A University of Otago study says the country relies on international medical graduates to fill critically important roles ... Show more
‘I would only be vice-chancellor at Otago’: Grant Robertson already appears comfortable in the University of Otago clocktower. The incoming vice-chancellor has ...
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8-year-old Robert Chalmers-Wilson was born with a condition so remarkably rare that just a few hundred cases have ever been reported globally ... Show more #HeraldPremium
Grant Robertson is swapping cabinet for academia – but should ex-politicians lead universities?
rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/514143/grant-robertson-is-swapping-cabinet-for-academia-but-should-ex-politicians-lead-universities
Students' behaviour 'improved out of sight': A retiring Campus Watch staffer says University of Otago students’ behaviour has improved "out ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/students-behaviour-improved-out-sight
Art awards return with a new category for young artists: The new youth category for the Hope and Sons Art Awards has given a platform for some of the city’s ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/art-awards-return-new-category-young-artists
Meteorite sparks interest in odd rocks: There have been plenty of rock fans in Otago since a meteorite crash-landed near Lake Tekapo, Dr Marshall Palmer says ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/meteorite-sparks-interest-odd-rocks
Police seek witnesses to university assault: Police are seeking witnesses to an assault at a dance music event at the University of Otago ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/police-seek-witnesses-university-assault
Albany St cycleway hits another snag: After being accused of riding "roughshod" over due process, the Dunedin City Council is set to have another go at ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/albany-st-cycleway-hits-another-snag
'Very significant' rise in home insurance premiums revealed: House insurance premiums jumped by more than 30 percent in a year in some parts of New ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/very-significant-rise-home-insurance-premiums-revealed
Information event to commemorate earthquake: Nearly 50 years after the earth gave Dunedin its most recent decent shake, geologists are warning of the likelihood ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/information-event-commemorate-earthquake
Meteorite on tour here before heading overseas: It came from the sky, crashed near Lake Tekapo and will soon make its trip around the world ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/meteorite-tour-here-heading-overseas
University students drinking to ease social anxiety: Reports around the world claim young people are drinking less than ever. Is that the case at our ...
rnz.co.nz/news/top/513352/university-students-drinking-to-ease-social-anxiety
Some questions about fasting: Opinion from the University of Otago: Doug Sellman argues that a recent report linking fasting to a high risk of cardiovascular ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/07/some-myths-about-fasting/
New fossil dolphin identified: University of Otago researchers have formally identified and named a fossil dolphin which they discovered has a unique feeding ...
phys.org/news/2024-04-fossil-dolphin.html
Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger named New Zealander of the Year: Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger has been named as the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te ...
rnz.co.nz/news/national/512850/climate-scientist-dr-jim-salinger-named-new-zealander-of-the-year
Cautious optimism over review of system: University of Otago advocates are "cautiously optimistic" about a review that could can the performance-based ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/cautious-optimism-over-review-system
Salinger named NZer of the Year: Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger, of Queenstown, is the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa.
odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/salinger-named-nzer-year
Team 'stoked' to find meteorite near Lake Tekapo: Something crashed out of the sky near Lake Tekapo this week, sending stargazers scrambling ...
odt.co.nz/regions/south-canterbury/team-stoked-find-meteorite-near-lake-tekapo
Warning about ‘slippery slope’ of student life: Alcohol and university life can go hand in hand, but one Dunedin woman calls the lifestyle a "slippery ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/warning-about-%E28098slippery-slope%E28099-student-life
Tobacco companies using Tiktok to target young: Otago researcher: Tobacco companies are using Tiktok to target advertising for illegal products to young people ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/tobacco-companies-using-tiktok-target-young-otago-researcher
Weka spotted on Otago Uni campus: Known more for their varied diet than an appetite for higher learning, a weka has been spotted on the University of Otago ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/weka-spotted-otago-uni-campus
Young Otago-trained lawyer killed in suspected hit-and-run in Sydney: A young New Zealander killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Sydney at the weekend was ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/young-otago-trained-lawyer-killed-suspected-hit-and-run-sydney
'Unbearable': Mother of Kiwi lawyer killed in Sydney opens up: The mother of a young Kiwi lawyer killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Australia says ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/unbearable-mother-kiwi-lawyer-killed-sydney-opens
University average gender pay gap almost 14%: The University of Otago has acknowledged it still has work to do after a report found it pays men on average almost ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/university-average-gender-pay-gap-almost-14
GST removal Bill shot down after first reading: Removing GST from all foods and non-alcoholic beverages, as proposed by Te Pāti Māori in their amendment bill to ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/21/gst-removal-bill-shot-down-after-first-reading/
Historian was a pillar of the community: Prominent Otago historian Dr James Ng has died in Dunedin, aged 87. Dr Ng was celebrated for numerous national and ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/historian-was-pillar-community
