Apprentices get switched on at new hub
Apprentices get switched on at new hub
Second year electrical apprentice Gemma Botica, of Queenstown, checks the polarity of electrical switch board connections at and open day for the new Dunedin Skills Hub.
News
SUBSCRIBER
Library staff shift floated as loans drop
SUBSCRIBER
Library staff shift floated as loans drop
Book borrowings at the University of Otago libraries have nosedived by more than 67% in the past five years as staff restructuring is proposed.
Prospective students check out polytech offerings
Prospective students check out polytech offerings
Pacific Trust Otago social and cultural services director Mama Keni Moeroa chats with Waia Qalivutu and Teemam Tamwennang at the Vaka Moana Pasifika Careers Expo.y.
MP 'grasping at straws', says Otago Uni law expert
MP 'grasping at straws', says Otago Uni law expert
Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis says former Green MP Darleen Tana is "grasping at straws" arguing they are not disrupting Parliament's proportionality by staying on as an independent.
SUBSCRIBER
View Te Pūkenga overhaul poses risk to Otago Polytech
SUBSCRIBER
View Te Pūkenga overhaul poses risk to Otago Polytech
The government’s rollout of proposed options for overhauling the Te Pūkenga mega polytechnic framework will mean "the likely loss of roles and loss of control of the direction of Otago Polytechnic".
Ball descends into brawl at Aquinas College
Ball descends into brawl at Aquinas College
A brawl broke out among students at a University of Otago residential college ball over the weekend.
SUBSCRIBER
Teddy Bear Hospital works to soften fears
SUBSCRIBER
Teddy Bear Hospital works to soften fears
A dinosaur, otter and giraffe are not the usual patients you would expect to see in a hospital waiting room.
University of Otago graduation
University of Otago graduation
Hundreds of former University of Otago students flooded into Dunedin at the weekend, to attend two graduation ceremonies at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday.
Association between tomboys, trauma, study finds
Association between tomboys, trauma, study finds
What appears to be a "carefree" tomboy persona can sometimes be a mask for unhealed trauma.
SUBSCRIBER
Pizza place pivots to prepare physicians
SUBSCRIBER
Pizza place pivots to prepare physicians
Dunedin's highly recognisable old Pizza Hut restaurant in the city centre was not so much neatly sliced apart yesterday as unceremoniously mashed and smashed to bits.
Students’ creativity impresses
Students’ creativity impresses
Creativity of all forms will be celebrated in the Otago University Students’ Association’s "art week".
Studious goal set for top-ranked athlete
Studious goal set for top-ranked athlete
Levi Stout may be the No1-ranked disc golfer in New Zealand, but he is refusing to put all his discs in one basket.
Food fears studied to better health
Food fears studied to better health
Obesity remains a significant and persistent health challenge in New Zealand, and Pacific Island communities are disproportionately affected due to disparities in healthcare and food environments.
Relocating uses space to ‘full potential’, saves at least $27m
Relocating uses space to ‘full potential’, saves at least $27m
About 280 University of Otago operations group staff scattered about the campus are being centralised into a single space at the Plaza Building next to Forsyth Barr Stadium.
50-year yoga teacher ‘just getting started’
50-year yoga teacher ‘just getting started’
Some days his yoga looks like Cirque du Soleil — other days, it makes him look like a discarded rubber band.
Fossil fills gap in penguin evolution
Fossil fills gap in penguin evolution
Tiny bones from a penguin fossil found in the Hakataramea Valley, are believed to fill a morphological gap between modern penguins and those that waddled about Otago 24 million years ago.
SUBSCRIBER
Climate paper suggested by MP ‘bunk’
SUBSCRIBER
Climate paper suggested by MP ‘bunk’
A Dunedin student says he was alarmed to be asked for his views on a dubious climate change research paper by a sitting MP.
Polytech reform goes against ministry's recommendation
Polytech reform goes against ministry's recommendation
The Education Ministry recommended a different approach to reforming the polytech system from the minister's chosen model.
Otago and Auckland team up in doctor training proposal
Otago and Auckland team up in doctor training proposal
Otago and Auckland Universities have told the govt they can train up to 300 additional doctors annually, without the need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a third medical school in Waikato.
SUBSCRIBER
Otago Polytech could stand alone, staff say
SUBSCRIBER
Otago Polytech could stand alone, staff say
Otago Polytechnic staff are confident the institution can "stand on its own" as one of the strongest polytechnics to emerge from the latest government shake-up.