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![Third-year performing arts student Davontae Bristowe.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/580350/Davontae-Bristowe-image-3-650.png)
10 Jul 2024
Living the dream and sharing the love
For tauira Davontae Bristowe (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa), an overnight stay in Studholme...
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10 May 2024
Helping a 'little, tiny island' in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
This Saturday, Jekope Maiono will cross the stage at the Dunedin Town Hall for t...
![Jaime Heperi](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/570619/Jaime-Heperi-thumbnail-650.png)
09 May 2024
Award for “thoughtful” theology student
Jaime Heperi (Ngapuhi, Kai Tahu) is the winner of Te Pae Takata Whakamānawa Māor...
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01 May 2024
Otago awarded prestigious PM's science prize
The University of Otago’s HDGC Research Group has received the Te Pūiaki Putaiao...
24 Apr 2024
Bright future for teaching in the dark
The stage is set to be packed for the MAOR108 concert this semester as the numbe...
![Jacinta Ruru image](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0023/558221/Jacinta-Ruru-image-650.jpg)
09 Feb 2024
Inaugural Deputy-Vice Chancellor Māori appointed at Otago
Distinguished Māori legal scholar Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginu...
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02 Feb 2024
Te Tumu pōhiri Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa: Otago’s new alliance
Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa |National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (TAOR) has...
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29 Nov 2023
Te Poutama Māori grants for Humanities
Te Kete Aronui Division of Humanities received three of the six annual Te Poutam...
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22 Nov 2023
Collaboration a focus in Pacific Academic Staff Caucus supported projects
Three research projects led by Pacific staff in Te Kete Aronui – Division of Hum...
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20 Oct 2023
Māori lecturers selected for prestigious programme
Dr Wahineata Smith (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Waikato, Ngāti Ranginui), and PhD can...
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19 Sep 2023
Otago researchers rewarded for excellence
The breadth and strengths of University of Otago research is evident in this yea...
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17 Aug 2023
Otago’s first community-based PhD oral defences graduate
Having supported each other through their studies, Terina Raureti (Ngāti Raukawa...