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This is a project space for Wikimedia initiatives with the University of Otago, New Zealand.

In 2025, Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand is funding Tamsin Braisher (DrThneed) as the University of Otago Wikipedian in Residence, with Dr Mike Dickison (Giantflightlessbirds) in a supporting role. These roles run half-time initially for six months over 2025.

Contact

Tamsin Braisher
Ōtepoti Dunedin
tamsin.braisher

otago.ac.nz

Mike Dickison
Ōtautahi Christchurch
mike

rove.wiki

Media

7 March 2025: Tamsin was interviewed on Jesse Mulligan's RNZ Afternoons programme, in relation to the International Women's Day event: "Correcting history, one edit at a time."
March 2025: Facebook post in University of Otago Sciences newsletter

Resources

Alison Clarke (2018). Otago : 150 years of New Zealand's first university. Dunedin: Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-98-853133-5. OL 29404941M. Wikidata Q107426622.
William Parker Morrell (1969), The University of Otago : a centennial history, Dunedin: Otago University Press, OCLC 71676, Wikidata Q116313106
Dorothy Page (2008), Anatomy of a Medical School: A history of medicine at the University of Otago, 1875–2000, Dunedin: Otago University Press.
Otago Magazine back issues

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