Te Rangihīroa College

Te Rangihīroa College Te Whare Whakamaru o Te Rangihīroa, in Dunedin, New Zealand, is the University of Otago's newest residential college, accommodating 450 students.[1]

History

192 Castle

The college opened as Te Rangi Hīroa College in 2014 in a former hotel, and took its name from Otago's first Māori graduate Te Rangihīroa, also known as Sir Peter Buck.[2]

The hotel, LivingSpace, was converted in 2011 from a building built in 1958 for leather tanning company Glendermid.[3] The university bought the hotel for $6.75 million in 2013.[4]

The original college building has remained in use under the new name 192 Castle College Te Kāreti o Castle. It can accommodate 125 students in ensuite rooms and can provide female-only accommodation and alcohol-free accommodation.[5] The university said 192 Castle College would be run as an annex to nearby Cumberland College until at least 2030, when it would possibly become a part of the health and hospital precinct.[6]

Relocation

In 2019, Te Rangi Hīroa College's site was selected to provide land for Dunedin's new hospital. A new college was proposed, at a cost of $90 million.[7]

A site was chosen in Albany St, North Dunedin, which had been the university's music studio, built in 1967 as a radio studio for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.[8]

Te Rangihīroa College reopened in its new purpose-built building in 2024. The move prompted a slight correction to the college's name to the style preferred by Te Rangihīroa, at the request of his iwi descendants, Ngāti Mutunga.[9]

Present college

The new college is a 5-Star Green Star building owned and operated by the university's collegiate life services division.[1] It features ensuite rooms and a cinema.[6] As of 2025, the college's tautiaki or warden is Kara Whaley.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Te Rangihīroa College". Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Maori theme makes latest college unique". Otago Daily Times. 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Living Space, Dunedin" Otago Daily Times 24 January 2012, retrieved 31 March 2025
  4. ^ "Hotel bought for $6.75m", Otago Daily Times 24 May 2013, retrieved 31 March 2025
  5. ^ "192 Castle College". University of Otago. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. ^ "$90m hall to 'future-proof' university". Otago Daily Times. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. ^ Studio building demolished, accommodation to come, Otago Daily Times 30 March 2021, retrieved 1 April 2025
  8. ^ "Work starts on new residential college". Otago Daily Times. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

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