As a postgraduate student, you can request a University of Otago "postgrad" email address. A postgrad email address is usually in the form knownname.surname@postgrad.otago.ac.nz. You are not required to have a postgraduate email address.
Postgraduate email addresses are an "alias" to your student email address. Although your email address looks different, you still log in using your usual student username and password to check and send your email. You will only be able to send or reply using your postgraduate address.
Your access to IT services will not be affected when you start using a postgraduate email address because your student username remains the same. Continue to use your student username to log in as you usually do.
To request a postgraduate email address alias, contact AskOtago
Any requests received can be assigned to AskOtago IT.