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University of Otago

Our Goal: cycle 10000 kilometers by 28th February 2026
8972 kilometres down, 1028 to go!
8972 kilometres down, 1028 to go!

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Riders

Name Distance Points Day Points Encourager Points Total Points
Total Score 7907 8060 3450 19417
Craig Cliff 23 120 1850 1993
Rene Z 139 140 700 979
Lewis Hubbard 304 120 0 424
Allen Goodchild 335 60 0 395
Jo Monks 129 140 100 369

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Departments

Name Staff Count Distance Points Day Points Encourager Points Total Points
Accountancy and Finance 30 48 60 0 108
Accountancy and Finance 20 36 20 0 56
Animal Welfare Office 7 0 0 0 0
AskOtago 65 262 120 0 382
Biochemistry Department 132 555 640 250 1445
Bioethics Centre 11 0 0 0 0
Campus Development 16 0 0 0 0
Campus Watch 40 0 0 0 0
Career Development 10 0 0 0 0
Central Library 100 8 20 0 28
Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research 6 0 0 0 0
Centre for Sustainability 30 42 120 0 162
College of Education 90 124 280 0 404
Dean's Office, Otago Business School 10 0 0 0 0
Department of Anatomy 140 487 400 100 987
Department of Botany 25 0 0 0 0
Department of Chemistry 120 0 0 0 0
Department of Computer Science 25 0 0 0 0
Department of Food Science 20 18 40 0 58
Department of General Practice and Rural Health 30 12 20 0 32
Department of Mathematics & Statistics 47 0 0 0 0
Department of Medicine 120 0 0 0 0
Department of Physics 3 0 0 0 0
Department of Surgical Sciences 100 307 380 0 687
Department of Tourism 20 0 0 0 0
Department of Zoology 100 950 820 300 2070
Digital Services 150 0 0 0 0
Economics 19 0 0 0 0
Executive Education 6 0 0 0 0
External Engagment 120 18 20 0 38
Faculty of Dentistry 150 110 180 0 290
Faculty of Law 35 0 0 0 0
Financial Services Division 65 109 160 0 269
Geology 37 0 0 0 0
Health and Safety 12 9 40 0 49
Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) 20 0 0 0 0
Hocken Collections 30 0 0 0 0
Human Nutrition 56 0 0 0 0
Human Resources 40 54 60 0 114
Information Science 47 0 0 0 0
Information technology services 60 12 40 0 52
IT Projects Unit 7 0 0 0 0
ITS 0 0 0 0 0
ITS - 444 50 0 0 0 0
ITS Clyde Street 50 0 0 0 0
IT Shared Services 50 63 60 0 123
Language Centre and Foundation Year 20 0 0 0 0
Languages & Cultures 23 0 0 0 0
Management 20 0 0 0 0
Marine Science 50 55 100 0 155
Marketing 24 0 0 0 0
Mathematics and Statistics 35 0 0 0 0
Media Film & Communication 22 100 20 0 120
Medical Laboratory Science 10 0 0 0 0
Microbiology & Immunology 100 594 760 750 2104
National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies 10 81 60 0 141
Office of Sustainability 3 66 220 1900 2186
Operational Finance - Shared Services 50 0 0 0 0
Ops Plaza Group 350 201 180 0 381
Pathology 70 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology 26 62 140 0 202
Physics 50 0 0 0 0
Physiology 3 162 140 50 352
Preventive and Social Medicine 150 37 100 0 137
Property Services 100 209 260 0 469
Psychology 100 83 80 0 163
Quality Advancement Unit 9 0 0 0 0
Recreation Services 20 0 0 0 0
Research Division 60 139 100 0 239
Risk Assurance and Compliance 5 0 0 50 50
School of Arts 74 47 60 0 107
School of Computing 30 21 100 0 121
School of Geography 3 0 0 0 0
School of Performing Arts 20 0 0 0 0
School of Pharmacy 30 0 0 0 0
School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science 35 300 260 0 560
School of Physiotherapy 40 531 380 0 911
School of Social Sciences 65 5 20 0 25
School of Surveying 15 441 220 0 661
Science Academy (OUASSA) 3 140 120 50 310
Sociology, Gender and Social Work 40 0 0 0 0
Strategic Programme Delivery Unit 20 0 0 0 0
Strategy, Analytics and Reporting 16 0 0 0 0
Student Experience 90 53 60 0 113
Student Health MHWB team 13 0 0 0 0
The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies 7 0 0 0 0
Uniprint 18 0 0 0 0
University of Otago Library 127 0 0 0 0
Va'a o Tautai (Health Sciences Pacific) 18 0 0 0 0
Women and Children's Health 100 0 0 0 0

