Te Rangihīroa College Te Whare Whakamaru o Te Rangihīroa, in

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, New Zealand, is the

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's newest

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, accommodating 450 students.

History

192 Castle

Te Kāreti o Castle in 2025 The college opened as Te Rangi Hīroa College in 2014 in a former hotel, and took its name from Otago's first

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graduate Te Rangihīroa, also known as Sir Peter Buck. The hotel, LivingSpace, was converted in 2011 from a building built in 1958 for

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company Glendermid. The university bought the hotel for $6.75 million in 2013. 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

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rooms and can provide female-only accommodation and alcohol-free accommodation. 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, An
"New Otago Uni college already popular"
''Otago Daily Times'' 28 October 2023, retrieved 31 March 2025

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. 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

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.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

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descendants,

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Present college

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.

References

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