
26 Sep 2024
Unexpected early kūmara cultivation discovered in Otago study
New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest secur...

01 Aug 2024
Fossil reveals how penguins’ wings evolved
A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of the bird, an international study shows.

19 Jul 2024
Festschrift celebrates Forty Years in the South Seas
Otago Chair of Anthropology, Professor Glenn Summerhayes, has been presented with a Festschrift (a book that honours a r...

05 Jul 2024
Otago students excavate iconic Roman monuments
A team of Otago archaeology students and graduates are excavating in Mèrida, Spain, in the city’s iconic Roman theatre a...

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 Humanities have been awarded Advancing Rese...

21 Nov 2023
Taoka tūturu - One man’s finds are a community’s treasures
One keen-eyed beach walker’s finds have inspired a successful community-based initiative to identify and register taoka...

08 Nov 2023
Connecting Pacific communities with their “not-so-buried treasure”
A Pacific academic has endeavoured to build a bridge between indigenous peoples and their “not-so-buried treasure”.

22 Sep 2023
Remains bring stories of the Otago goldfields to life
Findings from the skeletal remains of miners laid to rest in Otago cemeteries in the 19th century are challenging some l...

11 May 2023
Third and final reburial for cemetery project
The Southern Cemeteries Archaeological Project will soon be complete, when the third and final reburial ceremony takes p...