Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in New Zealand, with significant campuses in

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, and

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. Massey University has approximately 27,533 students, 18,358 of whom study either partly or fully by distance. Research is undertaken on all three campuses and people from over 130 countries study at the university. Data from the 2017 annual report shows that 42% of the domestic students are based in Auckland, 38% in Palmerston North and 20% in Wellington. Massey is ranked among the top 250 universities in the world in Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) 2023 ranking. Since 2023, Massey is among the top 100 universities in the Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) sustainability 2023 ranking. Massey University is the only university in New Zealand offering degrees in

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and

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. Massey Veterinary School is ranked 21st in the Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) 2024 world university subject rankings. Massey University is also ranked 30th for Development Studies and 71th for Agriculture and Forestry. The School of Built Environment offers multiple undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Construction and Built Environment, ranking among the top 150 schools in Architecture and Built Environment in the

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' (QS) 2024 World University Subject Rankings. Massey's Bachelor of Aviation (Air Transport Pilot) is the first non-engineering degree to be recognised by the Royal Aeronautical Society (1998).

History

University of New Zealand

The New Zealand Agricultural College Act of 1926 laid the foundation for the sixth college of the

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(UNZ). It allowed for the amalgamation of the agricultural schools of Victoria University College in Wellington and Auckland University College to establish the New Zealand Agricultural College. In 1927 the Massey Agricultural College Act was passed, renaming the college ''Massey Agricultural College'' after former New Zealand

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William Fergusson Massey, who died in 1925 and had been vigorous in land reform efforts. The Massey Agricultural College Council 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 Minister of Agriculture

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. The first woman to enrol was Enid Hills, who enrolled in 1932.

Independence and expansion

With the demise of the University of New Zealand in 1961, it became ''Massey College'', and associated closer with

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(VUW) until full autonomy could be gained. In 1960 a branch of VUW, the Palmerston North University College (PNUC), was established in Palmerston North to teach humanities and social studies subjects as well as provide

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, known then as extramural study. On 1 January 1963 PNUC amalgamated with Massey College to form ''Massey University College of Manawatu''. The Massey University Act 1963 granted Massey full autonomy and university status with degree conferring powers from 1 January 1964, as well as a new name, ''Massey University of Manawatu''. Its present name was adopted in 1966. Inaugurated with a tree planting ceremony in 1993, classes began at Massey's Albany campus that same year. In December 2010 Massey announced that the Wellington campus would close its School of Engineering and Advanced Technology the next month. Students were offered places at either the Albany or Manawatū campuses with compensation, but those who could not make the move and chose to undertake their degree elsewhere were given no compensation, and only a few papers were able to be cross-credited. The College of Health was launched in February 2013 with three broad goals: promoting health and wellbeing, disease and injury prevention and protecting people and communities from environmental risks to health.

Chancellor Kelly's resignation

In December 2016, the Chancellor of the university, Chris Kelly, caused outrage by making several comments in a rural newspaper regarding the gender of those in the veterinarian profession. While outlining changes that were being made to the structure of the university's veterinarian and agricultural degrees, Kelly said that more women passed the first year of the veterinarian degree "because women mature earlier than men, work hard and pass. Whereas men find out about booze and all sorts of crazy things during their first year... That’s fine, but the problem is one woman graduate is equivalent to two-fifths of a full-time equivalent vet throughout her life because she gets married and has a family, which is normal." These remarks caused widespread outrage, with Kelly's apology via Twitter and Facebook doing little to calm the situation. Kelly resigned as Chancellor on 14 December 2016, and was replaced promptly by then Pro Chancellor Michael Ahie.

2018 Don Brash visit

In August 2018

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, a former

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, was due to speak at the university following an invitation of the Massey University Politics Society. Citing security concerns,

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, the Vice Chancellor of Massey University, cancelled the booking the student society had made to use university facilities. Thomas was widely criticised and calls were made for her resignation. The Prime Minister of New Zealand

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described canceling the event as an overreaction. A review by Massey University's Council subsequently cleared Thomas of wrongdoing, with Chancellor Michael Ahie stating that the Council supported and had full confidence in Professor Thomas. Massey University's Māori staff association Te Matawhānui publicly spoke out in support of Thomas, particularly due to her leadership of Massey as a te Tiriti-led university.

