Massey University
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| Motto | Floreat scientia (Let knowledge flourish) |
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| Established | 1927 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Nigel Gould |
| Vice-Chancellor | Judith Kinnear |
| Students | 42,000 total (2003) |
| Location | Palmerston North, Albany, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Website | www.massey.ac.nz |
Massey University is a university of New Zealand. It has two campuses in Palmerston North (Turitea and Hokowhitu), one in Wellington (Te Aro), and one at Albany on Auckland's North Shore (Albany). The Turitea campus is the original location of Massey University, and was the sole campus for many years. In recent years Massey expanded by merging with Palmerston North Teachers College (now the Hokowhitu campus), Wellington Polytechnic (also purchasing the former Buckle Street Museum in Wellington), and by building a new campus at Albany. In addition, Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. It is one of the largest educational institutions in New Zealand, with the biggest business college in the country. Research is undertaken on all three campuses.
It is the only New Zealand university that offers degrees in aviation, in dispute resolution, and in veterinary medicine. Having recently been accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, Massey veterinary school now has the distinction of having its degree recognised not only by New Zealand, but also the USA, Australia, Canada, and the UK, as well as most other countries in the world, an honour shared by only a handful of other institutions.
New Zealand's first satellite, KiwiSat is currently being built and tested at Massey.
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[edit] Departments
- College of Business
- College of Creative Arts
- College of Education
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- College of Sciences
[edit] History
Massey University has undergone many name changes and mergers. The New Zealand Agricultural College Act of 1926 established the sixth college of the University of New Zealand (UNZ), drawing from the agriculture departments of Victoria University College in Wellington and Auckland University College.
In 1927 the college was renamed Massey Agricultural College after former New Zealand Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey. The Massey Agricultural College Committee first met on 1 February, 1927 and the Batchelar property, near the present Turitea site was purchased that June. The college was officially opened for tuition on 20 March 1928 by O. J. Hawkin. With the demise of the UNZ in 1961, it became Massey College, part of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). In 1962, merging with VUW's arts-focused Palmerston North-based extramural branch, it became Massey University College of Manawatu, and on 25 September, the Massey University Act 1963 made it an independent university as Massey University of Manawatu, with its present name being adopted in 1966.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Politicians
- Paula Bennett (BA, social policy)
- Ashraf Choudhary (PhD, agronomy)
- Brian Connell (history and geography)
- Wyatt Creech (agriculture)
- Peter Dunne (business administration)
- Nathan Guy (agriculture)
- Pete Hodgson (BVSc, veterinary science)
- John Luxton (BAgSci and Dip. Ag Science)
- Steve Maharey (MA, sociology)
- Nicky Wagner (MBA)
[edit] Sportspeople
- Rico Gear (anthropology)
- Scott Talbot-Cameron
[edit] Others
- Robert Holmes à Court, entrepreneur (BAgSci, forestry)
- Alan Kirton, agricultural scientist (BAgrSc and MAgSc)
[edit] Massey University School of Aviation
On February 9 2006, two Massey University School of Aviation students - Brandon James Gedge, 20, from Tauranga, and Dae Jin Hwang, 27, from West Auckland - flying Piper Warrior II (PA28-161) trainer aircraft, registrations ZK-MBD and ZK-MBL, were involved in a mid-air collision over Opiki, 18km southwest of Palmerston North, at about 10am before crashing on to farm land spreading debris over a 500 square metre area. The Square Trust rescue helicopter, which happened to be in the vicinity, had reported taking evasive action to avoid one of the students just moments earlier. The CAA are currently investigating the causes of the crash.
The School of Aviation is also the current employer of Group Captain Frank Sharp, the former base commander of RNZAF Base Ohakea and Mark Carter, the recent recipient of the CAA Flight Instructor Award. Mark is the current Chief Flying Instructor and commutes to work from Waiheke Island. The CAA director, John Jones described Mark as a "truly professional aviator".
[edit] References
- History section of Massey University calendar
- Pictures from the past, in Massey News
[edit] External links
- Massey University's website
- Stuff.co.nz - Massey mourns loss of student pilots
- NZ Herald - Death plane's close call with helicopter
