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$293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn Freshwater , city =
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based in
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...
,
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. It is the largest, most comprehensive and highest-ranked university in New Zealand and consistently places among the top 100 universities in the
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. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Originally it was housed in a disused courthouse. Today, the University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest university by enrolment, hosting about 40,000 students on five Auckland campuses. The City Campus, in the Auckland CBD, has the bulk of the students and faculties. There are eight faculties, including a
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, as well as three associated research institutes.


History


Origins

The University of Auckland began as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand, founded on 23 May 1883 as ''Auckland University College''. Stewardship of the university during its establishment period was the responsibility of John Chapman Andrew (Vice Chancellor of the University of New Zealand 1885–1903). Housed in a disused courthouse and jail, it started out with 95 students and 4 teaching staff: Frederick Douglas Brown, professor of chemistry (London and Oxford); Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas, professor of natural sciences (Oxford); Thomas George Tucker, professor of classics (
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); and William Steadman Aldis, professor of mathematics (Cambridge). By 1901, student numbers had risen to 156; the majority of these students were training towards being law clerks or teachers and were enrolled part-time. From 1905 onwards, an increasing number of students enrolled in commerce studies.


Development of a research culture

The university conducted little research until the 1930s, when there was a spike in interest in academic research during the Depression. At this point, the college's executive council issued several resolutions in favour of academic freedom after the controversial dismissal of John Beaglehole (allegedly for a letter to a newspaper where he publicly defended the right of communists to distribute their literature), which helped encourage the college's growth. In 1934, four new professors joined the college: Arthur Sewell (English), H.G. Forder (Mathematics), C.G. Cooper (Classics) and James Rutherford (History). The combination of new talent, and academic freedom saw Auckland University College flourish through to the 1950s. In 1950, the Elam School of Fine Arts was brought into the University of Auckland. Archie Fisher, who had been appointed principal of the Elam School of Fine Arts was instrumental in having it brought in the University of Auckland.


Making a name

The University of New Zealand was dissolved in 1961 and the University of Auckland was empowered by the University of Auckland Act 1961. In 1966, lecturers
Keith Sinclair Sir Keith Sinclair (5 December 1922 – 20 June 1993) was a New Zealand poet and historian. Academic career Sinclair was the oldest child of Ernest Duncan Sinclair and Florence Pyrenes Kennedy. Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a stu ...
and Bob Chapman established The University of Auckland Art Collection, beginning with the purchase of several paintings and drawings by Colin McCahon. The Collection is now managed by the Centre for Art Research, based at the Gus Fisher Gallery. Stage A of the Science building was opened by
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was th ...
on 3 May. In 1975-81
Marie Clay Dame Marie Mildred Clay (; née Irwin; 3 January 1926 – 13 April 2007) was a researcher from New Zealand known for her work in educational literacy. She was committed to the idea that children who struggle to learn to read and write can be he ...
and Patricia Bergquist, the first two female professors, were appointed.


Growth and consolidation

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opened the new School of Medicine Building at
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on 24 March 1970. The Queen also opened the Liggins Institute in 2002. The North Shore Campus, established in 2001, was located in the suburb of
Takapuna Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it ...
. It offered the Bachelor of Business and Information Management degree. The faculty was served by its own library. At the end of 2006, the campus was closed, and the degree relocated to the City campus. On 1 September 2004, the Auckland College of Education merged with the university's School of Education (previously part of the Arts Faculty) to form the Faculty of Education and Social Work. The faculty is based at the Epsom Campus of the former college, with an additional campus in Whangārei. Professor Stuart McCutcheon became vice-chancellor on 1 January 2005. He was previously the vice-chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington. He succeeded Dr
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(PhD, Hon. LLD), who was appointed vice-chancellor of the
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. On 16 March 2020, McCutcheon was succeeded by Professor Dawn Freshwater, the first female vice-chancellor in the university's history. The university opened a new business school in 2007, following the completion of the Information Commons. It has recently gained international accreditations for all its programmes and now completes the "Triple Crown" ( AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB). In 2009, the university embarked on a NZ$1 billion 10-year plan to redevelop and expand its facilities. The $240 million Grafton Campus upgrade was completed in 2011. In May 2013 the university purchased a site for new 5.2-hectare campus on a former Lion Breweries site adjacent to the major business area in Newmarket. The Faculty of Engineering and the School of Chemical Sciences moved into the new faculties in 2015. The NZ$200 million new Science Centre was opened in July 2017. The NZ$280 million new Engineering Building was completed in 2019. In 2017, work started on the building of a new $116m medical school building in Grafton Campus. In 2019, work has begun with the redevelopment of the University Recreation Centre in the City Campus. The University of Auckland has also built multiple student accommodation buildings, and it became the largest provider of student accommodation in New Zealand.