Magazine’s St Patrick’s ‘boat race’ event criticised: A University of Otago student magazine landed itself in hot water after its alcohol-fuelled "boat ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/magazine%E28099s-st-patrick%E28099s-%E28098boat-race%E28099-event-criticised
Group needs new clowns: Would you like to spend your weekends dressed up as a clown? A group of singing comedians want to hear from you ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/group-needs-new-clowns
South’s lack of passenger rail bias: academic: Rail enthusiast and Otago business academic Dr Duncan Connors is tired of worn excuses for why so little of New ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/south%E28099s-lack-passenger-rail-bias-academic
Grant Robertson quits politics, takes up role as Otago vice-chancellor: The former finance minister will return to lead the university where he was once a ...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/20-02-2024/grant-robertson-to-leave-politics-take-up-role-as-otago-vice-chancellor
Dunedin flat initiations: University of Otago students excluded, punished over hazing rituals
nzherald.co.nz/nz/dundein-flat-initiations-university-of-otago-students-excluded-punished-over-hazing-rituals/PFTFY6KGUFHRROSIACPJ4BBDIE/
Students’ return brings excitement: University of Otago students have started to fill the city again, and with that comes the excitement of moving away from mum ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/students%E28099-return-brings-excitement
Black bowls up to cricket's big final: Young bowler Emma Black's chart-topping wicket-taking has helped Otago storm into women's cricket's ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/24/black-bowls-up-to-crickets-big-final/
'We're hoping to let loose': Toga-clad Otago students ready to party
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/were-hoping-let-loose-toga-clad-otago-students-ready-party
Clocktower race all speed and ‘a bit of silliness’: Even The Flash could not beat a fleet-footed student yesterday. Fifty keen runners took part in the annual ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/clocktower-race-all-speed-and-%E28098-bit-silliness%E28099
Tourism rethink needs to come from the top down – and the bottom up: Opinion from the University of Otago: Driven nationally, delivered locally – the tourism ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/01/tourism-rethink-needs-to-come-from-the-top-down-and-the-bottom-up/
$3.8 million donated by US Otago Alumni: A University of Otago almunus’ estate has bequest $3.8 million to support students and research ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/38-million-donated-us-otago-alumni
'Could be catastrophic': Otago prof sounds warning over bird flu: A deadly bird flu is winging its way closer to New Zealand - and it could be ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/could-be-catastrophic-otago-prof-sounds-warning-over-bird-flu
The lonely side-effect of disease: Being the parent of a child with a rare disease can be very lonely, a Dunedin mother says. Claire Aldrich died on January 7 ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/lonely-side-effect-disease
Joseph enjoying time with Matatū: It has been a bumpy few years for Maia Joseph. The classy first five suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2022 when she tore ...
odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/joseph-enjoying-time-matat%C5%AB
'Shameful' bill to repeal anti-smoking law hits House: University researchers consider the government’s repeal of world-leading anti-smoking ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/shameful-bill-repeal-anti-smoking-law-hits-house
New report says uni finances worse than forecast: The magnitude of Grant Robertson’s challenge to bring the University of Otago out of its money woes is ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/new-report-says-uni-finances-worse-forecast
Robertson to walk fine line in new uni role: Grant Robertson likes a challenge, and few are much harder than the one he is about to face ...
odt.co.nz/opinion/robertson-walk-fine-line-new-uni-role
Coat design to reflect cultural competence: A special new design on their white coats has been created to remind the next generation of pharmacy students of the ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/coat-design-reflect-cultural-competence
New chief exec continues legacy: North Otago Motor Group is a family business in every sense of the word.
odt.co.nz/business/new-chief-exec-continues-legacy
Meet the killer bird: Hunting for cassowary: University of Otago professor of marine science Abby Smith goes hunting for "the most dangerous bird in the ...
odt.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/meet-killer-bird-hunting-cassowary
Funding saves festival: organiser: A group of local businesses have banded together to prop up a popular nature festival. The Wild Dunedin Festival ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/funding-saves-festival-organiser
Universities 'positive' about enrolments after tough financial year: Universities are watching enrolments closely as they try to recover from their worst year on ...
rnz.co.nz/news/national/508922/universities-positive-about-enrolments-after-tough-financial-year
What vaping does to your sense of smell: Food scientists at the University of Otago say vaping is causing "unexpected and interesting" side effects.
rnz.co.nz/news/national/509063/what-vaping-does-to-your-sense-of-smell
The painful history of student flat hazing: In the first instalment of a three-part series on student hazing rituals, former Critic Te Ārohi editor Fox Meyer ...
thespinoff.co.nz/society/19-02-2024/the-painful-history-of-student-flat-initiations
Passing the thin blue finish line: A born-and-bred Dunedin former rower has shelved the oars to walk the blue line instead. On January 25 ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/passing-thin-blue-finish-line
Curious appetites spoiled for choice at food festival: Fishballs, pearl milk tea and Vietnamese coffee were enough to tickle the tastebuds of famished first year ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/curious-appetites-spoiled-choice-food-festival
Small fruit, big effect: That's why you should eat a kiwi every day | Tyrolean daily newspaper online
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Female olfactory cues hasten mortality and reproductive aging, mouse study finds: Sensory cues from the opposite sex can influence how animals age ...
