News archive 2009
December 2009
- Cure hard to swallow
Pharmaceutical companies are behind a drive to cast women's sexuality as problematic, pathological and in need of treatment. Sydney Morning Herald 8/12/09 - Graduate Named Top NZ Architecture Student
After graduating in draughting from Otago Polytechnic and several years of travelling, Simon Harrison decided to become an architect, completing his degree at Victoria University of Wellington last month. ODT 3/12/09
November 2009
- House sells for $176,000
At $176,000, Frazer Clement's new house is a bargain. ODT 30/11/09 - House Auction this Saturday!
The Otago Polytechnic SHaC09 Charity House will go under the hammer this weekend alongside two other transportable houses built by carpentry students and staff. Channel 9 25/11/09 - Student Bound for Harvard
Perserverance and passion for sport and exercise has paid off for Otago Polytechnic Mike Stevenson, who will leave New Zealand in January bound for an internship at Harvard University. - Collections Showcases Inspired Fashion Design
Otago Polytechnic's fashion design students showed off their collections on Saturday night. ODT 25/11/09 - Academic Leader inspires Young Designer
Twenty-seven Names Designer Anjalie Steward includes Margo Barton amongst her mentors. NZ Herald 25/11/09 - Award-winning design for Art School
Dunedin’s aspiring artists searching for inspiration need look no further than the building they study in. - OP secures additional funding
Otago Polytechnic has secured a boost of $1.2 million in funding for 2010. ODT 24/11/09 - Hats off to Central Otago students
Seventy-five current students and recent graduates were recognised for their achievements at prize-giving ceremony. - Art Student Creates a Taste of Fame
You may not know Dana Lee, but you soon will. ODT 23/11/09 - SHaC09 Awards Announced
A Central Otago straw bale home with a "holistic and aesthetically pleasing approach" to sustainability and an "inspiring" retrofit in Auckland were winners in the Sustainable Habitat Challenge. ODT 21/11/09 - Top Marks for IT Project
Two interactive displays, already proving popular with the public, have earned their student designers top marks ODT 14/11/09 - Excite Launches with BIT Showcase
Channel 9 12/11/09 - Straw Bales Stack Up
Central Otago residents can look at building themselves a better future thanks to a nationwide sustainable housing competition being driven by Otago Polytechnic. www.infonews.co.nz - Mana Pounamu Young Achievers Awards
An annual celebration recognising the achievements and potential of rakatahi Māori (Māori youth) in Otago secondary schools.
October 2009
- Otago Triathlon Academy to Launch in Dunedin
Triathlon New Zealand has joined forces with the Otago Polytechnic Institute of Sport and Adventure to set up the Otago Triathlon Academy, due to start next year. ODT 28/10/09 - Model Bound for China
A Dunedin architect's design for the headquarters of a Chinese fashion house will go on display at the country's fashion week in Beijing. ODT 29/10/09 - Summer Hospitality Course Available in Central Otago
A new part-time summer course launched in Central Otago today (27 October) offers people of all ages and abilities the chance to get ahead in the hospitality industry. Scoop 27/10/09 - Product Design Student Wins Silver
Otago Polytechnic Product Design student Juliet Symes has been awarded silver in the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) Best Design Awards (Student Category) for her ‘Dusi’ Tea Kettle. 19/10/09 - Premier Award for Ceramics Lecturer
Ceramic Lecturer Madeleine Child and former Lecturer Jim Cooper shared honours in New Zealand's prestigious Portage Ceramic Awards. ODT 16/10/09 - High Hopes for Biodiesel Scheme
About 30 businesses attended an Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice workshop in the resort yesterday 16/10/09 - Photography Student Featured on NZ Musician Website
Final Year BFA Photography student Jesse Simons is a featured photographer 16/10/2009
September 2009
- Green Light for Sustainable Practice
A new online course teaching sustainable practice to participants who do not need to enter a classroom to complete the qualification has been given the thumbs up. ODT 21/09/09 - Giant plant sale
