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Breakfast at Sunrise

Wakey, wakey eggs and bakey…come join us for a free breakfast and an amazing sunrise.

Free Food!

Who doesn't like a free lunch right?

Dunedin Schools Game Jam

We're organising the 2nd annual Otago Polytechnic High Schools Game Jam from 22nd to 24th July. You will enjoy a unique experience of developing or designing a game over the weekend.

Rachel Dibble wins Ako Award

Otago Polytechnic Lecturer Rachel Dibble has won a Te Whatu Kairangi –Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Award for 2022.

Plant Sale 2022

Hākari (Feast) - Telling Our Story

A collaborative food event between the Food Design institute, the School of Art and the School of Communication Design.

Central Campus to hold Giant Plant Sale

A huge array of locally grown plants will be on sale at Otago Polytechnic’s annual Giant Plant Sale, to be held at its Central Otago Campus this Labour Weekend.

Menopause Day 2022

Trades Expo

Otago Polytechnic claims three medals in Best Design Awards

Congrats to Vincent Egan, Georgia Pope and Emily MacKenzie for winning medals in the Best Design Awards 2022.

Public Exhibition: KAPITAL

Life's a Gas: Art+Science Exhibition 2022 (AIR)

Otago Polytechnic helps community group with innovative recycling solution

Otago Polytechnic has worked with a Dunedin community group to come up with an innovative solution to recycling milk bottle tops.

Women in Trades

More than 300 to attend Otago Polytechnic "catch-up" graduation

More than 300 graduands will attend Otago Polytechnic’s Graduation ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall on Thursday, 22 September.

Ceremony marks raising of Māori flag at Otago Polytechnic

Ceremony to mark raising of Māori flag at Otago Polytechnic

Otago Polytechnic wins at 2022 Diversity Awards NZ

Otago Polytechnic’s ongoing efforts to be an inclusive workplace and organisation have been recognised at a national level.

Otago Polytechnic continues to play leading role in Dunedin economy

Otago Polytechnic resumes hosting Japanese learners

Otago Polytechnic is excited to welcome back students from Japan’s International College of Technology this week.

Otago Polytechnic has multiple finalists in Best Design Award

Eight Otago Polytechnic projects have been named in the finals of the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards.

New Pathways for Viticulture and Horticulture Proving Popular

A magnificent flying machine

Tears, cheers and applause greeted the inaugural flight of an Otago Polytechnic student-built plane this week.

Celebrating secondary students’ artistic talents

The Celebrate Art Secondary Schools Art Awards 2022 have attracted a range of exciting and accomplished works.

Otago Polytechnic become part of Te Pūkenga

Students help put bounce in Nuggets’ season

A passion for the environment

It’s a passion borne of a childhood spent among the wild waves and woods near Maidens, Ayrshire, a small village in which his family was one of the few not involved in fishing.

Careers in Health Information Evening

Learn about our healthcare programmes, what you need to do to apply to study in 2022, and speak to our qualified staff, healthcare practitioners and industry professionals about your healthcare career aspirations.

Prof Jo Kirkwood's Inaugural Professorial Lecture

Game Jam looming

Design students upcycle for charity

A group of resourceful Otago Polytechnic Design students have been rummaging through op-shop shelves as part of an upcycling project for charity.

Finalist in Diversity Works NZ Awards

Otago Polytechnic Ltd has been named as a finalist in the Ngā Āhuatanga o Te Tiriti category of the 2022 Diversity Awards NZ.

Electrical student through to final of Apprentice Challenge

An Otago Polytechnic electrical student has won the Dunedin round of the Master Electricians Apprentice Challenge.

Otago Polytechnic to fly Māori flag

Otago Polytechnic has chosen to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag alongside the New Zealand one.

Mural celebrates Māori connections

A mural celebrating Māori connections with the land aims to uphold the mana of tauira, making them feel more included in the physical space of Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin campus.

Otago Polytechnic food event to celebrate rūnaka and Matariki

Raise Your Pulse

Midwifery Information Evenings

Design learners to fore in international competition

Nine students from Otago Polytechnic’s School of Design participated in the Humber University (Toronto) round of Map the System, an Oxford University-based global system thinking competition that aims to stimulate new ways of thinking about social and environmental change.

A more natural way to learn

Get Ahead – Careers Information Evening

Discover how you can start your journey/haereka now to gain the knowledge/mātauraka and skills you need to set you up for a successful 2023 and beyond.

Nursing students' working bee helps Fijian women

An industrious group of Otago Polytechnic year-3 Bachelor of Nursing tauira have swapped vaccination needles for sewing needles to help women from a Fijian village.

Tertiary Open Day

Your chance to explore our campus and see first-hand the fantastic range of study options available at Otago Polytechnic.

Chief Executive to help judge Otago Sports Awards

Joining Dr Gibbons on the judging panel for the Otago Polytechnic-sponsored awards are Sport Otago chief executive John Brimble, Otago Daily Times sports editor Hayden Meikle, radio producer Rowena Duncum and former long-serving Sport Otago manager Michael Smith. 

"Crossroads; Childish Adult Stuff" installed in Quad

The latest sculptural installation in Otago Polytechnic’s Four Plinths Project dabbles in the past while pondering the future.

Ceramic works tackle theme of student wellbeing

Dunedin School of art graduate Aaron Obbeek has created ceramic sculptures for four meeting rooms in the Hub.

Carpentry apprentices show off skills

Eager apprentices put their carpentry skills to the test at the New Zealand Certified Builders ITM Apprentice Challenge at the weekend.

Women farmers in Sierra Leone

Growing highly effective managers

Mumpreneurs: nurturing children and business

Diversity around the table

High performance conditioning

Looks so good you could eat it

Lift up the anchor - Hūtia Te Punga

Ties that bind - Ko kā taura e paihere ai

Understanding Māori health disparities - Kia mārama i kā tōrite hauora Māori

Lines from within

Engaging with place through food - Ka hono ki te wāhi mā te kai

$1.19m boost for Dunedin’s game development sector

First for Otago Polytechnic as academic completes Masters entirely in te reo Māori

Otago Polytechnic learner wins architectural award for wetland vision

The positive power of a good idea

Charity House raises $115k for community groups

A byte-sized taste of the world of video games

Otago Polytechnic Design Lecturer wins national teaching award

Eight Otago Polytechnic projects in Best Design Awards finals

Otago Polytechnic continues to play leading role in Dunedin economy

Otago Polytechnic introducing wine industry programme

Decolonising self - Kia purenga ihomatua anō i ahau

A breath of fresh air

Weighing penguins might help save their lives.

Current conversion

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