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

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. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or distance-learning students, making it New Zealand's second largest university when not counting international students. Research is undertaken on all three campuses, and more than 3,000 international students from over 100 countries study at the university. Massey University is the only university in New Zealand offering degrees in

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, dispute resolution,

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

, and nanoscience. Massey's veterinary school is accredited by the

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and is recognised in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Britain. Massey's agriculture programme is the highest-ranked in New Zealand, and 19th in Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) world university subject rankings. Massey's

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(Air Transport Pilot) is an internationally recognised and accredited qualification, is the first non-engineering degree to be recognised by the Royal Aeronautical Society (1998), and has ISO9001-2000 accreditation.

History

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 O. J. Hawkin. The first woman to enrol was Enid Hills, who enrolled in 1932. With the demise of the UNZ 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. 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. 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, canceled 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 Jacinda Ardern 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.

Campuses

Massey University has campuses in the Manawatū at Palmerston North, at Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and on Auckland's North Shore 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. 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.

Manawatū Campus

Massey University was first established at the Turitea campus in Palmerston North, and hosts around 9,000 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, and the 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

Hokowhitu Hokowhitu is a riverside suburb of the New Zealand city of Palmerston North, with some of the highest property values in the city. The Palmerston North Teachers' College was built in Hokowhitu in the 1960s. Massey University took over the college ...

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.

Auckland Campus

Since 1993 the Auckland campus in Albany has grown rapidly in a fast developing part of Auckland's North Shore City. 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 7,000 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.

Wellington Campus

The 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. Part of Massey Wellington sits inside the

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. The Wellington campus primarily specialises in Design (College of Creative Arts), Nursing, and Communication and Journalism. It has over 4,000 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. The university, in the mid-2010s, 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). The Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2019 further spurred investment in digital distance education.

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 institution'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 2008 Annual Report: * $374 million operating revenue * $57 million external research and contract funding * 3127 staff (full-time Equivalent) * 33,905 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 disabilities * 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

Academic rankings

Student life

Massey University Students' Association

The Massey University Students' Association Federation (MUSAF) represents the student bodies at Massey University. It includes the Albany Students' Association (ASA), Massey anawatuStudents Association (MUSA), Massey at Wellington Students' Association (MAWSA), Manawatahi, Te Waka o Ngā Ākonga Māori, and the Massey Extramural Students' Society (EXMSS). Each individual students' association organises activities and support for its members, sometimes organising student events, publicising student issues, administering student facilities and assisting affiliated student clubs and societies. The Albany Students' Association, incorporated in 1998, represents students at Albany campus. It is the only student association in Auckland with full membership of the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations.Member Associations
,

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, March 17, 2007 The ASA operates Evolution Bar and runs annual events like the first semester Orientation festival, second semester Winterfest, Woman's fest, Political Awareness Day and Boys Will Be Boys event. It previously published the fortnightly ''Satellite Magazine'', which was awarded second for best small publication in the 2006 ASPA awards. In 2012 the magazine was replaced with a cross-campus magazine called ''Massive''. MAWSA was originally known as WePSA (Wellington Polytechnic Students' Association) and was incorporated in 1975. It became MAWSA and a member of MUSAF when Massey University established its Wellington Campus. MAWSA publishes Massive Magazine, the national student magazine for all Massey University Campuses.

Radio Control

The Palmerston North arm of the student association operates Radio Control, a

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based on the Turitea campus. It broadcasts on 99.4 FM, transmitting from an aerial on campus, and streams online. The station was founded in 1981 as 'Masskeradio' and has also been known as 'Radio Massey'. Radio Control's long-time station mascot Gordon the Dinosaur stood to become the Palmerston North MP, promising to build a

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from the city centre to the university campus. The station is run by paid staff and volunteers, with general interest shows between 07:00 and 19:00, and specialist local music and genre-based shows at night. Radio Control is funded by

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and the university and regularly hosts live events and broadcasts from various events both on and off the Massey University campus. It has also provided an early platform for New Zealand artists like

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and Evermore.

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 Anne Marguerite de Bruin is a socio-economist and Professor of Economics in the School of Economics and Finance at the Albany campus of Massey University, New Zealand. Her research focuses on social enterprises and women's entrepreneurship and ...

* John Dunmore * Mary Earle * Craig Harrison * Joel Hayward *

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 ...

Jill Hooks Jillian Jeanette Hooks is a New Zealand accountancy academic. She was a professor at the Massey University and published a number of books and papers on accounting and financial reporting. Academic career Hooks completed a 2000 PhD at the Unive ...

* Ingrid Horrocks *

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 *

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 *

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 ...

* Farah Palmer * 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 *

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 *

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 ...

Notable alumni

Politicians

* Paula Bennett (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 (agriculture) * Peter Dunne (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 (BVSc, veterinary science) * Steven Joyce (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. ...

* 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 – swimmer and swimming coach * Farah Palmer ( Black Ferns) *

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 ...

( Black Caps) *

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) *

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

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(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

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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 – 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 '' ...

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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 ...

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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

Massey University's website
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