Te Rangihīroa College
Residential college in New Zealand
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Te Rangihīroa College, in Dunedin, New Zealand, is the University of Otago's newest residential college, accommodating 450 students.[1]
| Te Rangihīroa College | |
|---|---|
| University of Otago Residential College | |
| University of Otago | |
The college seen from Albany St, 2025 | |
| Location | Albany St |
| Established | 2014 |
| Named for | Te Rangihīroa (Sir Peter Buck) |
| Undergraduates | 450 |
| Website | Official website  |
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]
