Te Rangihīroa College

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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.{{Cite web |date=7 February 2014 |title=Maori theme makes latest college unique |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/maori-theme-makes-latest-college-unique |website=Otago Daily Times}}

The hotel, LivingSpace, was converted in 2011 from a building built in 1958 for leather tanning company Glendermid.[https://www.odt.co.nz/living-space-dunedin "Living Space, Dunedin"] Otago Daily Times 24 January 2012, retrieved 31 March 2025 The university bought the hotel for $6.75 million in 2013.[https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/hotel-bought-675m "Hotel bought for $6.75m"], Otago Daily Times 24 May 2013, retrieved 31 March 2025

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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.{{Cite web |title=192 Castle College |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/192castle |access-date=31 March 2025 |website=University of Otago}} 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.Ngawhika, Ani [https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/new-otago-uni-college-already-popular "New Otago Uni college already popular"] Otago Daily Times

28 October 2023, retrieved 31 March 2025

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.{{Cite news |date=24 October 2019 |title=$90m hall to 'future-proof' university |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/university-of-otago/90m-hall-future-proof-university |access-date=31 March 2025 |work=Otago Daily Times}}

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.[https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/studio-building-demolished-accommodation-come Studio building demolished, accommodation to come], Otago Daily Times 30 March 2021, retrieved 1 April 2025

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.{{Cite news |date=17 December 2020 |title=Work starts on new residential college |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/work-starts-new-residential-college |access-date=31 March 2025 |work=Otago Daily Times}}

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

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