Living near campus makes for ‘great team players’
Living together near the University of Otago campus has helped make people educated at the university attractive to employers as "great collaborators" and "great team players", Sharon van Turnhout...
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Lessons will build resilience: academic
Lessons will build resilience: academic
Lessons learned from the Rangitata River bridge closures and tourist stranding at Franz Josef will strengthen resilience against future natural disasters, Caroline Orchiston says.
Bittersweet graduation after loss, rebuilding
Bittersweet graduation after loss, rebuilding
For Jekope Maiono, the sadness of family loss and the satisfaction of success will mean a bittersweet graduation from the University of Otago today.
Graduands told to ‘trust your instinct’
Graduands told to ‘trust your instinct’
Otago Community Hospice chief executive Ginny Green yesterday urged Otago Polytechnic graduands to seize opportunities and not fret too much about planning every career step in advance.
Oral care after 30 years without
Oral care after 30 years without
Brendon Hurring’s life has just been transformed by a free community dental clinic and he is keen for others to be given the same chance.
Teacher awarded for role in libraries’ music festival
Teacher awarded for role in libraries’ music festival
Expecting just to play the guitar before morning tea, teacher and musician Brendan Christie was yesterday "stunned" to receive a special honour from Dunedin’s public libraries.
Trio to share graduation day
Trio to share graduation day
Despite training for completely different occupations — as massage therapist, builder and nurse — three Wingatui sisters have found tertiary study a family affair.
Urged to be curious and open
Urged to be curious and open
Arts and culture provide key alternative views in a world where the ‘‘whole system needs to change’’, retired arts festival director Carla van Zon says.
Excitement as RSA reopens premises
Excitement as RSA reopens premises
The Mosgiel Memorial RSA club’s premises in Church St, and its new Spitfire restaurant, will reopen today.
Texts could temper drinking extremes
Texts could temper drinking extremes
Many first-year students heavily increase their drinking during Orientation Week, but research by former student Ben Riordan suggests cellphones can help encourage moderation.
Lifestyle even better on new fishing wharf
Lifestyle even better on new fishing wharf
You know you’re a keen fisherman when you’ve just heard the rooster crow at 5am on your first visit to the new $1million fishing jetty at Boiler Point.
Photographs taken for virtual tour
Photographs taken for virtual tour
The Dunedin Town Hall clock fell uncharacteristically quiet on Saturday as digital photography took place behind the scenes in the clock tower.
World needs humanity, leadership, graduates told
World needs humanity, leadership, graduates told
Prof John Reynolds has urged University of Otago graduates to "hold on to your humanity" in an upside-down world of fake news and incidents of hatred.
Car winds up in Clutha, minor crashes in South
Car winds up in Clutha, minor crashes in South
No-one was seriously hurt when a car went out of control on State Highway 8 and into the Clutha River near Millers Flat this morning, police say.
Graduation enhanced by special gown
Graduation enhanced by special gown
When Dr Carol Atmore graduates from the University of Otago today, she will be wearing the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland gown worn by her illustrious great-grandmother Emily Winifred Dickson...
5 years’ hard work set to pay off
5 years’ hard work set to pay off
Five years’ hard work will pay off for Syrian twins Dareen and Nadeen Saleem, when they graduate from the University of Otago today with bachelor of pharmacy degrees.
Not totally tea but 43 years of service
Not totally tea but 43 years of service
Pat Cross thought it would be a brief fill-in job when she began as the tea lady at Queen's High School, Dunedin, back in 1976.
Ship-to-shore call chance
Ship-to-shore call chance
Otago schools and clubs are being invited to take part in a deep ocean research expedition, through ship-to-shore video calls.
‘NZ is now my country’
‘NZ is now my country’
Monique Elleboode, who has been a personal assistant to four Dunedin mayors, became a New Zealand citizen yesterday.
Citizenship gives family secure home base
Citizenship gives family secure home base
Dunedin resident Jamil Ahmed was born in Kuwait and his wife and two children were born, respectively, in three other countries but yesterday they all became New Zealand citizens.