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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
The University of Otago is not planning to build weapons as part of any partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), it says.
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Uni’s Defence Force ambitions ‘shameful’
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Otago University's Defence Force ambitions ‘shameful’
The University of Otago has been accused of being "desperate" and "shameful" in chasing a contract with the New Zealand Defence Force, which includes helping to develop weapons.
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Cheating, collusion hits over 100 cases
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Cheating, collusion hits over 100 cases
Academic misconduct breaches at the University of Otago topped 100 during the past year.
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Poly head ready for settled year
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Poly head ready for settled year
Otago Polytechnic’s new boss says there are no planned major restructures for this year, as the institution looks to get back on track after a turbulent period.
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Otago prof to co-lead brain health partnership
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Otago prof to co-lead brain health partnership
Neurological and mental health disorders have now surpassed cardiovascular diseases as the leading causes of disability and mortality, affecting more than 3 billion people globally.
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Art, composition fellowships returning
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Art, composition fellowships returning
After a 12-month hiatus in the Frances Hodgkins visual art and Mozart composition fellowships, the University of Otago has announced they will be resuming next year.
Rural health push can do more: study
Rural health push can do more: study
Rural health professional programmes are successfully getting more doctors into rural medical practices, but research has found the programmes need to be expanded.
Caught sleeping on porch
Caught sleeping on porch
Police are urging Dunedin’s student population to lock their flats and report suspicious activity after a middle-aged man returned to a flat where he was previously caught sleeping outside.
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Finding ways to reduce food waste
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Finding ways to reduce food waste
Eyes widened to the size of dinner plates when Elena Piere managed to save 13.1 tonnes of food waste from going to landfill last year.
Porch sleeper prompts plea from police
Porch sleeper prompts plea from police
Police are urging Dunedin’s student population to lock their flats and report suspicious activity after a middle-aged man returned to a flat where he was previously caught sleeping outside.
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Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'
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Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'
The father of a University of Otago student crushed to death at a Dunedin flat party says a law change would stand in the way of his efforts to make the city a safer place.
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Police pleased with St Paddy’s Day antics
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Police pleased with St Paddy’s Day antics
This year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations have left police happy as the day finished with no fires and no serious injuries.
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Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed
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Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed
Heading off into the mountainous back country of the South Island is becoming increasingly dangerous as climate change increases uncertainty about snow and avalanche conditions.
Paddy's Day revellers behaving but 'hours' of drinking left
Paddy's Day revellers behaving but 'hours' of drinking left
Police are reporting St Patrick’s celebrations in Dunedin’s student quarter are "so far, so good".
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Police out from 5am on St Patrick’s Day
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Police out from 5am on St Patrick’s Day
After four couches were set alight before dawn on St Patrick’s Day last year, police will be on patrol from as early as 5am today to counter this year’s expected madness.
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Grads pay tribute to late classmate Jock Davies
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Grads pay tribute to late classmate Jock Davies
Wearing sandals, jandals or gumboots with a suit and tie or a formal dress may not seem appropriate footwear for an Otago Polytechnic graduation.
Special day for hundreds
Special day for hundreds
Almost 1000 Otago Polytechnic students crossed the stage in graduation ceremonies held at the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday.
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Discovery of goose ‘golden’
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Discovery of goose ‘golden’
While it may not lay golden eggs, the discovery of an "Old Mother Goose" in an ancient St Bathans lake bed is proving just as valuable.
Obituary: chart-topping rock star philosopher
Obituary: chart-topping rock star philosopher
Life is brief, fate is indifferent and the only real freedom we have now is how we savour the present moment.
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‘Very positive’: uni student numbers up 5%
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‘Very positive’: uni student numbers up 5%
Full-time student numbers at the University of Otago are climbing slowly towards 20,000, as the institution experiences a bigger-than-expected increase at the start of a new year.