Administration

The head of the university is the
chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
, currently Cecilia Tarrant. However, this position is only titular. The chief executive of the university is the
vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is ...
, currently Professor Dawn Freshwater, who is the university's sixth vice-chancellor, and the first female to hold the role.


List of chancellors

Since 1957, when Auckland University College became the University of Auckland, the university has had 13 chancellors. Previously, the college council had been headed by a president (from 1923), or a chairman (1883–1923).


Schools and faculties

* Faculty of Arts *
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* Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries * Faculty of Education and Social Work * Faculty of Engineering * Auckland Law School * Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences * Faculty of Science


Coat of arms

The
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of the arms of the University of Auckland is: Azure between three mullets argent an open Book proper edged and bound Or with seven Clasps on either side Or, on a chief wavy also argent three Kiwis proper. A "mullet" is a five pointed star; when there are three they are depicted with two above and one below. Their colour is silver ("argent"). "Proper" indicates that the specified item is to be shown in its natural colours – for the book, this would be black and white. The edge ("edged") and binding of the book is in gold ("Or") and is bound with seven clasps on either side. A "chief" is a broad strip at the top of the shield. The university's motto is ''Ingenio et labore'' which may be translated from
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as "By natural ability and hard work."


Campuses and facilities


Campuses

The University of Auckland has a number of campuses in
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, and one in Whangārei in the Northland Region. #The City Campus in the Auckland CBD has the majority of the students and faculties. It covers 16 hectares and has a range of amenities including cafes, health services, libraries, childcare facilities and a sports and recreation centre. #The Grafton Campus, established in 1968, is opposite
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in the suburb of
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, close to the City Campus. The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy and School of Optometry and Vision Science are based here, along with th
Eye Clinic
#The Epsom Campus is the main teacher training campus, offering programmes in teacher education and social services. It was formerly the Auckland College of Education's main campus, until the college merged with the university's School of Education in September 2004 to form the Faculty of Education and Social Work. There were plans to close down the Epsom Campus in 2020 and relocate the Faculty of Education and Social Work to the City Campus. Later, the closure of the Epsom Campus was postponed to late 2023, with teaching to resume at the City Campus's refurbished Building 201 in 2024. #The Newmarket Campus was acquired from
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, when operations ceased at its Newmarket brewery in 2010, selling the site to the university in May 2013. The university has built an engineering research space and a civil structures hall. This new campus houses the Faculties of Engineering and Science. #The Tai Tokerau Campus in Whangārei offers teacher education courses to the Northland community. #The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences also has several satellite campuses and research facilities including the Waitemata Health Campus (which services
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and Waitakere Hospital), the Freemasons' Department of Geriatric Medicine at North Shore Hospital, the South Auckland Clinical Campus at Middlemore Hospital, and the Waikato Clinical School. #The Leigh Marine Laboratory is effectively the marine campus and hosts postgraduate teaching and research at the
Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve is a protected area in the North Island of New Zealand. The reserve covers an area of , extending from Cape Rodney to Okakari Point, extending 800m offshore. Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island lies within t ...
(Goat Island) near Warkworth. Situated on the east coast, about 100 km north of the city of Auckland, it has access to a wide range of unspoiled marine habitats. #The South Auckland Campus - Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga opened in February 2020 in Manukau, and replaced the Faculty of Education courses that were offered at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) prior to the opening of the campus. #Goldie Estate – Wine Science Centre. In July 2011 Kim and Jeanette Goldwater gifted a 14-hectare winery in Waiheke Island to the university. The Wine Science Centre currently hosts the university's Wine Science courses. From the start of the first semester of 2010, the university banned smoking on any of its property, including inside and outside buildings in areas that were once designated as smoking areas. Former campuses #The Tāmaki Innovations Campus was located in the east Auckland suburb of St Johns. It was a predominantly postgraduate campus offering training and research security in health innovation and "biodiversity and biosecurity innovation." The Tamaki campus was closed down in 2020 and its former programs were relocated to the city, Grafton, and Newmarket campuses.


