Prof. Jo Baxter Announced As New Dunedin Med School Dean

Posted 2:28pm Friday 11th February 2022

The Dunedin School of Medicine has just announced that Professor Joanne ‘Jo’ Baxter (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō) will take over the Dean’s role from July 2022. She will be the first wahine Māori to ever hold the Read more...

Alcohol, Youth and Male-ness Define 2021’s Serious Misconduct Cases

Posted 11:26am Friday 11th February 2022

CW: discussion of sexual misconduct cases    Every single incident of serious misconduct in 2021 was caused by first and second-year students, almost all of them male.    The Provost’s annual report for 2021 found nine incidents of “serious Read more...

Otago Embraces Open-Access Publication

Posted 1:17pm Monday 31st January 2022

The Uni has inked a deal that would allow researchers to publish their findings in over 4,500 different journals as open-access publications, for free, with more coming next year.    Under these new “Read and Publish” agreements, which kicked in at the start of this year, Read more...

Student Health Braces for Omicron

Posted 11:32am Thursday 27th January 2022

Student Health Services are preparing for a community outbreak of Omicron by moving away from in-person appointments, warning that wait times may increase due to a lack of backup clinical staff.    To minimise the risk of staff and patients contracting Covid-19, under the Red traffic Read more...

“Fuck Covid,” Says CEO Offering Free Posters For Bands

Posted 12:48pm Wednesday 13th October 2021

Phantom Billstickers, the street poster company, is offering Aotearoa’s bands and live performers free posters to promote their gigs post Covid-19.  In a press release, Phantom stated that it “wants to see live performances roaring back once Covid restrictions end. So Read more...

Mr Whippy Relaunches in Dunedin

Posted 9:05am Sunday 10th October 2021

The one and only Mr Whippy has hit the streets of Dunedin. They launched with a bang on Saturday, giving out 600 free soft-serves in The Octagon. The Dunedin business is owned by husband and wife team Steve and Linda Mitchell, who also operate Mr Whippy vans in Central Otago. “We’ve Read more...

Lisa’s Mysterious Arms

Posted 9:01am Sunday 10th October 2021

A strange poem fixating on the arms of Olympic kayaker Lisa Carrington has been popping up on posters around Dunedin in the last week. The poem, “Lisa’s Arms,” reads best aloud. Here it is:   I want her arms. Imagine lying in those arms. Lisa’s Read more...

OUSA Referendum Produces 125 Pages of Comments

Posted 8:48am Sunday 10th October 2021

Students voted to reject only one proposal in the recent OUSA referendum: calling for an Exec member to be dedicated to distance and overseas students. Over 100 pages of comments were also submitted by students, including one student who repeatedly posted the Bee Movie script as their comment for Read more...

Kmart Dunedin — Lost Legacy or Waste of Space?

Posted 12:02am Saturday 2nd October 2021

It used to be a rite of passage for students in the new year: the big flat furnishing shop at Kmart in Meridian Mall. Lines of students would hike piles of everything from duvets to dish racks to toasters and toilet roll holders down George Street. Cars overflowing with pillows and vacuum cleaners Read more...

Four Otago Uni Lecturers Take Out National Awards

Posted 4:02pm Friday 1st October 2021

Well-known “Anatomy Mum” Dr Latika Samalia has taken out Aotearoa’s top tertiary education teaching award. In a remarkable Otago Uni power move, three of the other eight national award winners were Otago staff members as well. At the Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Read more...