Massey University

Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
Motto	Floreat scientia (Let knowledge flourish)
Established	1927
Type	Public
Chancellor	Dr Russell Ballard[1]
Vice-Chancellor	Hon. Steve Maharey
Students	35,509[2]
Location	Palmerston North, Auckland (Albany), Wellington, New Zealand
Campus	Urban
Website	www.massey.ac.nz

Massey University (Māori: 'Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa') is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students,^[2] 20,000 of whom are extramural students.^[3]

The University has campuses in Palmerston North (sites at Turitea and Hokowhitu), Wellington (in the suburb of Mount Cook) and Auckland (at Albany). Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. It has the nation's largest business college. Research is undertaken on all three campuses.

Massey University is the only university in New Zealand offering degrees in aviation, dispute resolution, veterinary medicine and nanoscience. Having 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 United States, Australia, Canada, and Britain, as well as most other countries in the world. This is an honour shared by only a handful of other institutions.

Key facts

From 2008 Annual Report^[2]

• $374 Million Operating Revenue
• $57 Million external Research and Contract Funding
• 3127 Staff (Full-Time Equivalent)
• 35509 Students (19,432 EFTS)
• 27251 Undergraduate Students (15,070 EFTS)
• 7212 Postgraduate Students (3,428 EFTS)
• 1046 Doctorate Students (934 EFTS)
• 112 Doctoral Completions
• 3384 Māori Students
• 895 Pasifika Students
• 2447 Students with Disability
• 2 National Centres of Research Excellence (and numerous University-based Research Centres)
• Hosts the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
• The University has almost 100 formal academic arrangements with overseas institutions
• Massey is the 10th largest user of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in New Zealand

History

The Main Building under construction in 1929.

The New Zealand Agricultural College Act of 1926 established the sixth college of the University of New Zealand (UNZ) at Turitea, across the Manawatu River from Palmerston North City. It drew 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 Fergusson Massey who died in 1925 and had been vigorous in land reform efforts. 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 1960 a branch of VUW was established in Palmerston North to teach students by distance education, known as extramural study. In 1963 this branch amalgamated with Massey College to form 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.

Aerial view of the Manawatu campus (Turitea) in 1941.

These developments, coinciding with a programme of curricular expansion initiated in the late 1950s, led to the establishment of many new departments and to a substantial increase in the number of teaching, research and technical staff. First-year science courses were introduced in 1958. Students working in agricultural degrees had formerly undertaken these prerequisite studies at one of the four colleges of the University of New Zealand. The Faculty of Technology was established in 1961 and the Faculty of Veterinary Science a year later. In 1965 the Faculty of Science was founded, where work continues to be concentrated on the biological sciences. In the same year General Studies was organised into two new Faculties, Humanities and Social Sciences. These were consolidated on the main site in 1968 and the Hokowhitu property was made available for the development of the Palmerston North Teachers' College, which was initially established in 1956 at another location. To coordinate the expanding graduate and research activities of the University, a School of Graduate Studies was created in 1969. Business Studies courses, directed by a Board of Studies, were first offered in 1971, and in 1972 joint teacher education and cooperation between the University and Palmerston North Teachers' College was formalised by the creation of a School of Education. Business Studies and Education are now both Colleges.

Aerial view of the Manawatu campus (Turitea) in 1985.

A School of Aviation was established in 1990. In the early 1990s, further schools were formed in Applied and International Economics and Mathematical and Information Sciences. In 1994 the latter became the Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences. For much of its work the University has national responsibilities; for instance, in agriculture, veterinary and extramural education. For other purposes, such as extension work and school accreditation, the University region is defined to the north by a line running from Waitara to Wairoa and to the south by a line running from the Waikawa River through to Mount Bruce. As the scope of its activities has broadened, the University has maintained since 1963 an extensive building and development programme designed to preserve as much as possible the semi-rural character of the campus; additional farm land has also been purchased during this period.

In 1996, Massey University merged with the Palmerston North College of Education and in 1997 the first College was established: the College of Education comprising the University Faculty and the former Palmerston North College of Education. Later in 1997 the following Colleges were established: the College of Business, comprising the former Faculty of Business Studies, the School of Aviation and the School of Applied and International Economics; the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, comprising the former Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences; the College of Sciences, comprising the former Faculties of Science, Technology, Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Information and Mathematical Sciences and Veterinary Science. In 1999 the College of Design, Fine Arts and Music was formed as the result of the acquisition of the Wellington Polytechnic. In 2005 the New Zealand School of Music was formed by collaboration between Massey University and Victoria University. The College of Design, Fine Arts and Music was renamed College of Creative Arts.

Governance and management

Massey University's governing body is the University Council. Council is a representative stakeholder body, members include lay, academic, alumni and student members and it is responsible for overseeing the management and control of the affairs, concerns and property of the University. The Council Chair and the ceremonial head of the University is the Chancellor, elected by Council for a one year term from within its ranks.

