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Welcome to the St Margaret’s College whānau.

Adorable dogs and lambs

As exams are in full force, ten lovely doggos and four lambs visited the College on Friday and Monday respectively to provide Members with a break from their studies.

Growth - the Story of a Mural

The College is the very proud owner of its very first Mural, the brainchild of Member Ella Green. The recently completed Mural is just wonderful and the College is so grateful to Ella, her mother (for specialist advice from a distance!) and Ella's group of College friends who helped with the painting. Here is Ella's story of the Mural...

2020 trophy winners

At the College's recent Valedictory Dinner, 48 trophies were awarded to 52 Members in recognition of their respective achievements during 2020.

Valedictory Celebration 2020!

The College's much anticipated Valedictory Celebration took place on Sunday evening, 4 October 2020.

Welcome to St Margaret's College

A huge congratulations on your acceptance to St. Margaret’s College! On behalf of the Members' Executive, I warmly welcome you to your home away from home. We are all patiently waiting for your arrival and are excited to meet you.

This house believes that our debating team is amazing...

The St Margaret's College debating team has placed third in the Inter-college Debating Competition.

Helping a good cause

St Margaret's College has a proud reputation of community service and Daffodil Day this year was no exception.

Expert Breakfast Report for 12 Aug 2020: Dr Jeff Erickson, Dept of Physiology

Dr Erickson treated us to another outstanding talk in what has so far been a series of excellent Wednesday morning sessions this semester, with an insight into his cardiac research, his Health Science teaching and some very useful tips on how to get the best out of one's time at University.

Diversity celebrated

Last Sunday (9 August 2020), the College celebrated our amazing international community at a special Formal Dinner in the Norris Dining Hall.

Enjoyable Annual Fellows' Dinner

Due to the Covid-19 lockdown during the first half of the year, the annual Fellows’ Dinner took place three months later, on Wednesday, 5 August 2020.

Deus ex Machina

College Member Krishna Ponnuchetty’s three-minute speech on the topic "Deus et Machina” was awarded first prize in the Communication Cup competition held at the College on Saturday, 8 August 2020.

Expert Breakfast Report for 5 August 2020: Viv Seaton and Ross Kirkpatrick, Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust

An inspiring talk on the activities of the Otago Rescue Helicopters, and of the sterling efforts of those who work to provide them with funds to bolster the Government funding and provide some very interesting medical equipment.

Indo-Nepali blend straight from Desi Land

Three of the College's accomplished dancers participated last Sunday evening in the University's Inter-college Cultural Performance evening.

A week full of action

Life in a residential college such as St Margaret's is more than just about academic studies. For example, take a look at the following list of activities that Members participated in over just the last week or so, including a bunch of photos and two videos below.

Expert Breakfast Report for 29 July 2020: Prof David Bilkey, Dept of Psychology

Prof Bilkey described the somewhat circuitous route by which he arrived at this present position, then discussed memory, schizophrenia, Kanye West, and a number of other interesting phenomena.

Expert Breakfast Report for 22 July 2020: Norcombe Barker, Larnach Castle Director

Norcombe Barker was born the year after his parents bought Larnach Castle and has since played a major role in rescuing it from a ruin to a very successful and still developing enterprise employing many people, but along came Covid-19.

Netball galore

Two St Margaret's teams took part in the Inter-college Netball Tournament over this past weekend.

Well done, chess teams!

Two teams from the College participated in the weekend's Inter-college Chess Competition with one team taking second place.

Volleyball teams show great form

The University's Inter-college Competition is in full swing this semester and St Margaret's Members are getting right behind it.

A St Margaret’s kind of Christmas

As is tradition, the College celebrated mid-Winter Christmas on the first weekend of the second semester.