2020s

Since 2020, Massey University has been using an

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remote exam monitoring tool called Remote Proctor Now (RPNow). In 2023, Massey controversially proposed opening a campus in

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, aiming to have 5,000 students based offshore by 2026. The university’s plans to expand overseas while cutting jobs at home angered staff and students at a time when significant cost cutting was taking place under Vice Chancellor Jan Thomas. The university reported a loss estimated at $50 million as of October 2023, which had previously been reported as $33 million in September 2023 and at $14.2 million deficit in July 2023. Cuts, including reducing staff numbers in the schools of Natural Sciences and Food and Advanced Technology by around 60 per cent, were described as 'brutal' with

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reporting fears the plan puts the university into a death spiral. On 14 December 2023, Massey University confirmed that it would lay off over 60 jobs at its College of Sciences as part of a restructure. On 18 December, Massey confirmed that it was planning to sell or lease NZ$151 million worth of property on its three campuses to address its financial problems. The affected properties include nine buildings at the Albany campus including lecture halls and a recreation centre, four buildings in Wellington, and nine in Manawatū including two student villages and farmland. Under the proposed sale, the university would sell of much of its Albany campus except the new science building.

Campuses

Massey University has campuses in Palmerston North in the Manawatū, in Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and on Auckland's North Shore in Albany. In addition, Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. Research is undertaken on all three campuses. New Zealand's first satellite, KiwiSAT was designed and built by New Zealand Radio Amateurs with the support of Massey, especially in space environment testing. "At the AMSAT-ZL Annual General Meeting in June, 2023 the group officially decided to dissolve and abandon plans for a luanch campaign."

Auckland campus (Ōtehā)

Since 1993 the Ōtehā campus in Auckland has grown rapidly in a fast developing part of Auckland's

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. Science and Business are the two largest colleges on the campus, with the College of Science housing the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study solely on the campus. Around 4,809 students are enrolled at Albany. This campus has grown since then and an on-campus accommodation facility opened in semester one 2015. On the Albany campus, a large golden chicken wing sculpture commemorates the site's history as a chicken farm.

Palmerston North campus (Manawatū)

Massey University was first established at the Turitea campus in Palmerston North, and hosts around 4,933 students annually. 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, the College of Health and Massey Business School. It is also home to the only Veterinary School in New Zealand. Massey University acquired a smaller second campus in Palmerston North in

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when it merged with the Palmerston North College of Education in 1996, which was combined with the existing Faculty of Education to form Massey University's College of Education. In 2013 the Institute of Education was formed as part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Hokowhitu Campus was later sold in 2016 after the institute was relocated to the Turitea campus. Wharerata, Palmerston North

Wharerata is a historic colonial home built in 1901 and surrounded by formal gardens and mature trees. It housed the staff social club until the late 1990s, and is now used as a cafe, function centre and wedding venue. In 2019,

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listed student hostel, Colombo Hall as a category 2 historic place. It was built in 1964. In February 2023 the university announced that it would be building two solar farms on the Palmerston North campus, with a peak output of 7.87MW.

Wellington campus (Pukeahu)

The Pukeahu campus in Wellington campus was created through the merger with Wellington Polytechnic that was approved by the

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and took place in 1999. The history of Wellington Polytechnic goes back to 1886 when the Wellington School of Design was established, it had a name change in 1891 to Wellington Technical School and in 1963 it was divided into Wellington Polytechnic and Wellington High School. The Pukeahu campus primarily specialises in Design (College of Creative Arts), Nursing and Communication and Journalism. It has over 2,812 students.

Extramural

Extramural study first began in 1960 and Massey University is New Zealand's largest and pre-eminent provider of

. Massey is known for its flexible learning and innovative delivery options and this tradition continues in the use of blended and online learning. In the mid-2010s, the university embarked on a major project to further digitise its distance delivery and in 2015 adopted

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(branded as Stream) as its new Learning Management System (LMS).