phys.org/news/2024-02-female-olfactory-cues-hasten-mortality.html
Invasive species to be targeted by modified wasp: A new high-security science research facility has opened at the University of Otago, tasked with genetically ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/invasive-species-be-targeted-modified-wasp
'Huge': Central $9b gold find 'just the beginning': Another international company hunting for gold in Central Otago says the $9billion find ...
odt.co.nz/regions/huge-central-9b-gold-find-just-beginning
Significant measles outbreak almost certain to happen, public health expert says: "No expert I know says we're going to get through the next outbreak without ...
rnz.co.nz/news/national/507557/significant-measles-outbreak-almost-certain-to-happen-public-health-expert-says
Allen onslaught obliterates Pakistan as Kiwis seal series: The Black Caps have sealed the five match T20 series against Pakistan 3-0.
rnz.co.nz/news/sport/506939/allen-onslaught-obliterates-pakistan-as-kiwis-seal-series
Joining AUKUS could be diplomatic blow for NZ, international relations expert says
rnz.co.nz/news/national/508217/joining-aukus-could-be-diplomatic-blow-for-nz-international-relations-expert-says
El Nino bringing blue jellyfish to Otago: El Nino continues to cause unusual phenomena, blue tropical jellyfish washing up onshore in Waitaki is a recent example ...
odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/el-nino-bringing-blue-jellyfish-otago
Students paying big money for mouldy flats: Auckland and Wellington university students say they're constantly getting sick from the cold ...
rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018923399/students-paying-big-money-for-mouldy-flats
Flying through feeling alone: When it comes to operating the University of Otago’s new drones, it truly is a case of mind over matter ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/flying-through-feeling-alone
Quicksand in Portobello: Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek's year-long tenure as Dunedin's Robert Burns Fellow
newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/31/quicksand-in-portobello/
Call for student meningococcal jabs: A major increase in the number of NZ teenagers and young adults getting meningococcal disease has prompted Otago University ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/call-student-meningococcal-jabs
Weather hot spots causing challenges with sleep: If you are in one of the hot spots literally, getting a good night sleep may be a challenge ...
rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018922938/weather-hot-spots-causing-challenges-with-sleep
Analysis: uni’s debt spiralling while costs rising: Where are University of Otago’s finances heading? Into calmer seas or a tsunami of accumulated debt? Mary ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/analysis-uni%E28099s-debt-spiralling-while-costs-rising
Moana Theodore - getting to know the new Dunedin Study director: Moana Theodore (Ngāpuhi) is a name you're going to hear a lot more of. Last year ...
rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/summer-days/audio/2018921389/moana-theodore-getting-to-know-the-new-dunedin-study-director
Speculation will keep growing until Ghahraman breaks silence: Otago law expert: If shoplifting allegations against Golriz Ghahraman prove true ...
odt.co.nz/news/national/speculation-will-keep-growing-until-ghahraman-breaks-silence-otago-law-expert
Quick Glance: Golriz Ghahraman's Resignation and the Future of the Green Party - Latest Updates
- Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman stepped down from multiple important portfolios.
- MP Golriz Ghahraman's resignation is seen as a significant loss for the Green Party.
- Ghahraman left parliament due to allegations of shoplifting, which took a toll on her mental health.
- The Green Party will miss Ghahraman's expertise and advocacy in portfolios such as foreign policy and electoral reform.
Extremely rare half female, half male bird spotted in the wild: Hamish Spencer, a professor at the University of Otago and a zoologist, came across the bird ...
hindustantimes.com/trending/extremely-rare-half-female-half-male-bird-spotted-in-the-wild-101704198775251.html
“If I can help at least one person, then that’s a good thing, isn’t it?," the West Otago student says. 🔗 tinyurl.com/headboyspeechnzh
Some university staff being redeployed: The University of Otago is looking to make some of its staff cuts through redeploying previously axed staff ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/some-university-staff-being-redeployed
Trove of artefacts studied, displayed: A chance meeting between two people has uncovered a massive treasure trove of Māori taoka tūturu in Southland this year ...
odt.co.nz/southland/trove-artefacts-studied-displayed
Smiles on Graduation Day: Hundreds of graduate students from the University of Otago paraded through central Dunedin today. More than 360 people were due to ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/smiles-graduation-day
Quicksand in Portobello: Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek's year-long tenure as Dunedin's Robert Burns Fellow
newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/31/quicksand-in-portobello/
Health Minister Shane Reti responsible for review of ‘affirmative action’ scheme he graduated from in 1980s
rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/504971/health-minister-shane-reti-responsible-for-review-of-affirmative-action-scheme-he-graduated-from-in-1980s
Otago captain Withy heading back to Southland: Otago rugby captain Sean Withy is going home. Withy has signed a three-year deal to join the Southland Stags ...
odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/otago-captain-withy-heading-back-southland
Council ‘rode roughshod’ over cycleway consultation: A Dunedin businessman is accusing the city council of riding "roughshod" over due process in a ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/council-%E28098rode-roughshod%E28099-over-cycleway-consultation
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