Gown hire

All Otago Polytechnic graduands must appear at its public ceremonies in their prescribed dress. For graduation you must hire or buy the appropriate academic regalia.

You can hire your academic regalia through the Graduation Registration form via your Student Hub when the form is open. If you have not registered by the closing date, you will not be able to hire academic regalia for the ceremony and will not be able to attend the ceremony.

Regalia Hire Fees

Payment for Regalia

You must pay for your academic regalia before you can collect it from the gown room.

You can pay by any of the below methods:

Pay with cash, cheque, or EFTPOS at Customer Services

Pay with credit or debit card over the phone by ringing 0800 762 786

Looking After Your Academic Regalia

You are responsible for each piece of academic dress you hire, we recommend you hang out regalia as soon as possible to ensure it remains crease free.  Please do not pin anything to your regalia.

If you need to press any pieces, please note that always use a dry iron on low heat (i.e. no steam), with a cloth to protect the fabric.

Please note that the following can cause severe damage to regalia: 

• Throwing trenchers into the air, and careless use of trenchers. Please ensure that the mortar board of your trencher is flat when stored.
• Makeup, tanning products, food and drink mark the regalia easily. Please be aware of this and be careful when using any products.
• Cigarette burns, car door marks and foot prints are often found on returned regalia. Please be careful to avoid these.

 If any damage occurs to the regalia while in your hire you are likely to incur repair, cleaning and/or replacement costs.

Cancellations

You must notify the Graduation Team (graduation@op.ac.nz) at least five days prior to graduation if you are cancelling your order. 

Cancelled orders will be fully refunded into your bank account (please provide proof of account details).

The processing of refunds takes up to 10 working days.