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Name Department Last login
Alfonso López Rojo almost 2 years Message
Anne Fenderl Preventive and Social Medicine 2 years Message
Becky Marshall Psychology 1 year Message
Chloe Van der Burg Biochemistry Department 2 years Message
David Gafford Strategic Programme Delivery Unit almost 2 years Message
Ella R Microbiology & Immunology 1 year Message
Ellie Wright Microbiology & Immunology 12 months Message
Fay Morland Department of Anatomy 1 year Message
Francesca Todd Rose almost 2 years Message
Greg Murray Strategy, Analytics and Reporting almost 2 years Message

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University Departments

Name staff Riders Distance (km) Trips Transport Trips
Office of Sustainability 3 4 840 238 175
IT Projects Unit 7 0 0 0 0
School of Social Sciences 65 9 5503 425 264
School of Geography 3 3 3419 188 52
Marketing 24 4 993 95 45
Department of Zoology 100 32 108520 4476 2017
Science Academy (OUASSA) 3 2 18527 1996 1752
Research Division 60 6 63956 3335 1855
Financial Services Division 65 5 907 131 110
ITS - 444 50 3 3530 544 27
Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) 20 2 64 11 11
Pathology 70 5 1871 355 161
Pharmacology 26 7 5223 714 681
School of Physiotherapy 40 22 89509 6101 3389
Property Services 100 12 17171 1376 727
Campus Development 16 1 94 5 5
Sociology, Gender and Social Work 40 2 560 150 144
Department of Physics 3 6 4075 364 135
External Engagment 120 7 1265 147 124
Risk Assurance and Compliance 5 1 20 6 6
College of Education 90 10 5279 942 870
Executive Education 6 1 506 54 51
IT Shared Services 50 3 12321 1144 817
Centre for Sustainability 30 12 3877 726 509
Department of Botany 25 7 1063 131 107
Va'a o Tautai (Health Sciences Pacific) 18 0 0 0 0
Department of Tourism 20 0 0 0 0
Department of Computer Science 25 0 0 0 0
Women and Children's Health 100 1 85 8 3
Student Health MHWB team 13 2 8376 485 371
AskOtago 65 7 25829 1063 390
Department of Medicine 120 10 9848 346 138
Department of General Practice and Rural Health 30 2 3903 633 222
Faculty of Dentistry 150 6 38973 1722 779
National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies 10 1 21568 1398 526
School of Arts 74 3 3209 432 148
Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research 6 0 0 0 0
Hocken Collections 30 6 1259 151 149
Department of Surgical Sciences 100 9 6672 360 209
Language Centre and Foundation Year 20 1 11 1 1
Management 20 2 4650 718 412
Department of Chemistry 120 1 2588 190 143
Department of Food Science 20 1 1155 119 106
Quality Advancement Unit 9 2 988 85 84
Geology 37 0 0 0 0
Health and Safety 12 1 133 7 2
School of Computing 30 3 8031 1447 934
Digital Services 150 1 491 115 82
Student Experience 90 4 1706 209 100
Human Nutrition 56 10 1699 181 152
Media Film & Communication 22 2 341 13 1
School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science 35 20 146538 5741 2229
Preventive and Social Medicine 150 18 7382 819 502
Human Resources 40 3 372 28 21
Physiology 3 18 79937 5332 3792
School of Surveying 15 15 19370 1828 1439
Biochemistry Department 132 56 45882 3771 2267
Information technology services 60 4 12494 649 506
Psychology 100 9 17766 835 131
School of Pharmacy 30 5 10153 566 370
Marine Science 50 10 8453 632 311
University of Otago Library 127 2 175 60 58
Bioethics Centre 11 4 1241 127 126
The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies 7 0 0 0 0
Mathematics and Statistics 35 1 28 12 12
Department of Anatomy 140 35 23580 2025 1461
Languages & Cultures 23 1 41 6 6
Accountancy and Finance 30 4 32181 1290 351
Operational Finance - Shared Services 50 2 298 11 3
Microbiology & Immunology 100 46 60984 5087 2943
Central Library 100 1 462 36 33
Animal Welfare Office 7 0 0 0 0
Department of Mathematics & Statistics 47 1 22 2 2
Campus Watch 40 0 0 0 0
ITS 0 2 4547 678 412
Economics 19 0 0 0 0
Strategy, Analytics and Reporting 16 6 700 77 62
Strategic Programme Delivery Unit 20 1 591 46 22
Physics 50 0 0 0 0
Ops Plaza Group 350 6 89783 5079 2125
ITS Clyde Street 50 0 0 0 0
Medical Laboratory Science 10 1 205 9 5
Accountancy and Finance 20 1 267 56 53
Recreation Services 20 0 0 0 0
Uniprint 18 1 2243 305 300
Dean's Office, Otago Business School 10 1 132 25 13
School of Performing Arts 20 1 726 66 66
Information Science 47 0 0 0 0
Faculty of Law 35 2 177 22 21
Career Development 10 1 43 1 0

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