The Senior Leadership Team, led by the Vice-Chancellor, represent all aspects of the University’s operation, include Pro-Vice-Chancellor’s (academic leadership and management of the five colleges: Business, Creative Arts, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Sciences), Regional Chief Executives (regional presence and estate management of the three regional campuses: Albany, Manawatu and Wellington), and Assistant Vice-Chancellor’s (covering seven central services groupings: Academic, Research, People and Organisational Development, Mäori and Pasifi ka, University Registrar, External Relations, and Finance, Information Technology, Strategy, Commercial).

Locations

The Old Main Building on the Manawatu campus

The Quad Building on the Albany campus

The Museum Building on the Wellington campus

Graduates in Wellington

Massey University has campuses in the Manawatu at Palmerston North (sites at Turitea and Hokowhitu), Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and Auckland at Albany. In addition, Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. It has the nation's largest business college. Research is undertaken on all three campuses.

Massey University is the only university in New Zealand offering degrees in aviation, dispute resolution, and veterinary medicine. Having 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 United States, Australia, Canada, and Britain, as well as most other countries in the world. This is an honour shared by only a handful of other institutions.

New Zealand's first satellite, KiwiSAT is currently being designed and built by New Zealand Radio Amateurs with the support of Massey, especially in space environment testing.

Manawatu (formerly Palmerston North) Campus

The Manawatu campus consists of two locations at Turitea and Hokowhitu. The campus has around 9,000 students.^[4]

The Turitea site houses the main administrative units of Massey University as well as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Sciences, and the College of Business. The Turitea site is home to the only Vet School in New Zealand. The Hokowhitu site is home to the College of Education.

Albany (formerly Auckland) Campus

In 1993 the Auckland campus in Albany was created and has grown rapidly in a fast developing part of Auckland's North Shore City. The Albany campus is the only campus to house departments from all five of the University's Colleges. Science and Business are the two largest colleges on the campus with the College of Science housing the Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, and the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study solely on the campus. Around 7,000 students are enrolled at Albany.^[5]

Wellington Campus

In 1999 the Wellington campus was created through the acquisition of the Wellington Polytechnic. Part of Massey Wellington sits inside the New Zealand Dominion Museum building. The Wellington campus primarily specializes in Design (College of Creative Arts) and Music (New Zealand School of Music), and has around 4,000 students.^[6]

Extramural

Extramural study first began in 1960 and Massey University is New Zealand's largest and pre-eminent provider of distance education.^[7] Massey is known for its flexible learning and innovative delivery options and this tradition continues in the use of elearning.

The University is currently embarking on a major project to further digitise its distance delivery and has recently adopted Moodle (branded as Stream) as its new Learning Management System (LMS).^[8][9] Massey was also the lead developer of the Mahara eportfolio system and is committed to using new technologies to support life-long learning.^{[citation needed]}

Academic Structure

The University, today, consists of five colleges:

College of Business

The College of Business at Massey University was founded in 1972 as the School of Business, which later became the Faculty of Business Studies in 1977. The College of Business has existed in its current form since 1997. [1]

Schools and Units

• School of Accountancy
• School of Aviation
• School of Communication Journalism and Marketing
• School of Economics and Finance
• School of Management
• Executive Education
• Massey MBA

[2]

College of Creative Arts

Schools

• School of Design
• School of Fine Arts
• School of Visual and Material Culture
• New Zealand School of Music (in conjunction with Victoria University of Wellington)

[3]

College of Education

Established in 1996 after the merger between Palmerston North College of Education and Massey University Faculty of Education. [4]

College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Te Kura Pūkenga Tangata)

Schools and Centre

• School of English and Media Studies (Palmerston North, Wellington, Extramural)
• School of Health and Social Services (Manawatu, Albany, Extramural)
• School of History, Philosophy and Classics (Palmerston North, Extramural)
• School of Language Studies (Palmerston North, Wellington, Extramural)
• School of Māori Studies (Palmerston North, Wellington, Extramural)
• School of People, Environment and Planning (Palmerston North, Extramural)
• School of Psychology (All Campuses)
• School of Social and Cultural Studies (Auckland)
• School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work (Palmerston North, Wellington, Extramural)
• Centre for Defence Studies (Palmerston North, Extramural)

[5]

College of Sciences

Schools & Institutes

• Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health (IFNHH)
• Institute of Fundamental Sciences (IFS)
• Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences (IIMS) Te Kura Pūtaio Mōhiohio me Pāngarau (Auckland)
• Institute of Molecular BioSciences (Palmerston North)
• Institute of Natural Sciences (Auckland)
• Institute of Natural Resources (INR)
• Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences (IVABS)
• School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT).