Overseas facilities

The University of Auckland Innovation Institute China (UOAIIC) UOAIIC was established by the University of Auckland and UniServices, the commercialisation arm and knowledge transfer company of the University of Auckland, in 2017 in the Chinese city of
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. The Institute occupies a 2800m² physical space in the Hangzhou Qiantang New Area. UOAIIC is led by Dr Yuan Li. It organises annual conferences and meetings for the university to seek commercial opportunities for its research in China. Aulin College Aulin College, based in Harbin, China, was set up by the University of Auckland and the
Northeast Forestry University Northeast Forestry University (NEFU; ), located in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is an institution of higher education and research under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It serves as the largest ...
(NEFU) of China in 2019. The name 'Aulin' is a combination of the word "Au" (from the name "Auckland") and "Lin", which is the Chinese word for farming and agriculture. In September 2019, Aulin College had its first intake of undergraduate students. Aulin College offers Bachelor's and master's degrees in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science and Technology. Graduates will receive degrees from both the University of Auckland and NEFU.


Libraries

The University of Auckland Library system consists of the General Library and seven specialist libraries: the Business and Information Centre, Davis Law Library, Leigh Marine Laboratory Library, the Philson Library, the
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Library on the Epsom and Tai Tokerau campuses, and the Tāmaki Library and Information Commons. In mid-2018, Vice-Chancellor McCutcheon announced that the university would be closing its Fine Arts, the Architecture and Planning, and Music and Dance Libraries. Their collections were merged into the General Library's collections. The General Library Special Collections stores several rare books, manuscripts and archives and other material relating to the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Some notable manuscript collections include the Western Pacific Archives (which contains British colonial records relating to that region between 1877 and 1978), the poet Robin Hyde's papers, and the archives of the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre, local Labour Party branches, and the New Zealand Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The Special Collections also has several published collections including the Patterson Collection (which contains books on biblical studies, classics, and ancient history), children's author
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's collection of New Zealand children's books, the Philson Library's collections of pre-1900 medical books, and the Asian Language Collection (which contains 230 titles of rare Chinese books). Some notable microtext collections include the Māori Land Court Minute Books and the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau series.


Research institutes

* Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) * Liggins Institute * Public Policy Institute (PPI)


Student accommodation

The University of Auckland provides a range of accommodation options for students. Several hundred live in Residential Halls and Apartments, which provide, food, accommodation, and social and welfare services alongside self-catered, private residences. The university ceased leasing Railway Campus in November 2008. The university has four residential halls including Grafton Hall, O'Rorke Hall, University Hall–Towers, and Waipārūrū Hall. These halls are full-catered and are aimed at first–year university students. In addition, the university runs nine self-catered student residences including Te Tirohanga o te Tōangaroa, Carlaw Park Student Village, Grafton Student Flats, 55 Symonds, University Hall–Towers, UniLodge Auckland, UniLodge on Whitaker, Waikohanga House, and the Goldie Estate Homestead on Waiheke Island. These halls and student residences are located in the Auckland CBD area near the university.


Art Collection

Established in 1966 by
Keith Sinclair Sir Keith Sinclair (5 December 1922 – 20 June 1993) was a New Zealand poet and historian. Academic career Sinclair was the oldest child of Ernest Duncan Sinclair and Florence Pyrenes Kennedy. Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a stu ...
and Bob Chapman, Th
Art Collection
is one of the university's most valuable and cherished assets. However, its most poignant value lies in its use as a resource for teaching, learning and research. Available on loan to departments and faculties on all campuses, the Collection has been built up over forty years to include major works by significant artists such as Frances Hodgkins, Colin McCahon, Billy Apple and Ralph Hotere. Outcomes from postgraduate research on the Collection have included a thesis on its own history as an entity, monograph exhibitions on individual artists, and surveys of the impact of the evolution of the Collection on Auckland's dealer galleries, resulting in the exhibitions and publications Vuletic and His Circle (about the Petar/James Gallery) in 2003 and New Vision Gallery in 2008.