Annual giant plant sale on in Central Otago this Labour Weekend - International recognition for turf students
New Zealand’s only full-time turf management course is gaining international recognition as students win internships abroad and international students sign up. - International Praise for Ceramics Programme
The Otago Polytechnic School of Art has been praised by an international judge at New Zealand's most prestigious ceramic art awards. ODT 17/09/09 - Gourmet Central a recipe for success
Cooking classes and food demonstrations are on the menu at Cromwell following the launch of Gourmet Central – a new culinary concept which focuses on hands-on learning. - Brighter future for trainee
Wesley Moka, a business administration student received an outstanding adult learner certificates as part of Adult Learners' Week. ODT 12/09/09 - Adult Educators and Learners Recognised
Otago Polytechnic is celebrating the success of its Adult Education team and their students at the ACE (Adult Community Education) Awards held in the Dunedin Town Hall on Wednesday night. 12/09/09 - Grant to Develop Open Education Resources
Otago Polytechnic has been awarded $287,000 in overseas funding to develop an innovate web-based educational resource service. ODT 11/09/09 - Governor General opens 'Manaaki'
The Governor-General, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, has officially opened Manaaki, the new student centre and hospitality training facilities. - Cocktail-makers to pack for Singapore
The New Zealand Bartenders Guild National Cocktail competition was held Monday at Otago Polytechnic with the winners set to compete internationally. ODT 09/09/2009 - Salon Culinaire 2009 results
- Edogawa Students visit Polytechnic
One of Otago Polytechnic's longest relationships was marked this week when a group of students from Edogawa University arrived in Dunedin. ODT 03/09/2009 - Graduate Shines at Winter Games
Personal Training Graduate and double-international sporting representative Brydie Donald performs strongly in Winter Games. ODT 1/09/2009
August 2009
- Lecturer awarded Fulbright scholarship
Linda Wilson is the first occupational therapist lecturer to receive a Fulbright scholarship. - Students to Restore Historic Ruins
Stonemasonry students from Otago Polytechnic's Cromwell Campus are to assist with the restoration of the ruins of the 1872 Bendigo Bakehouse. ODT 27/08/09 - Students win Iris Awards
Two students from the School of Art and one from the School of Design have won bronze awards in the Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2009. 26/08/09 - Recycled Materials make for Great Design
Polytechnic product design student Simon Higgs has made a stool using the resource of waste. ODT 22/08/09 - Lecturer Shortlisted for Award
Peter Cleverley, Lecturer at the School of Art has had his painting Fortune Teller shortlisted in the annual Wallace Art Awards. ODT 22/08/09 - Staff part of multi-million dollar design
The Product Develoment Centre works with architect to create fashion house model. - Clyde Viticulturalist Pick of the Bunch
A 28-year old local viticulturist was the cream of this year’s crop in the fourth annual Central Otago’s Young Viticulturist of the Year awards. 04/08/2009 - Funding to develop sustainable businesses
Otago Polytechnic will receive $28,250 to develop a course aimed at helping green-minded businesses grow into more environmentally sustainable ventures. ODT 4/08/2009 - Bon Voyage to viticulture exchange students
Four young Central Otago viticulturists wing their way to France this week for hands-on winemaking experience from the industry pioneers. 4/08/2009
JUly 2009
- Degustation Dinner Delights Diners
A sold out, seven course degustation dinner delighted guests of the Molyneux training restaurant in Cromwell. 30/07/2009 - Graduate wins Hokonui Fashion
Otago Polytechnic fashion graduate Laura Marshall won the menswear section of the annual Hokonui Fashion Design Awards last weekend and the overall The Ensign award of excellence. ODT 27/07/2009 - Polytechnic Jewellery Work on Show
Students of Otago Polytechnic have shown work at the New Zealand Jewellery Show 2009. Thread 27/07/2009 - Student Volunteers on a Mission