[6]

Notable alumni

Main category: Massey University alumni

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)
• Steven Joyce (BSc, zoology)
• John Luxton (BAgSci and Dip. Ag Science)
• Steve Maharey (MA, sociology)
• Tony Ryall (BBS and Dip. Business Studies)
• Nicky Wagner (MBA)

Sportspeople

• Rico Gear (Rugby Union)
• Scott Talbot-Cameron
• Farah Palmer (Black Ferns)
• Graham Henry (All Blacks)
• Paul Hitchcock (Black Caps)

Others

• Kay Cohen - Fashion Designer and founder of Pleasure State
• Robert Holmes à Court, entrepreneur (BAgSci, forestry)
• Alan Kirton, agricultural scientist (BAgrSc and MAgSc)
• Simon Moutter, engineer, businessman (BSc, physics)
• Craig Norgate - former leader of Fonterra, and of Wrightson
• Richard Taylor (Weta Workshop)
• Stephen Tindall - founder of The Warehouse

Notable faculty

Main category: Massey University faculty

Notable faculty, past or present include:

• Kingsley Baird
• Brian Carpenter
• Kerry Chamberlain
• Ashraf Choudhary
• Shane Cotton
• John Dunmore
• Craig Harrison (writer)
• Joel Hayward
• John Stuart Yeates
• Hugh Kawharu
• Steve Maharey
• Caroline Miller (planner)
• David Officer
• W. H. Oliver
• Farah Palmer
• David Parry
• Peter Schwerdtfeger
• Lockwood Smith
• David Stenhouse
• Marilyn Waring
• Paul Callaghan
• Graeme Fraser - Chair, (Health Research Council)
• Stuart McCutcheon - (University of Auckland) Vice-Chancellor

Massey University Students' Associations Federation

Main article: Massey University Students' Associations Federation

The Massey University Students' Associations Federation (MUSAF) represents the student bodies at Massey University. MUSAF has three representatives to the Massey University's governing body, the Massey University Council.

Constituent Members

• Massey University Students' Association (MUSA)
• Manawatahi
• Albany Students' Association (ASA)
• Te Waka o Ngā Ākonga Māori
• Massey at Wellington Students Association (MAWSA) http://www.mawsa.org.nz/
• [Massey Extramural Students' Society (EXMSS)]http://www.exmss.org.nz

Massey University School of Aviation

Massey University School of Aviation is an educational institute which forms part of the College of Business. It provides flight instruction together with a university degree to prospective airplane pilots (i.e. fixed wing professional pilots) as well as a degree in aviation management to those students who want to work in other areas of aviation. The School of Aviation also caters for postgraduate education with a postgraduate diploma, masters and PhD.

2006 mid-air collision

On 9 February 2006, two students at the School - Brandon James Gedge, 20, from Tauranga, and Dae Jin Hwang, 27, from West Auckland - both flying Piper Warrior II (PA-28-161) trainer aircraft, registrations ZK-MBD and ZK-MBL, were killed in a mid-air collision over Opiki, 18 km southwest of Palmerston North, at 9:47 am.^[10] The aircraft crashed on to farm land, spreading debris over a 500 square metre area. The CAA found the accident's cause was neither pilot seeing the other aircraft due to blind spots in both aircraft, with one climbing directly towards the sun.^[11] The Square Trust Rescue Helicopter was forced to take evasive action several minutes before the collision, when one of the accident aircraft turned into its path.^[12] As a result of the accident, special procedures were set up in the Southern Training Area airspace south of Palmerston North.^[13]

Notes

1. ^ "New Chancellor elected to University Council". Massey University. 2008-05-12. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-us/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=new-chancellor-elected-to-university-council-05-12-2008. Retrieved 2009-03-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://council.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms//About%20Massey/Documents/Annual-Report-2008.pdf
3. ^ Manawatu Campus. Massey University Website. Accessed 27-09-10.
4. ^ Massey University Palmerston North. ISEP Website. Accessed 27-09-10.
5. ^ Massey University Albany. ISEP Website. Accessed 27-09-10.
6. ^ Massey University. ISEP Website. Accessed 27-09-10.
7. ^ (Owens, 1985)
8. ^ http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=moodle-the-first-step-in-learning-enrichment-strategy-30-10-2008
9. ^ http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=stream-to-enhance-interactive-online-learning-environment-23-02-2009
10. ^ "Two dead as planes collide near Palmerston North". New Zealand Herald. 9 February 2006. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10367481. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
11. ^ "Aircraft Accident Report Occurrence Number 06/307". Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. 27 November 2006. http://www.caa.govt.nz/about_caa/Accident_Reports/ZK-MBD_ZK-MBL_Fatal_09Feb2006.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. ^{[dead link]}
12. ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (10 February 2006). "Death plane's close call with helicopter". New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10367642. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
13. ^ "Blind spots blamed for planes' mid-air collision". New Zealand Herald. 27 November 2006. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10412648. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 

References

• History section of Massey University calendar
• Pictures from the past, in Massey News

OWENS, J.M.R. Campus Beyond the Walls: The First 25 Years of Massey University's Extramural Programme Palmerston North, Dunmore Press Ltd, 1985. (ISBN 0864690479) [7]

External links

• Massey University's website

Coordinates: 41°18′5.61″S 174°46′31.88″E / 41.3015583°S 174.7755222°E / -41.3015583; 174.7755222