Student body


Students' association

The Auckland University Students' Association (AUSA) is the representative body of students, formed in 1891. AUSA publicises student issues, administers student facilities, and assists affiliated student clubs and societies. AUSA produces the student magazine '' Craccum'', and runs the radio station '' 95bFM''. The name of the alumni association is the University of Auckland Society.


Academics


Admission

Since eliminating open entry in 2009, all applicants must have a university entrance qualification. Domestic students are required to achieve the NZQA University Entrance Standard, while international students must achieve an equivalent approved qualification in their country. Admission to the university also requires applicants to meet the preset academic and English language entry requirements specific to the degree for which they are applying. Some programmes also have a preset number of places available within the degree. To be guaranteed entry students must achieve a rank score as well as meet any additional requirements. All students who did not complete their high school education or equivalent in English are also required to provide a valid IELTS score (minimum of 6.0) or equivalent.


Rankings

The University of Auckland is New Zealand's leading university. It is the highest ranked New Zealand university in the QS World University Rankings and Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities, and along with the
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and the Auckland University of Technology is included in the Times Higher Education top 250. QS World University Rankings 2010
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ranked University of Auckland 68th overall in the world, scoring very consistently in the subject rankings: 51st in Arts & Humanities, 55th in Engineering & IT, 41st in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 68th in Natural Sciences and 38th in Social Sciences. 2011 QS World University RankingsQS World University Rankings 2015/16
Top Universities. Retrieved on 1 October 2015.
ranked the University of Auckland 82nd overall in the world. In the subject rankings, it ranked less than the previous year: 55th in Arts & Humanities, 62nd in Engineering & IT, 50th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 73rd in Natural Sciences, 41st in Social Sciences and 33rd in Accounting & Finance. 2014 QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Auckland 92nd overall in the world. In the subject rankings, it continues getting less than previous years for most areas: 91st in Natural Sciences, 66th in Engineering & IT, 74th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 30th in Social Sciences and 35th in Arts & Humanities. 2015 QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Auckland 82nd overall in the world. In Faculty rankings, the university was placed 28th in Arts and Humanities, 34th in Social Sciences and Management, 59th in Engineering and Technology, 70th in Life Sciences and Medicine, and 134th in Natural Sciences. 2016 QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Auckland 81st overall in the world. The University of Auckland is ranked first in New Zealand in 35 of the 40 subjects, featuring in the top 50 in 15 subjects: Archaeology (20), Education (23), Development Studies (26), Psychology (29), English Language and Literature (31), Nursing (32), Law (32), Accounting and Finance (34), Geography (38), Civil and Structural Engineering (41), Architecture (44), Anthropology (44), Social Policy (49), Linguistics (49), Business and Management Studies (50). University Impact Rankings In 2020, the University of Auckland is ranked Number 1 globally in the
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by Times Higher Education. The result recognised the university's performance against the
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' Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the university's commitment to sustainability and making positive social impacts. PBRF rankings The University of Auckland is a research-led university, and had the second highest ranking in the 2006 and 2012 Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) exercises and the fourth highest ranking in the 2018 PBRF exercise. The Performance Based Research Fund exercises are conducted by the government and evaluate the quality of researchers and research output of all tertiary institutions in New Zealand. In the previous PBRF evaluation in 2003, when the university was ranked the top research university in New Zealand, the Commission commented: "On virtually any measure, the University of Auckland is the country’s leading research university. Not only did it achieve the highest quality score of any TEO ertiary education organisation but it also has by far the largest share of A-rated researchers in the country."


