Browse Collections (62 total)

In 2013 the School of Pharmacy at the University of Otago celebrates its 50th Jubilee, a milestone that also represents 50 years of a degree…

"E kore e ngaro; te kakano i ruia mai i Ra' iatea.
I shall never be lost; the seed that was sown from Ra' iatea."

The image of a waka en passage…

A sample of images relating to the history of the University of Otago. This project was the result of a collaboration among the University of Otago…

A sample of the works by John Turnbull Thomson (1821-1884) held in Hocken Collections.

The Hocken holds the pre-eminent collection of John Kinder photographs in New Zealand. Gifted to the Library in 1922 by the artist's niece, Olga…

A collection of lantern slides used for cinema advertising.

Lantern slides are hand-drawn, painted, or photographic images on glass, intended for…

This collection has been compiled from examples held in the Hocken collections. They are a sample of designs typical of the period 1870-1950. Many…

The phrase 'Make it New' is frequently used in defining a key feature of modernism – its novelty – and is often regarded as influential and…

The classicist Richard Hingley wrote ‘the Classical past retains a highly significant relationship to the present’. It is true that no cultural…

Examples of posters from the Hocken Collections.

The rare book collection in Special Collections at the University of Otago grows - slowly and surely - by purchase and donation. With these new…

The School of Physiotherapy is immensely proud of the contribution its graduates have made to health in the wider community over the 100 years since…

Images from the Scientific Expedition Reports held in Special Collections at the University of Otago.

Sheet music relating to WWI (1914-1918)

Hocken Collections' sheet music relating to The Great War of 1914-1918 (WWI) is a select group of (mostly)…