Governance

The governing body of Massey Agricultural College, and Massey College, was the Council (known as the Board of Governors, between 1938 and 1952). Massey University is governed by th
University Council
The council oversees the management and control of the university's affairs, concerns and property. The following table lists those who have held the position of Chair of the Board of Governors of the college and later Chancellor of the university, being the ceremonial head of the institution. The following table lists those who have held the position of principal of the college and later vice-chancellor of the university, being the chief executive officer of the institution.

Academic profile

Key facts

From 2022 Annual Report: * 3,092 staff * 27,533 students (16,847 EFTS) * 3,428 Māori students * 1,574

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students * 320 women in leadership positions (47%) * 2 National Centres of Research Excellence (and numerous university-based Research Centres) * Hosts the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence

Academic rankings

Student life

Te Tira Ahu Pae

Te Tire Ahu Pae (TTAP) is the single association at Massey University's four campuses in Pāmamao – Distance, Ōtehā - Auckland, Manawatū - Palmerston North and Pukeahu - Wellington. In the new structure, there are a total of 23 student reps on the Te Tira Ahu Pae Student Executive with additional student reps in our alliance groups, Disability at Massey and the Rainbow and Takatāpui Advisory Group - RĀT�

Te Tire Ahu Pae provides both representation and student services to Massey University students, ensuring equivalent and equitable services are delivered to everyone. They are a registered charity and independent from the university. The services TTAP delivers include: * Student Representation * Advocacy * Clubs and societies * Events * Media - Radio Control and Massive Magazine

People

Faculty and staff

Notable faculty, past or present, include: Lockwood Smith 70th Anniversary of the arrival of US Forces in New Zealand

Fiona Alpass Fiona Margaret Alpass is a New Zealand academic at Massey University. Academic career After a 1994 PhD titled '' 'The effects of organisational change in the military: a comparison of work related perceptions and experiences in military and n ...

Marti Anderson (statistician) Marti Jane Anderson is a New Zealand marine biology and statistics academic. She is currently a distinguished professor at the Massey University. Academic career After a 1996 PhD titled '' 'Tests of ecological hypotheses in intertidal estua ...

Kingsley Baird Kingsley Baird is a Wellington-based artist and designer whose commissions include the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial of New Zealand and Te Korowai Rangimarie – Cloak of Peace – at Nagasaki Peace Park. His work – ...

Helen Moewaka Barnes Helen Moewaka Barnes is a New Zealand academic. She is Māori, of Te Kapotai (Ngāpuhi) and Ngapuhi-nui-tonu descent and is currently a full professor at Massey University. In 2021 Barnes was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. A ...

* Rosemary E. Bradshaw *

Dianne Brunton Dianne Heather Brunton is a New Zealand ecologist, and head of the Institute of Natural and Computational Sciences at Massey University. Her research area is the behaviour and cultural evolution of animal communication, especially bird song in ...

Barbara Burlingame Barbara A. Burlingame is a nutrition scientist specializing in food composition, biodiversity for food and nutrition, sustainable diets and sustainable food systems, and traditional food systems of indigenous peoples. She is involved in nutriti ...

Paul Callaghan Sir Paul Terence Callaghan ( ; 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012) was a New Zealand physicist who, as the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Victoria University of Wellington, held t ...

* Marta Camps * Brian Carpenter *

Kerry Chamberlain Kerry Chamberlain is a Professor of Social and Health Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. He is a critical health psychologist who has been prominent internationally in promoting qualitative research within health psychology. His main re ...

Ashraf Choudhary Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949; Sialkot, Punjab) is a Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering and formerly a member of the Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was New Zealand's first ...

Shane Cotton Shane William Cotton (born 3 October 1964) is a New Zealand painter whose work explores biculturalism, colonialism, cultural identity, Māori spirituality, and life and death. Life Cotton was born in Upper Hutt with Ngāpuhi iwi affiliations ...

* Anne de Bruin *

John Dunmore John Dunmore (born 6 August 1923) is a New Zealand academic, historian, author, playwright, and publisher. Biography Dunmore was born in Trouville-sur-Mer, France, lived in Occupation of the Channel Islands, Jersey under German Occupation durin ...

