumna Dr Sainimere Boladuadua who was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Science and Innovation G...

27 Mar 2025

Tauira invited to leaf their advice


Otago staff and tauira have been sharing their words of wisdom for new tauira in libraries around the Dunedin campus.

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26 Mar 2025

Searching for the missing link to heart disease in NZ’s Fijian population


Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke, are looking to genetics to understand...

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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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17 Feb 2025

Pacific lecturer in Theology joins Otago


Dr Terry Pouono brings his Pacific world view, Christian faith, and enquiring mind to his role as the University of Otag...

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12 Feb 2025

Win highlights the importance of ‘empathy, integrity and putting people first’


Winning this year’s Richard Kammann Wellbeing Prize is bittersweet for Bale Kito.

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