Otago University pro-vice chancellor of Humanities Tony Ballantyne. Photo: RNZ / Ian Telfer
The University of Otago is New Zealand's oldest university, the third-oldest in Oceania and celebrated its 150th anniversary over Queen's Birthday Weekend/ The university has grown from humble beginnings, having opened with three professors and 81 students in 1869 to have about 20,000 students and 4000 staff today. Professor Tony Ballantyne is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Humanities, he joins the show to look back at some of the university's famous former alumni.
