University of Otago

The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university. It is the South Island's largest employer and claims to have the world's 2nd longest continuously running annual student revue (the Capping Show) and New Zealand's oldest ballet company (the Selwyn Ballet).

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Dunedin - New Zealand - Oldest university - South Island - Capping Show - Ballet - Selwyn

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Founded in 1869, the university opened in July 1871. Its motto is "Sapere aude" ("Dare to be wise"). (The University of New Zealand subsequently adopted the same motto.) The University of Otago Students' Association answers this with its own motto, "Audeamus" ("let us dare").

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1869 - 1871 - Sapere aude - University of New Zealand

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Between 1874 and 1961 the University of Otago functioned as a College of the University of New Zealand, and issued degrees in its name. However, as a full university in itself, it retained degree-granting powers, but chose not to exercise them. The dissolution of the University of New Zealand saw these degree-granting powers re-activated. The University is known throughout the country for its unique student lifestyle and particularly its flatting culture, where students generally share semi-dilapidated housing units with a unique name and "character building" domestic life.

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1874 - 1961 - University of New Zealand - Flatting

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Some of the University's many diverse buildings appear in the following panorama:

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180° view of Dunedin shot from the hills on the west. The university can be seen in front of the large hill to the left.

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