HANDS-ON WEEK - OTAGO UNIVERSITY

Year 12 students Sama Abo Meghesib, Jack Carter, Celine Yim and Matthew Wilson were given an amazing opportunity to attend Hands on Otago at The University of Otago. 

This programme is available to Year 12 & 13 students and takes place in the middle of January each year. Students get the unique opportunity to experience a week of Otago student life and participate in a huge range of activities that will challenge and inspire them for the year ahead. 

The programme receives around 1500 applications from students all around New Zealand and 400 students are selected to attend. Our students were able to choose a subject to study for the week and got hands on with workshops in Genetics, Media/Film, Biochemistry and Education. Our students said “we highly recommend this program because you get to fly down to Dunedin and sleep at the newest University Hall Te Rangihīroa College. 

We got the full university life experience, and we met wonderful students from all over New Zealand. We highly recommend that all year 12 and 13 students apply for Hands on Otago 2026”.

by Cathy McGough