Alumni and Otago appeal projects in the news

Dunedin lawyer now Rotorua judge

Dunedin lawyer Melinda Broek has been appointed Rotorua District Court judge. Judge Broek, a University of Otago graduate who started her career in Invercargill followed by stints in England, has specialised in family law since becoming a barrister sole in 2013.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/city-lawyer-now-rotorua-judge

From high finance to the high country

Otago Commerce graduate Matthew Tayler's path from high finance to high country farming.

https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/rural-people/'soft-skills'-being-put-good-use

New principal of Kamo High School

Alumna Natasha Hemara has been appointed principal of Kamo High School in Northland.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=12331936

Otago Southland Emerging Director awards

Faculty of Law Dean Professor Jessica Palmer and Alumna Stephanie Pettigrew

Otago has come out on top in awards recently announced by the Institute of Directors. Faculty of Law Dean Professor Jessica Palmer has been named the Otago Southland Branch Emerging Director for 2020, while Otago BA (Japanese) and LLB alumna Stephanie Pettigrew, who is a partner at Dunedin law firm Marks & Worth and deputy chair at Presbyterian Support Otago, has been named runner-up.

https://www.odt.co.nz/business/spotlight-emerging-director's-skills

Otago alumna and Associate Professor Lynnette Jones (left), Andrea Samson (middle) and Lucy Warren (right)

Expinkt™ participants launch breast cancer enterprise

Active participants in University of Otago School of Physical Education gym exercise and fitness programme Expinkt™, Dunedin friends Andrea Samson and Lucy Warren have launched "Touched by Pink", a social enterprise to provide more lingerie options for breast cancer survivors.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/breast-cancer-lingerie-launched