Otago Tops New Rankings

Posted 4:58am Monday 13th September 2010

The University of Otago has topped a new ranking table of teaching and learning performance in the New Zealand tertiary sector, with the Otago Polytechnic also performing well. The rankings, released by the Tertiary Education Commission, aim to provide a national snapshot of institution and Read more...

Female Serial Killers:

Posted 3:55am Monday 13th September 2010

Female Serial Killers: Countess Elizabeth Bathory:     Born in 1560, and a countess from the renowned Bathory family, Elizabeth Bathory certainly etched her name in history. The ‘Blood Countess’ is alleged to have lured young, attractive women to her dungeons in Read more...

NZ Drug Foundation

Posted 1:07am Monday 6th September 2010

The NZ Drug Foundation has cited the University of Otago as a case study on binge drinking in its latest publication. The article, titled ‘Campus Crackdown’, discusses the University’s efforts to deal with the culture of binge drinking pervading the student lifestyle in Read more...

Otago Graduates Win Awards

Posted 12:44am Monday 6th September 2010

Two University of Otago graduates won national awards at the annual Dietitians New Zealand awards ceremony, the Otago Daily Times reports. Krystal Somner won the Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Young Achiever Award for her work in developing a screening tool for chemotherapy patients at risk of Read more...

OUSA Election Results

Posted 3:42am Thursday 26th August 2010

PRESIDENT    Abstain: 177    No confidence: 137    Dan Stride: 704    Harriet Geoghegan: 948    Matt McKillop: 515    Mitch Edwards: 348    Nathaniel Hatch-Stevens: 36      Read more...

Former Critic Editor TV Star

Posted 3:27am Thursday 26th August 2010

Former Critic Editor John Ong is to star in the new show Feedback on TV2. The show, based around a disgraced news presenter desperate to secure ratings, also stars Arthur Meek, Natalie Medlock, Orlando Stewart, and Ngapaki Emery.     The half-skit, half-sitcom comedy will Read more...

Manmade Environmental Disasters

Posted 5:22am Monday 23rd August 2010

Chernobyl:    In April 1986, a nuclear reactor at Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, sending massive amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. The radiation drifted west across Russia, and since then thousands of children have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and an Read more...

Interview with Larry Matthews - Owner of {lanyop} lagniappe small art gallery

Posted 4:06am Monday 23rd August 2010

Tucked away behind Mou Very bar on George Street is {lanyop} lagniappe small art gallery, an offbeat and unique art space that is only open when the sun goes down. Gallery-goers view works by candlelight while being serenaded by live piano. Critic talks to owner Larry Matthews. What was the Read more...

Russian Relationship

Posted 3:48pm Monday 16th August 2010

University of Otago students could soon face the prospect of sharing lectures with students at St Petersburg State University in Russia, after a visit by St Petersburg Vice-Rector Professor Konstantin Khudoley last week. The possibility of sharing lectures via video-casting was discussed, as was Read more...

Celebz in NZ

Posted 11:52pm Monday 9th August 2010

Celebrity in New Zealand is a weird thing. We subscribed to America’s world-conquering culture of celebrity worship, and then inevitably wanted to transpose the same devotion to homebred stars. But that’s difficult in a country of New Zealand’s size and humility. A country whose biggest celebrity Read more...