Location accuracy down to the centimetre
Location accuracy down to the centimetre
Fear not — if you get lost or injured in the bush, your smartwatch could soon be your saviour.
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Higher early death likelihood uncovered
Higher early death likelihood uncovered
Young people with a neurodevelopmental condition, such as autism, ADHD and intellectual disability, are nearly five times more likely to die before age 25 than those without
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Proctor probes 'dangerous' fireworks incident
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Proctor probes 'dangerous' fireworks incident
The University of Otago Proctor is investigating "dangerous and unacceptable behaviour" which saw both police and firefighters shot at with fireworks in Dunedin’s student quarter on Monday night.
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Men’s health policies need work: advocate
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Men’s health policies need work: advocate
Co-ordinated action is needed across research, government policy and health services when it comes to men’s health.
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Inspection finds flats wanting
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Inspection finds flats wanting
New heat pumps and other amenities have been installed at some of Dunedin’s worst properties
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School keeps Six60 Scholarships coming
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School keeps Six60 Scholarships coming
For the fifth year in a row, a Dunedin secondary school has had a former student receive a Six60 Scholarship and the opportunity to reside in the band’s Castle St flat.
Study takes new angle on spread of tuberculosis
Study takes new angle on spread of tuberculosis
As tuberculosis (Tb) continues to kill about a million people a year around the globe, research has turned to studying whether people with Tb who show no symptoms are unknowingly spreading it.
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‘Rescued’ food on market menu
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‘Rescued’ food on market menu
Beef shin, by-catch fish tacos and planter box pastries were on the menu at last night’s Otago Polytechnic food market.
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Uni apologises after error upends law exam
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Uni apologises after error upends law exam
University of Otago law students were left scrambling after being informed partway through a crucial exam the first question contained an error.
Honoured for contribution to indigenous legal rights
Honoured for contribution to indigenous legal rights
Efforts to recalibrate law to recognise Māori interests have won a University of Otago academic a Royal Society Te Apārangi award.
Hoiho DNA key to combating disease
Hoiho DNA key to combating disease
Attempts to conserve the hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin may have just reached a turning point, after landmark genomic research found the species is actually made up of three distinct subspecies.
'Hugely stressful': Uni apologises for errors in law exam
'Hugely stressful': Uni apologises for errors in law exam
University of Otago law students were left scrambling after being informed partway through a crucial exam that the first question contained errors.
Barker appointed for university’s push into Q’town Lakes
Barker appointed for university’s push into Q’town Lakes
University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson has appointed Prof Richard Barker to drive the university’s ambitious plans in the Queenstown Lakes District.
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University 'incredibly disappointed' staff leaked to media
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University 'incredibly disappointed' staff leaked to media
Staff from Otago Uni's troubled Business School marketing department say an "incredibly disappointed" email from their pro-vice-chancellor made them feel they had been warned not to leak information to media.
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Academic questions ‘whose version of nature’ we are seeing
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Academic questions ‘whose version of nature’ we are seeing
Dunedin's parks and reserves, including the Dunedin Botanic Garden, risk becoming a colonial relic and need to better represent the knowledge and promises of the Treaty of Waitangi, an academic says.
Barker to drive uni plans for Lakes District
Barker to drive uni plans for Lakes District
University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson has appointed Prof Richard Barker to drive the institution's ambitious plans in Queenstown and the Lakes District.
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Simmonds accused of ‘favouritism’ towards SIT
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Simmonds accused of ‘favouritism’ towards SIT
Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds has come under fire for "favouritism" towards Invercargill’s Southern Institute of Technology.
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Barker agrees ‘we need to focus on students’
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Barker agrees ‘we need to focus on students’
North Dunedin risks becoming "a slum" if the city’s student population continues to be overlooked, the council has been warned.
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Popular polytech programme now a ‘shell’
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Popular polytech programme now a ‘shell’
A once ground-breaking Otago Polytechnic programme has been reduced to a "shell" after a protracted restructuring process, staff say.
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Treasury criticised polytech plans
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Treasury criticised polytech plans
Reforms that shook up New Zealand’s polytechnics, resulting in job losses, lacked detail and were highly risky, the government’s financial watchdog says.