As part of the fifth annual Jesus Week, volunteers from the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic, armed with 40 empty rubbish bags and wearing rubber gloves, headed to the student area on a mission. ODT 27/07/2009 - Student explores Fashion for Dunedinites
Otago Polytechnic fashion design student Emma Cavanagh and ODT photographer Linda Robertson look into the options for introducing colour to your wardrobe! ODT 22/07/2009 - Teaching Award Marks Trifecta for Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic Senior Lecturer Judy Magee has been presented with a prestigious Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in a ceremony held at Parliament. - New hospitality facilities open
The new hospitality school facilities at the Student Centre in Harbour Terrace open. - New Vision for Cookery
Students working in the kitchen at the new Otago Polytechnic's hospitality school will have their work captured on camera and conveyed to diners waiting for their meals. ODT 18/07/09 - Boost for Automotive Students
Otago Polytechnic has been given more than $7500 worth of vehicle parts from Holden New Zealand to help with its automotive training programmes ODT 18/07/09 - Cookery Students 'Celebrate Central with Degustation Dinner'
Food and wine lovers are invited to experience a seven-course Central Otago taste sensation in the name of teaching Otago Polytechnic students. 07/07/09 - Visit from Shanghai
A six-person delegation from Shanghai visited Otago Polytechnic as part of an education-tour of Dunedin
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June 2009
- Kitchen Equipment Goes Mobile
Crockery, cutlery, ovens, fridges - everything including the kitchen sink is on the move from Otago Polytechnic's Tennyson St buildings.
ODT 01/06/09 - Graduate Living the High-Seas Life
Automotive graduate Hayden Crossen is living a 'cruisy' life aboard a US-based super-yacht
Star 18/06/09 - End of Hospitality Era Exciting
Mellor’s Training Restaurant has just closed its doors for the last time after more than 30 years of operationin preparation for the Hospitality School’s relocation to the Forth St Campus. - New Direction for Fashion Incubator
The Dunedin Fashion Incubator has a new home, a new manager and a new plan for nurturing fashion businesses during the recession.
ODT 17/06/09 - Graduate takes up Irish Contract
Otago and Chiefs halfback Toby Morland has signed a six-month contract with Munster and will not be available for Super 14 rugby next year.
ODT 11/06/09 - First Time Visit for International Students
Students from Seoul's Dongyang Technical College to visit polytechnic
10/06/09 - Queenstown Tree-Planting for World Environment Day
More than 50 people turned out to plant trees on the banks of Horne Creek on Friday, celebrating World Environment Day and Arbor Day.
ODT 08/06/09 - Lecturer to Coach World Youth Team
OP Nutrition and Physiology Lecturer Megan Gibbons will coach a New Zealand team at a world championships for the first time next month.
ODT 05/06/09 - OP Wine Exchange a Growing Success
Otago Polytechnic and the Central Otago wine industry is making the most of the exchange programme with Burgundy, the spiritual home of pinot noir.
TV3 03/06/09 - Rural Jobs Showcased
More than 80 secondary school students from throughout Otago attended an OutStanding in their Field rural careers expo.
ODT 04/06/09 - OP Meets Blokes in Sheds
The Blokes in Sheds movement has teamed up with the Otago Polytechnic, in an effort to get the right tools for the job into hands that will use them.
Channel 9 03/06/09
May 2009
- Artistic Talent on Display
Emerging artists from around Central Otago showcase their creative flair in Queenstown. - Audacious Win for Ambitious Students
Ten students from Otago Polytechnic and the University of Otago have won $1000 to develop their business ideas.
ODT 29/05/09 - Students Learn about Birth in Virtual World
New Zealand midwifery students, for the first time, are to enhance their regular study programme with learning in a virtual world, Second Life.
Scoop 26/05/09 - Fashion Students Fill the Void
Students' fashion label is a success in the 'real world'.
ODT 27/05/09 - Common ground for Education and Business
Otago Polytechnic’s newest venture ‘The Common Room’ opens this week on the corner of Bath and George Streets in Central Dunedin.