CECIL

CECIL (CSL, short for Computer Supported Learning) was the university's
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and course management system before Canvas and was developed in-house. It had more than 44,000 log-ins per day (2008 April). Cecil support staff worked with academics on research into cheating detections during online assessment,Detecting Cheaters using a Learning Management System
Cecil. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
productivity improvement using a learning management system (LMS),Increasing Teaching Productivity with EuropeMMM
Cecil. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
and effectiveness of tools in LMS.On-Line Course Surveys: Do Incentives Work
Ed/ITLib Digital Library, AACE. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
Cecil contains many of the features of similar systems such as Sakai Project and WebCT. Cecil also provides interactive tools for collaboration and other tools specific to the university.Cecil Training
Cecil. 6 November 2008.
In 2014, a review of learning and teaching technology was initiated, seeking to replace Cecil. The review determined that Canvas (a learning management system developed by Instructure) would be implemented prior to the commencement of the 2016 academic year, and CECIL now acts as an archive for old courses.


Controversies

Restructuring measures In April 2016, Vice-Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon announced that University of Auckland would be selling off its Epsom and Tamaki campuses in order to consolidate education and services at the city, Grafton, and Newmarket campuses. The Epsom Campus is the site of the University of Auckland's education faculty while the Tamaki campus hosts elements of the medical and science faculties as well as the School of Population Health. In mid-June 2018, McCutcheon announced that the university would be closing down and merging its specialist fine arts, architecture, and music and dance libraries into the City Campus' General Library. In addition, the university would cut 100 support jobs. The Vice-Chancellor claimed that these cutbacks would save between NZ$3 million and $4 million a year. This announcement triggered criticism and several protests from arts faculty and students. Students objected to the closure of the Elam Fine Arts Library on the grounds that it would make it harder to access study materials. Thousands of dissenters circulated a petition protesting the Vice-Chancellor's restructuring policies. Protests were also held in April, May, and June 2018. Fossil fuel divestment controversy In April 2017, more than 100 students from the Auckland University Medical Students Association marched demanding the removal of coal, oil and gas from the university's investment portfolio. In May 2017, 14 people from student group Fossil Fuel UoA occupied the Clocktower, urging current Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon to issue a statement in support of divestment from fossil fuels. After twelve hours, they were forcibly removed by police. The following day over two hundred students and staff marched to demand divestment from fossil fuels and more than 240 members of staff from 8 faculties signed an open letter supporting divestment to the Boards of the University of Auckland Foundation and School of Medicine Foundation. Today, the University of Auckland Foundation has a Responsible Investment Policy. The foundation has now effectively eliminated fossil fuels from its investment portfolio. As at 31 December 2021, only 0.005% (31 December 2020 0.49%) of the foundation's investments were held in companies deriving revenue from fossil fuels. Vice Chancellor's house In early December 2020, the Auditor-General's Office released its report criticising the University of Auckland's decision to purchase a NZ$5 million house in Auckland's Parnell suburb for Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater, ruling that the university had not been able to show a "justifiable business purpose" for purchasing the house apart from Freshwater's personal benefit. The purchase of the house had been criticised as frivolous by student unions. In October 2020, Vice Chancellor Freshwater had recommended that the university's board sell the house to pay off debt and because COVID-19 social distancing restrictions had made it impossible to host functions there.


