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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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27 May 2026

Food science grad breaking all the expectations


As Adine Russell bites into a chocolate chip cookie, she explains that lay people often get food science and nutrition c...

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19 May 2026

Taking te ao Māori to Devon


Before Will Katene (Ngāti Toarangatira te iwi) became an Olympic torchbearer, a finalist for UK New Zealander of the Yea...

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25 Mar 2026

Otago subjects among the best in the world


Four University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka subjects have been ranked in the top 50 globally.

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11 Feb 2026

Value of ‘healthy mind in a healthy body’ a lasting lesson


As a PE student in the early 1970s, Lorraine Moller MBE, ONZM regularly went for 32km Sunday runs with a bunch of male r...

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15 Jan 2026

Creating a wellbeing map of Wellington


Young people with early experiences of psychosis have contributed to a new artwork which will hang in the waiting room o...

Heath-Mills

12 Jan 2026

From PE School to global sports leader


If not for his Otago contacts and relationships, Heath Mills (BPhEd, 1994) says it’s very unlikely that he would be wher...

Otago campus

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...

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26 Nov 2025

A meeting of bright young minds


This is what you might call a very high-powered lunch.

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05 Nov 2025

Otago research in outer space


A mission to search for the origin-of-life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will be aided by University of Otago – Ōtāko...

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15 Sep 2025

Shining a light on pre-menopausal female exercise science


Women are constantly overwhelmed with diet, health and lifestyle advice, yet are rarely the sole focus of exercise scien...

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19 Aug 2025

Health of Pacific meat workers at heart of HRC project


The workplace hazards thousands of Pacific meatworkers face each day will be at the centre of a new University of Otago...

Alumni news

Scholarships create connections back to rural communities

Thursday 8 September 2022

The applications for New Zealand Rural Games Trust Scholarships were so impressive, the Trust decided to award two $1000 scholarships instead of one, to second-year Otago students Thomas Menlove and Holly Williams.

Four Honorary Doctorates to mark sesquicentennial

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Four University of Otago Alumni will be recognised for their life's work and their contribution to the University, New Zealand and the world during a special graduation ceremony on 1 June.

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