New CoRE connects coastal communities of the Pacific
Tuesday 17 November 2020
New Otago-led Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) Coastal People: Southern Skies (CPSS) recently received $32 million in funding.
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Coastal People: Southern Skies researchers feature in He Kitenga
Monday 17 February 2020
Researchers in the collaboration Coastal People: Southern Skies feature prominently in the latest edition of He Kitenga, a prestigious University of Otago research publication.
Exciting research and heritage conservation project at Te Kauae a Maui, Hawkes Bay
Monday 3 February 2020
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga is working with the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the University of Otago to develop a plan for managing an important archaeological site that is currently under threat from coastal erosion.
Early Pacific lifestyles research broadcast across the Pacific
Thursday 30 January 2020
Listen to SPAR Senior Laboratory Analyst, Monica Tromp's research about early Pacific diet and lifestyles that was recently broadcast on ABC Radio.
3000-year-old teeth solve Pacific banana mystery
Friday 24 January 2020
Humans began transporting and growing banana in Vanuatu 3000 years ago, a University of Otago scientist has discovered.
Watch: The early lives of Dunedinites revealed
Friday 17 January 2020
They ate oysters, they probably had pet cats and their feet were small. Fragments of the lives of late 19th century Dunedin people who lived and worked on the site of the University of Otago's Dental School have been revealed in a major archaeological excavation.
Penguin study reveals Southern Ocean’s Ice Age history
Tuesday 17 December 2019
A new scientific study headed by the University of Otago has revealed important clues as to how Southern Ocean ecosystems responded to past global climate change events.
Otago research reveals past rapid Antarctic ice loss due to ocean warming
Friday 6 December 2019
New research from the University of Otago has found the sensitive West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during a warming period just over a million years ago when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were lower than today.
Samoa climate change resilience challenges Western perceptions
Thursday 21 November 2019
The resilience of Samoan communities in the face of climate change is providing a blueprint for other nations to follow, according to Samoa and Otago researchers.
Avant-garde archaeology
Friday 25 October 2019
Professor Richard Walter and Dr Karen Greig (Archaeology) share an interest in past interactions between people, animals and their environment.
Lives of early Dunedinites revealed after excavation
Wednesday 9 October 2019
They ate oysters, they probably had pet cats and their feet were small. Fragments of the lives of late 19th century Dunedin people who lived and worked on the site of the University’s Dental School have been revealed in a major archaeological excavation.
Community-based cultural heritage conservation in Melanesia
Friday 27 September 2019
In the Solomon Islands SPAR worked in partnership with The Nature Conservancy where we have developed cultural heritage conservation modules.