Mary Earle Mary Davidson Earle ( Cameron; 20 October 1929 – 18 April 2021) was a Scottish-born New Zealand food technologist. She was the first female faculty member of a university engineering department in New Zealand when she joined Massey Univer ...

* Craig Harrison *

Joel Hayward Joel Hayward (born 1964) is a New Zealand-born British scholar, writer and poet. The daily newspaper '' Al Khaleej'' called Hayward "a world authority on international conflict and strategy". '' The National'' newspaper called Hayward "eminent" ...

Darrin Hodgetts Darrin James Hodgetts is a New Zealand psychology academic. He is a professor of societal psychology at Massey University and is a principal investigator with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Of Māori descent, Hodgetts affiliates to the Ngāi Tahu ...

* Karen Hoare * Jill Hooks *

Ingrid Horrocks Ingrid Horrocks is a creative writing teacher, poet, travel writer, editor and essayist. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Biography Ingrid Horrocks was born in Hamilton in 1975 and grew up on farms north of Auckland and in the Wairarapa. ...

Joanne Hort Joanne Hort is a New Zealand food science academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Massey University and holds the 'Fonterra Riddet Chair in Consumer and Sensory Science'. Academic career After a 1997 PhD titled '' 'Cheddar cheese ...

Mike Joy Michael Joy (born November 25, 1949) is an American TV sports announcer and who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' coverage of NASCAR. His color analyst is Clint Bowyer. Counting 2022, Joy has been part of the live broadcast ...

Vicki Karaminas Vicki Karaminas is a New Zealand fashion academic, and a full professor at Massey University. Academic career After a 2002 PhD titled '' 'Interrupted journeys : travelling light : omaographies of space' '' at the University of Technology, Syd ...

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Sarah Leberman Sarah Isabella Leberman is a New Zealand sport management academic, as of 2012 is a full professor at the Massey University. Academic career After a 1999 PhD titled '' 'The transfer of learning from the classroom to the workplace: a New Zeala ...

Steve Maharey Steven Maharey (born 3 February 1953) is a New Zealand academic and former politician of the Labour Party. Elected to Parliament for the first time in 1990 , he was Minister of Social Development and Employment from 1999 to 2005 and Ministe ...

Gaven Martin Gaven John Martin FRSNZ FASL FAMS (born 8 October 1958) is a New Zealand mathematician.. He is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Massey University, the head of the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study,

Stuart McCutcheon Stuart Norman McCutcheon (10 November 1954 – 6 January 2023) was a New Zealand university administrator. Until March 2020 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, at which point he was the longest serving current Vic ...

Robert McLachlan Robert McLachlan may refer to: * Robert McLachlan (cyclist) (born 1971), Australian cyclist * Robert McLachlan (cinematographer), Canadian cinematographer * Robert McLachlan (entomologist) (1837–1904), British entomologist * Robert Wallace McLa ...

Jane Mills Jane Elizabeth Mills is an Australian-New Zealand academic and as of 2020 is the Dean and Head, La Trobe Rural Health School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Academic career After a 2006 PhD titled '' 'Australian rural nurses' experiences of ...

* Caroline Miller *

Mary Morgan-Richards Mary Morgan-Richards is a New Zealand biologist, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Massey University. Academic career In 1995, Morgan-Richard's completed a PhD thesis titled '' 'Weta Karyotypes: the Systematic Significance of Their Vari ...

Anne Noble Anne Lysbeth Noble (born 1954) is a New Zealand photographer and Distinguished Professor of Fine Art (Photography) at Massey University's College of Creative Arts. Her work includes series of photographs examining Antarctica, her own daughter's ...

David Officer David Leslie Officer is a New Zealand organic chemist and materials science, materials scientist. He completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 1982 under the direction of Professor Brian Halton, b ...

W. H. Oliver William Hosking Oliver (14 May 1925 – 16 September 2015), commonly known as W. H. Oliver but also known as Bill Oliver, was an eminent New Zealand historian and a poet. From 1983, Oliver led the development of the ''Dictionary of New Zealand ...

