News
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...
04 Dec 2025
Four years working in forensics fosters top mark
When Beth Foster decided to return to Ōtākau Whakaihu Waka to do an Honours degree, four years after finishing her Bache...
07 Nov 2025
Supervisor with ‘super positive vibe’ takes top award
Dr Bridie Allan has won the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) Overall Supervisor of the Year Award for 2025.
06 Nov 2025
Re-established Research Centre funding welcome in ‘grim’ environment
Research centres are celebrating securing money from the recent Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago Research Centre...
01 Oct 2025
Edges of Empire explores radical rethink of immigration to New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand has transformed into a hyper-diverse society as a result of a radical rethink of immigration policy...
23 Sep 2025
Sponsorship green lights prison education pilot
Otago’s leading Inside-Out programme, which brings university-level training into prisons, has received welcome support...
19 Aug 2025
The Humanities Crisis: What’s at Stake?
For many older Humanities’ scholars, there is a particular niche on our bookshelf (usually slightly dusty) that might lo...
11 Aug 2025
Academic unlocking potential in prisons
Teaching degree-level classes to prisoners is a human rights issue rather than simply an educational one for University...
28 Mar 2025
‘Caring, passionate and dedicated’ teachers awarded
Five of Otago’s academic staff have received Excellence in Teaching awards for being ‘caring, passionate and dedicated t...
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...
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...
12 Aug 2024
Depths of tomboy trauma revealed in study
‘Tomboyism’ is often fondly celebrated by society as an accepted form of gender nonconformity but is not commonly associ...