News

02 Apr 2025
From checkout chats to HR honour
Human Resources New Zealand (HRNZ) has found another rising star in Ōtepoti – Otago student Poppy Fogarty, who recently...

16 Dec 2024
Eleven gain Summer Studentships
Eleven Māori and Pacific Otago students will get a taste of a career in health research over the summer break, thanks to...

15 Nov 2024
New but familiar faces at Graduate Research School
A few staffing changes have taken place at Otago’s Graduate Research School recently- Associate Professor Diane Ruwhiu h...

01 Nov 2024
Supervisor of the Year 2024
Dr Jeff Foote, of the Department of Management, has won the Otago University Students’ Association Overall Supervisor of...

06 Sep 2024
Site brings carbon emission clarity
A new online climate impact monitor aims to demystify the action – or inaction – of Aotearoa New Zealand’s top carbon em...

06 Sep 2024
Closing time never sounded so sweet
Night owls may have noticed something a bit different in the Robertson Library at closing time recently.

07 Aug 2024
Project hopes to shift Pacific ideas on food
Making positive shifts today to improve the nutrition of Pacific communities in the future is the hope of a University o...

17 May 2024
Miranda Chetham: do the mahi, get the treats
One of the first tricks Miranda Chetham (Ngātiwai, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi) learnt at the outset of her online Master of S...

14 May 2024
Marathon effort for cause close to heart
Five third-year Otago students went the distance this month in the name of a very worthy cause.

28 Jul 2023
Be a ‘good farmer’ or follow new regulations: The struggle for Otago farmers
A new national freshwater policy is causing tension for Otago farmers, as many of the new regulations oppose their perce...

21 Dec 2022
Otago’s sustainable business qualification receives global recognition
A University of Otago programme that tackles the big issues of sustainability, climate change and resource scarcity has...

23 Aug 2022
Business School wins design award
Business School wins design award