* Nitha Palakshappa *

Farah Palmer Dame Farah Rangikoepa Palmer (born 27 November 1972) is a professor at Massey University and a former captain of New Zealand's women's rugby union team, the Black Ferns. Youth and early career Palmer was born in Te Kuiti, New Zealand and rais ...

* David Parry *

Diane Pearson Diane Pearson (5 November 1931 in London – 15 August 2017 in London) was a British book editor and romance novelist, who has been translated into several languages. In 1994, she won the British Book Award for Editor of the Year and was the Pre ...

David Penny Edward David Penny CNZM FRSNZ (born 1939 in Taumarunui) is a theoretical and evolutionary biologist from New Zealand. He has researched the nature of evolutionary transformations, and is widely published in the fields of phylogenetic tree, gene ...

Geoffrey Peren Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Sylvester Peren (30 November 1892 – 19 July 1980) was an agricultural scientist, university professor, and agricultural college principal, as well as a soldier in the two world wars, serving in the Canadian, British, and ...

Peter Schwerdtfeger Peter Schwerdtfeger (born September 1, 1955) is a German scientist. He holds a chair in theoretical chemistry at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, serves as Director of the Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, is the Head of ...

* Nicolette Sheridan *

Lockwood Smith Sir Alexander Lockwood Smith (born 13 November 1948) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat who was High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017, and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2013. S ...

David Stenhouse David Stenhouse (born 23 May 1932, in Sutton, Surrey, England. He proposed the "4-factor" theory of evolutionary intelligence and was active in ethology, education, evolutionary biology and philosophy of science in Australia and New Zealand. He ...

Christine Stephens Christine Vivienne Stephens is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is currently professor of psychology at Massey University based in the Palmerston North. She is one of the founding members of the International Society of Critical Health ...

Marilyn Waring Dame Marilyn Joy Waring (born 7 October 1952) is a New Zealand public policy scholar, international development consultant, former politician, environmentalist, feminist and a principal founder of feminist economics. In 1975, aged 23, she beca ...

John Stuart Yeates John Stuart Yeates (11 July 1900 – 24 August 1986) was a New Zealand academic and botanist. The founding head of Agricultural Botany at Massey Agricultural College, he was also an accomplished breeder of azaleas, rhododendrons and lilies. Ea ...

* Andrea 't Mannetje

Notable alumni

Politicians

Paula Bennett Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 18th deputy prime minister of New Zealand between December 2016 and October 2017. She served as the deputy leader of the National Party from 2016 to 202 ...

(BA, social policy) *

(PhD,

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) *

Brian Connell Brian David Connell (born 23 April 1956) is a former New Zealand politician who represented the New Zealand National Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 2002 to 2008. Biography Born in Foxton in the Manawatu region, Connell studied h ...

(history and geography) *

Wyatt Creech Wyatt Beetham Creech (born 13 October 1946) is a United States-born retired New Zealand politician. He served as the 14th deputy prime minister of New Zealand in Jenny Shipley's National Party government from August 1998 to December 1999. Ea ...

(agriculture) *

Peter Dunne Peter Francis Dunne (born 17 March 1954) is a retired New Zealand politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ōhāriu. He held the seat and its predecessors from 1984 to 2017—representing the Labour Party in Parliament from 1984 ...

(business administration) *

Nathan Guy Allen Nathan Guy (born 1970) is a New Zealand former politician of the National Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2005 as a list MP and represented the electorate of Ōtaki after the 2008 election. He served as Minister of Immigration ...

(agriculture) *

Pete Hodgson Peter Colin Hodgson (born 13 June 1950) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party and Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1990 to 2011. Early life Hodgson was born in Whangarei, and received a Bachelor's degree in veteri ...

(BVSc, veterinary science) *

Steven Joyce Steven Leonard Joyce (born 7 April 1963) is a New Zealand former politician, who entered the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2008 as a member of the New Zealand National Party. In the same year he became Minister of Transport and Minis ...

(BSc, zoology) *

John Luxton Murray John Finlay Luxton (14 September 1946 – 16 November 2021) was a New Zealand National Party politician, serving as a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2002. From 2008 to 2015, he was the Chairman of DairyNZ, the organisation that repres ...

