AUSA Dismisses General Manager

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014

The Employment Authority and Employment Court have deemed the 2012 dismissal of former Auckland University Student Association General Manager Tom O'Connor justified. O'Connor brought the case to court after he was dismissed by AUSA due to the mismanagement of AUSA finances. However, O'Connor Read more...

Electoral Commission pays for enrolments

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014

The recent 2014 New Zealand General Election involved enrolment drives from both OUSA and the Electoral Commission. Those hired by the Electoral Commission are paid depending on how many people they enrol, whereas other parties, such as OUSA, receive no payment. Murray Wicks, the Electoral Read more...

Otago archives of early maori and european contact

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 28th September 2014

The University of Otago’s Hocken Library will pave the way for influential research surrounding early Māori and European contact in New Zealand from 1808 to 1823. The Marsden Online Archive team will make Anglican cleric Samuel Marsden's personal, transcribed, hand-written letters and journals Read more...

Disability Services confusing for all

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 21st September 2014

OUSA Welfare Officer Payal Ramritu is calling for the inclusion of a specific disability advocate to provide for the needs of students with disabilities. This comes after two Otago students were told that they were not able to live together due to their disabilities. Otago Accommodation Services, Read more...

Alumni events for students to meet Otago celebrity graduates

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014

The Otago Alumni are holding events at the University, with opportunities for past and current students to experience, interact and network for life beyond university. The Allan Hall Theatre is hosting a reunion party this weekend from 12 to 14 September to commemorate its 100th birthday. For Read more...

Endangered Dunedin fish eaten by hungry trout

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014

Native Dunedin freshwater fish are enduring delays in their protection programme by the Department of Conservation, even though they are acutely and chronically threatened. The non-migratory Eldon’s Galaxias, a subspecies of the Galaxiid family that is native to New Zealand, has been declining due Read more...

Dunedin-destined Drugs; Prison-destined student

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014

A 21-year-old male student from Otago Polytechnic has been charged with importing class A and class B controlled drugs. The recent drug haul, which found LSD and MDMA (ecstasy) on Monday 11 August, had an estimated value of between $3,000 and $7,000 for the LSD and approximately $50,000 for the Read more...

Physio Pool asks for community help to remain open

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014

The Southern District Health Board has made an appeal to work with the Otago Therapeutic Pool Trust, the Dunedin City Council and the community in an effort to save the Dunedin Physiotherapy Pool. A meeting held on Thursday 7 August saw the board outline the issues with the pool, which have Read more...

Toroa's excess spending "much needed" say students

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014

Toroa College's upgrade and expansion has gone over budget by more than $580,000 due to an error in the estimated cost. $1.781 million was spent on Toroa's development between January and May, compared to its budget of $1.2 million. The upgrade and expansion was put towards the construction of 20 Read more...

Medicine and dentistry learning tool wins CALT Award


Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014

A University of Otago medicine and dentistry online learning tool has won the Committee for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT) Award for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Technology. Dr Steve Gallagher of psychological medicine won first prize through the establishment of an Read more...