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29 Jul 2026

DSO celebrates Otago’s 100 years of music with Beethoven’s Triple Concerto

The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will present a thoughtful gift to mark 100 years of Music at Otago – a performance ...

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24 Jul 2026

Let’s dance Dunedin

During a year of stunning professional highs, this year’s Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance with the University...

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24 Jul 2026

Ode to ‘everyday resilience’ scores award for Otago composer

Seeing their piece performed live at the “Olympics of contemporary music” has confirmed something for Otago alum Lucky P...

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21 Jul 2026

Inaugural music award winner aiming high

Keep doing something until it no longer makes you cry may sound like an unusual piece of advice, but for up-and-coming o...

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06 Jul 2026

CALT Fellows showcase teaching innovations

Innovative approaches to learning and teaching are in the spotlight at Otago, addressing some of the key challenges in t...

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02 Jun 2026

Breadth of Otago’s impact highlighted in King’s Birthday Honours

The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is proudly celebrating more than 20 alumni and staff recognised in this y...

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08 May 2026

Landmark graduation for Dance

On 9 May, Otago will award Yanling Sun the first Doctorate of Philosophy in Dance in the Humanities.

Professor Jonathan Lemalu

07 May 2026

Rare Honorary Doctor of Music for opera singer

Receiving an honorary degree from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka feels like a “full circle moment” for a...

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13 Mar 2026

'Brown Sugar' giving taste of flatting life at Fringe

The highs and lows of a group of Pacific flatmates will take centre stage at the Fringe Festival tonight.

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10 Mar 2026

Good for her?

How far could a female character go while committing an act of revenge in a theatrical production before the audience no...

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10 Dec 2025

Otago announces 32 new professors

Twenty-six University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academics are being promoted to the position of Professor, with a...

Professor Anthony Ritchie, Nathaniel Otley, Ihlara McIndoe, and Emeritus Professor Peter Adams. Ihlara says Anthony and Peter are very important mentors to her and husband Nathaniel.

31 Oct 2025

Otago music graduate wins 2025 SOUNZ Contemporary Award

Ōtepoti Dunedin composer Ihlara McIndoe has won the 2025 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Te Tohu Auaha, announced at the APRA S...

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05 August 2026

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Lunchtime Concert: Performance Students in Recital I

Marama Hall, University of Otago, Central Campus, Dunedin

12 August 2026

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Lunchtime Concert: Dewandaru Dreaming

Marama Hall, University of Otago, Central Campus, Dunedin

13 August 2026

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Lunchtime Theatre presents: Please Hold

Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus

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