(BAgSci and Dip. Ag Science) *

(MA, sociology) *

Tony Ryall Anthony Boyd Williams Ryall (born 19 November 1964) is a former New Zealand politician. He represented the National Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 1990 to 2014. Between 2008 and 2014 he served as a cabinet minister, holding the post ...

(BBS and Dip. Business Studies) *

Nicky Wagner Nicola Joanne Wagner (born 23 July 1953) is a New Zealand teacher, businesswoman and politician. She represented the Christchurch Central electorate for the New Zealand National Party in the New Zealand Parliament. Early life and career Born ...

(MBA) *

Ian Shearer Ian John Shearer (10 December 1941 – 1 June 2021) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, environmentalist and research scientist. Early life and education Shearer was born at Whakatāne in 1941, the son of Jack Sewell Shearer. ...

(MAgSci) * Sir Lockwood Smith (BAgSci and MAgSci)

Sportspeople

Jo Aleh Joanna Ayela Aleh (born 15 May 1986) is a New Zealand sailor. She is a national champion, a former world champion, and an Olympic gold medallist. Aleh competes in the two-woman 470 dinghy, a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a cen ...

(born 1986) – world champion and Olympic champion sailor * Nathan Cohen (born 1986) – world champion and Olympic champion rower *

Rico Gear Rico Levi Gear (born 26 February 1978) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He was a specialist right wing but also covered midfield positions. He is the older brother of New Zealand winger Hosea Gear Club career Gear was educated at Gi ...

– rugby union *

Scott Talbot Scott Thomas Talbot, also Talbot-Cameron (born 13 July 1981) is an Australian-born swimmer and swimming coach who represented New Zealand in swimming from 1997 to 2006 and has worked as a coach in several countries. Biography Talbot is the son ...

– swimmer and swimming coach *

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Graham Henry Sir Graham William Henry (born 8 June 1946) is a New Zealand rugby union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. Nicknamed 'Ted', he led New Zealand to win the 2011 World Cup. Henry played rugby union for ...

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) *

Paul Hitchcock Paul Anthony Hitchcock (born 23 January 1975) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 14 One Day Internationals and single Twenty20 International for the New Zealand national cricket team. He was born at Whangarei in New Zealand's Nort ...

(

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) *

Nehe Milner-Skudder Nehe Rihara Milner-Skudder (born 15 December 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for the Rugby New York. He was selected for the All Blacks in 2015, and was a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team. He scored ...

(

) *

Gemma Flynn Gemma McCaw (née Flynn, born 2 May 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player who has represented her country in three Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). Early life Born in Tauranga, Gemma McCaw is the youngest child and only daughter of ...

( Black Sticks) *

Sally Johnston Sally Johnston (born Invercargill, New Zealand) is a competitive sport shooter from New Zealand. She started shooting in 1983 with her first international competition in 1995 at the Oceania Championships in Auckland. Johnston placed ei ...

– sport shooterhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/10530255/Sally-Johnston-knows-the-price-of-gold Commonwealth Games gold in the 50m rifle prone

Others

– full professor at the Massey University. *

Kay Cohen Kay Cohen (born Kathleen Siddall on 31 December 1952 in Levin, New Zealand) is an Australian fashion designer and business woman based in Sydney, Australia. Cohen has led a number of lingerie design brands, most notably as Founder and Creati ...

(born 1952) – fashion designer *

Catherine Day Catherine Day (born 16 June 1954 in Mount Merrion, Dublin) is a former European civil servant from Ireland. Appointed in November 2005 as Secretary-General of the European Commission, she served two terms with President Jose Manuel Barroso and ...

– biochemist (BSc and PhD) *

Lucy Easthope Lucy Easthope is a UK expert and adviser on emergency planning and disaster recovery. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the the University of Durham, University of Durham, and co-founder of the After Disaster Network at the univ ...

– researcher *

Robert Holmes à Court Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (27 July 1937 – 2 September 1990) was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 53. A great- ...

(1937–1990) – businessman (BAgSci, forestry) *

Susan Kemp Susan Patricia Kemp is a New Zealand social work academic. Academic career Kemp completed a bachelor's degree in sociology and psychology at Massey University, a master's degree in sociology at the University of Auckland, and a second master' ...

