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Otago Museum
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Dunedin Botanic Garden
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Forsyth Barr Stadium
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Naina-Damani
London, UK1,032 contributions
PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY.
Feb 2020
University of Otago is one of the best universities in the world. It is a prestigious architectural building surrounded by beautiful gardens.
Written 10 January 2021
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Johnny
8 contributions
Looking amazing
Oct 2020
Another heritage building looking amazing. A hive of busyness with students coming and going. Presentation excellent
Written 28 October 2020
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Monica
Auckland, New Zealand11 contributions
Best donut food truck
Jul 2020
Lovely grounds and buildings to walk around and enjoy the uni feel. A GREAT place to get a coffee and a donut at the Hussey & Laredo coffee caravan.
Written 1 August 2020
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Kathy
573 contributions
A Gorgeous Campus
Jan 2020
The University of Otago is New Zealand's oldest university, founded in the 1860's. The beautiful bluestone architecture of the Clock Tower is typical of the time period and it is a striking feature of the campus. The grounds are shady and inviting, with a crystal clear stream running through it. We even saw trout and an eel in the stream! What a gorgeous campus.
Written 27 April 2020
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Jeffry b
Essendon, Australia9,273 contributions
New Zealand's premier university
Dec 2019
We visted the University of Otago in summer, so there were no students. It is a picturesque campus, said to be the NZ equivilent of Oxford. It it the oldest University in NZ. Otago has an active student culture. It is ratred acadxemically as one of News Zealand's top universities. THe Water of Leith flows thrrough the cxampus.
Written 5 April 2020
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Marsha D
Santa Rosa, CA32 contributions
Campus Visit
Mar 2020
Our New Zealand guide recommended to our Ohio State University Alum. Assoc. group that we visit the University of Otago. All thirty of us truly appreciated the beauty of this campus and enjoyed visiting the bookstore with its helpful staff.
Written 7 March 2020
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William P
Huntington Beach, CA210 contributions
A good walk around.
Feb 2020
We were on a hop on hop off tour and walk around the campus. It has new and old buildings, quite the contrast. A pleasant place to be.
Written 15 February 2020
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Kevin L
Chadds Ford, PA17 contributions
Beautiful University
Jan 2020
A lovely university with wonderfully preserved century old and newer buildings and immaculate grounds and gardens.
Written 12 February 2020
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DougieQT
Queenstown, New Zealand405 contributions
Check out the historic beautiful architecture
Mar 2019 • Couples
After visiting Dunedin time and time again over the years, for the first time ever I wandered through the University campus. If you are visiting the city I highly recommended doing so. Evokes a historic European uni or Ivy League college!
Written 11 February 2020
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Peter B
Seattle, WA49 contributions
Schools out for the summer
Jan 2020
A very quiet and pretty place to visit when school was out. Not much open, but very pretty grounds with some very beautiful buildings.
Written 9 February 2020
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