22/05/09 - Lecturer guest on Sky TV cooking show
One of New Zealand’s most talented award-winning chefs stars on SKY’s Food TV.
19/05/09 - End of an era
New Zealand's first training restaurant is on the move after 30 years.
20/05/09 - Enrolments open for NZ's top snowsports programmes
Aspiring snowsport professionals can turn their passion into their career with a leading programme based in Central Otago, New Zealand.
01/05/09
April 2009
- Management Training Reaches Out
The NZIM Certificate in Management will soon commence delivery via video conference at the region's secondary schools.
24/04/09 - Art Conference Preparing for Launch
Dunedin contemporary art-lovers can look forward to a surfeit of riches next week when Dunedin hosts the 10th conference of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators.
ODT 16/04/2009 - New Art Space for Otago Polytechnic
The Otago Polytechnic School of Art is the proud owner of a new white cube space.
ODT 16/04/2009
March 2009
- Polytechnic joins nine-day fortnight scheme
Otago Polytechnic is offering "free or low-cost" training to employees who become part of the Government's nine-day working fortnight scheme.
ODT 23/03/2009 - Congratulations Graduands!
About 300 Otago Polytechnic graduands, staff members and other supporters walked through George St, Dunedinbefore a graduation ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall.
ODT 21/03/2009 - Support Needed to Progress Institute of Design
Otago industry, students and the community have been "called to action" by the Otago Institute of Design
19/03/2009 - A first for New Zealand
Otago Polytechnic is to become the first New Zealand-based institution to offer a professional certification programme in workplace disability management.
17/03/2009 - E-Solution for International Aid
SmartAid is a project designed to harness the power of the internet to support aid workers in developing countries.
12/03/2009
February 2009
- Momentum Builds for Emerging Designers
Six of the 16 New Zealand finalists for this year's Emerging Designer awards are from Otago Polytechnic's School of Fashion.
18/02/2009 ODT - Company Supports Taxi Subsidy
Arrow International has given $400 to assist the orientation taxi subsidy for Polytechnic students.
18/02/2009 - $3 Taxi Fares Offered to Students
Subsidised taxi fares are designed to keep students safe during the orientation period
14/02/2009 ODT - Careers Festival Takes Shape
The Otago Careers Festival is under development and due to run this May.
13/02/2009 ODT - Work in Sustainable Education Reaps Rewards
Otago Polytechnic Associate Professor Sam Mann is celebrating double honours this week
12/02/2009 - Distance no Barrier to Midwifery Study
New flexibly-delivered programme allows students from all over the country to access midwifery education
11/02/2009 ODT - Lecturer to show at Fashion Week
Dunedin designer and School of Fashion lecturer Annette Cadogan will showcase her label Iris for the first time.
6/02/2009 STAR
January 2009
- Community Garden taking Shape
They say good things take time, and Otago Polytechnic's Living Campus is no exception.
30/01/2009 STAR - Jewellery Graduates to Join 'Ornate' Showing
Otago Polytechnic Graduates JingJing Wu, Jade Muirhead and Ellen Ross will be showing at the 2009 Armstrong Prestige “Ornate” Dunedin Contemporary Jewellery Celebration this March.
26/01/2009 Scoop - CLC Gold for Community
Understanding the needs of the community has meant Otago Polytechnic's learning centre in Mosgiel is considered top in its field nationally.
26/01/2009 ODT - Sustainable Business for Queenstown
Organisers of the new Queenstown Sustainable Business Programmes are promising bottom-line benefits to local tourism businesses when workshops begin next month.
22/01/2009 Mountain Scene - Nursing Student Awarded Bursary
Claire Tweed (24), a third-year nursing student at Otago Polytechnic has been awarded a Tuapeka County Bursary.
17/01/2009 ODT - New Institue to Lead National Design Education
After years of negotiations, planning and funding applications, the Otago Institute of Design is about to become a reality.
2/01/2009 ODT