– social work academic *

Alan Kirton Alan Henry Kirton (22 February 1933 – 25 July 2001) was a New Zealand agricultural scientist. Biography Born in Stratford, New Zealand in 1933, Kirton was raised in a farming family who ran sheep and dairy cows on a block of land in a sm ...

(1933–2001) – agricultural scientist (BAgrSc and MAgSc) *

Phil Lamason Phillip John Lamason, (15 September 191819 May 2012) was a pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War, who rose to prominence as the senior officer in charge of 168 Allied airmen taken to Buchenwald concentrat ...

– WWII RNZAF pilotAnzac Day: From teen ratbag to hero
(25 April 2012). ''Hawkes Bay Today''. Retrieved 2 May 2012 *

Kyle Lockwood Kyle Simon Lockwood JP (born 1977) is a New Zealand architectural designer based in Melbourne, Australia. He is known for leading the successful campaign for the Government of New Zealand to reintroduce the duration of the New Zealand passport ...

– architectural designer, designer of the

Silver fern flag A silver fern flag is any flag design that incorporates a silver fern, and is usually a white silver fern on a black background. The silver fern motif is associated with New Zealand, and a silver fern flag may be used as an unofficial flag of N ...

(DipDArch and DipArchTech) *

Ross McEwan Ross Maxwell McEwan (born 16 July 1957) is a New Zealand banker, and the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director of National Australia Bank. He was previously the chief executive officer (CEO) of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group ...

– banker, CEO of

National Australia Bank National Australia Bank (abbreviated NAB, branded nab) is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia (colloquially referred to as "The Big Four") in terms of market capitalisation, earnings and customers. NAB was ranked 21st-la ...

Claire McLachlan Claire Jane McLachlan (sometimes McLachlan-Smith) is a New Zealand teaching academic. She is currently professor and dean at Federation University Australia. Her speciality is early-childhood literacy. Career McLachlan did a M.A (Hons, 1st cla ...

– professor, specialist in early-childhood literacy *

Simon Moutter Simon Paul Moutter is a New Zealand engineer and businessman, and was Managing Director of Spark New Zealand from 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2019. Early life Moutter grew up in Palmerston North, New Zealand, He attended Highbury School, Monrad ...

– engineer, businessman (BSc, physics) *

Craig Norgate Michael Craig Norgate (14 April 1965 – 7 July 2015) was a New Zealand accountant and business leader in agricultural processing, marketing and related areas. He had a career as chief executive officer (CEO) of dairy companies Kiwi Co-operative Da ...

– businessman * Sir Alan Stewart (1917–2004) – founding vice-chancellor of Massey * Richard Taylor – special effects technician *

Stephen Tindall Sir Stephen Robert Tindall (born May 1951) is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse, The Warehouse Group, and the Tindall Foundation. Early life and education Tindall attended Takapuna Grammar and has a Diploma of Management from the ...

– businessman *

Saffronn Te Ratana Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975) is a visual artist of Māori ( Ngāi Tuhoe) descent, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Te Ratana went to Palmerston Intermediate Normal School, followed by Palmerston North Girls’ High School. Her work '' ...

– artist * Mona Williams (born 1943) – writer and English lecturer

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Honorary Doctors

Massey University have recognize the contribution of many national and international notable people with honorary doctorates since 1964. Among them, there is

Peng Liyuan Peng Liyuan (; born 20 November 1962) is a Chinese soprano and contemporary folk singer and the spouse of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China. Peng gained popularit ...

, the wife of the current Chinese President

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...

. *

List of honorary doctors of Massey University The list of Honorary Doctors of Massey University below shows the recipients of honorary doctorates conferred by Massey University since 1962. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Honorary Doctors of Massey University Massey Massey may refe ...

Notes

References

* History section o
Massey University calendar
* Pictures from the past, i

OWENS, J.M.R. Campus Beyond the Walls: The First 25 Years of Massey University's Extramural Programme Palmerston North, Dunmore Press Ltd., 1985. () Available free from Massey a

External links

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