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17 May 2024
Forging a pathway
Ilisapeti (Betty) Feiloaki Feiloakitohi’s path from South Auckland’s Mangere Eas...
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09 May 2024
Child of A’ua’u, returning home
In a collaborative partnership between the University of Otago and the Mangaian...
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11 Apr 2024
If these bones could talk
Otago’s Dr Jade De La Paz has made a career out of unravelling the mysteries hid...
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04 Apr 2024
Hidden worlds of Otago’s new Royal Society Fellows
University of Otago academics awarded Fellowships from the Royal Society Te Apār...
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29 Feb 2024
Odours hasten mortality and reproductive ageing
Sensory cues from the opposite sex can influence how animals age, a University o...
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01 Feb 2024
Archaeological evidence of seasonal vitamin D deficiency discovered
Rickets ran rife in children following the Industrial Revolution, but University...
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26 Dec 2023
Could perceived genetic vices actually be virtues?
“Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari he toa takitini - I come not with my ow...
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13 Dec 2023
Unravelling an intricate puzzle
Graduand Jasmine Sahota has always been captivated by the inner workings of the...
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06 Nov 2023
Discarded teeth offer insight into Victorian-era New Zealand
Four years ago, hundreds of teeth from a past era were uncovered on an Invercarg...
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03 Nov 2023
Anatomy Department provide care packages for tauira
Two Department of Anatomy academics have gone beyond the lecture theatre to ensu...
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30 Oct 2023
Otago academic elected to TEU Committee
Professor Siân Halcrow, from the Department of Anatomy, has been elected as Te T...
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30 Oct 2023
Otago researchers receive Fellowships
The impact of housing on mental health and how hormones regulate parents’ behavi...