News archive
31 Oct 2022
Poutoko Taiea, Distinguished Chair appointments announced
Five University of Otago internationally acclaimed scholars and leaders have bee...
25 Jul 2022
Otago’s hospitality and tourism management ranked 23rd worldwide and best in Aotearoa
The University of Otago’s teaching of hospitality and tourism management has bee...
21 Jul 2022
21 July 2022 Adventure skills help participants cope with pandemic restrictions
Psychological skills gained while rock climbing and kayaking helped participants...
08 Jul 2022
Pandemic reduces carbon emissions at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Major international sports events can significantly reduce their carbon footprin...
07 Jun 2022
Ones to Watch: Maddy Gordon
Always looking for an opportunity to promote sustainability, Communications and...
25 Mar 2022
‘Net-zero’ goals encouraged by top tourism academic
New Zealand tourism leaders should introduce and accelerate ‘net-zero carbon’ to...
25 Mar 2022
25 March 2022 Regenerative tourism a focus for Queenstown Lakes District
Lake Wānaka Tourism General Manager Tim Barke gave the first update on the Queen...
10 Aug 2021
International students affected by COVID-19 restrictions return
While New Zealand’s borders are still closed the government has accepted the ret...
30 Jun 2021
A sustainable future: Rebuilding Aotearoa
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development agreement set 17 global goals to ach...
24 Mar 2021
Reshaping tourism for a post COVID-19 world
If we want tourism to continue in a post COVID-19 world it has to change to a ne...
19 Mar 2021
19 March 2021, Emissions the biggest threat to international travel - Upton
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says that the gre...
19 Mar 2021
Priorities post-COVID-19 outlined at Tourism Policy School
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says planning is underway for a new-look tourism se...
05 Nov 2020
Marketing students help COVID-hit businesses
Otago marketing students have worked with local businesses hit by a dearth of in...
21 Jul 2020
New model proposed to reduce carbon footprint
Prior to the global pandemic, climate researchers identified an uncomfortable tr...
01 Jul 2020
1 July 2020, Rebuilding Aotearoa New Zealand
Regardless of how we fared personally with COVID-19, we are now all facing a cha...
02 Mar 2020
2 March 2020, Second Tourism Policy School to be held next month
Industry leaders and world experts on one of the biggest challenges facing the t...
02 Dec 2019
Finding flow in adventure recreation
Finding flow in adventure recreation
05 Nov 2019
Otago researchers recipients of inaugural $3m Marsden Fund Award
Otago researchers recipients of inaugural $3m Marsden Fund Award
18 Jun 2019
18 June 2018, Results of self-driving tourist report of ‘great concern’
Results of self-driving tourist report of ‘great concern’
12 Feb 2019
Pressing issues focus of inaugural Tourism Policy School
The impact, value and sustainability of tourism is the focus of the inaugural to...
12 Dec 2018
University of Otago announces academic promotions
Seventeen University of Otago academics have been promoted to the position of pr...
29 Nov 2018
Tourism students’ studies benefit charities
A group of Otago Business School tourism students have raised more than $7000 fo...
20 Apr 2018
20 April 2018, Research reveals pressures facing tour guides
Research reveals pressures facing tour guides
12 Apr 2018
New Zealand dentists pick up the pieces when ‘dental tourism’ goes bad
New Zealand dentists are increasingly having to provide remedial treatment where...
31 Jan 2018
31 January 2017, University joins prestigious global tourism network
Research and learning in tourism stands to significantly benefit from the Univer...
08 Feb 2017
8 February 2017, Time for big ideas? Re-thinking the field for tomorrow
It is time for big ideas and re-thinking the field of tourism as the world enter...
14 Dec 2016
Otago academics made full professor
Seventeen leading academics from across the University of Otago’s Dunedin, Chris...
07 Mar 2016
“Myths” behind tech solutions to aviation’s climate change crisis explored
Climate-damaging emissions from aviation will continue to rise despite the best...
03 Sep 2014
Tourism Waitaki appointment
A new marketing manager has been appointed for Tourism Waitaki. Ian Elliott repl...
28 Mar 2014
Whale-watching book questions industry sustainability worldwide
Whale and dolphin-watching may not be the low-impact, sustainable industries man...
07 Mar 2014
Combining passion and research
Nurdina Prasetyo is studying scuba-diving tourism in Indonesia, while at the Uni...
29 Aug 2011
Otago’s stand-out postgraduate supervisors rewarded
Otago’s stand-out postgraduate supervisors rewarded
26 Aug 2011