Notable people


Notable alumni


Academia

* Alexandra Brewis Slade, anthropologist * Margaret Brimble, organic chemist *
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, ecology academic, professor at
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* Jemma Field, historian * Colleen M. Flood, professor at
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and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada * Rom Harré, Oxford philosopher *
Christian Hartinger Christian G. Hartinger (born 1974) is an Austrian-born New Zealand bioinorganic chemist known for his work in metal-based anticancer drugs. In 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. Scientific career Hartinger studi ...
, inorganic chemist * Harry Hawthorn, Canadian anthropologist *
John Hood John Hood may refer to: People * John Hood (MP, fl.1393–99), English politician, MP for Leominster * John Hood (MP, fl.1421–29), English politician, MP for Leominster *John Hood (inventor) (1720–1783), Irish surveyor and inventor *John Hood ( ...
, former Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...
* Susan Kemp, social work academic *
Charlotte Macdonald Charlotte Jean Macdonald is a New Zealand historian. After studying as an undergraduate at Massey University, she earned her PhD from University of Auckland and is now a professor at Victoria University of Wellington. Early life Macdonald has ...
, historian *
Diane M. Mackie Diane M. Mackie is a social psychologist known for her research in the fields of intergroup relations and social influence. She is Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mackie was th ...
, social psychologist *
Susan Moller Okin Susan Moller Okin (July 19, 1946 – March 3, 2004) was a liberal feminist political philosopher and author. Life Okin was born in 1946 in Auckland, New Zealand. She attended Remuera Primary School and Remuera Intermediate and Epsom Girls' G ...
, philosopher *
Janis Paterson Janis Paterson is a New Zealand academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology. After a 1993 PhD titled '' 'Adolescent perceptions of attachment: parents, friends, and impact on self esteem' '' at the Univ ...
, academic developmental psychologist, founding director of the longitudinal
Pacific Islands Families Study The Pacific Islands Families Study is a long-running, cohort study of 1398 children (and their parents) of Pacific Islands origin born in Auckland, New Zealand during the year 2000. The cohort of participants was selected from babies born between ...
* Peter C. B. Phillip * Elizabeth Rata, professor of education *
Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid (born 1954) is a New Zealand public health academic and, , is a full professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career After medical degrees at the University of Auckland, Reid joined, rising to full professor. ...
, public health academic * Graham Smith, academic *
Rory Sweetman Rory Sweetman (born 1956) is a professional New Zealand historian. He teaches at the University of Otago in modern Irish history and has published widely on New Zealand’s ethnic and religious past. Early life Sweetman was born in Ireland and spe ...
, historian *
Ronald Syme Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Rom ...
, pre-eminent New Zealand classicist of the 20th century * Tarisi Vunidilo, Fijian archaeologist and curator * Rorden Wilkinson, political economist *
David Wills David Wills may refer to: * Dave Wills (sportscaster) (1964–2023), American sportscaster; radio voice of the Tampa Bay Rays * David Wills (voice actor) (born 1970), American voice actor * David Wills (musician) (born 1954), American musician; co-f ...
, translator of Jacques Derrida


Art

* Vidyamala Burch, writer and mindfulness teacher *
Gill Gatfield Gill Gatfield (born 1963) is a New Zealand sculptor; she was formerly a lawyer specialising in equality and diversity. Biography Gatfield grew up in Kawerau, one of five daughters. Her mother was a maths teacher and her father taught science. ...
, sculptor * Bob Kerr, artist and author * Rachael McKenna, photographer *
Constant Mews Constant Mews (born 1954), D. Phil (''Oxon'') is Professor of Medieval Thought and Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Melbourne. He is an authority on medieval religious thought, especially on the medieval p ...
, authority on medieval religious thought * Cheryll Sotheran, founder of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa


Business

*
Vincent Cheng Vincent Cheng Hoi-Chuen GBS OBE JP (, 16 July 1948 – 28 August 2022) was a Hong Kong banker who was HSBC Holdings plc. He was also chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the Asia-Pacific branch of HSBC and fo ...
, chairman of HSBC * Shayne Elliott (born 1963/64), New Zealand banker * Paul Huljich, CEO of Best Corporation, author *
Ross Keenan Ross Barry Keenan (born 21 October 1943) is a New Zealand businessperson. His early career was in the airline industry in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Since the 1990s, he has been a company director, professional board member, an ...
(born 1943), businessperson * Jane Taylor, chair of New Zealand Post and
Landcare Research Landcare may refer to: *Australian Landcare Council, a now superseded Australian government body *Landcare in Australia Landcare Australia is the name for a community not-for-profit organisation which involves local groups of volunteers repairi ...


Film and television

* Philippa Boyens,
Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ...
-winning screenwriter * Niki Caro, film director, producer and screenwriter. * Jacqueline Feather, screenwriter * Lucy Lawless, actress *
Yasmine Ryan Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 30 November 2017) was a print, television and multimedia journalist from New Zealand. She was involved in covering the Arab Spring for ''Al Jazeera English''. Ryan also created documentaries. Biography Yasmine Ryan was ...
(ca. 1983 – 2017), journalist * Christine Tan, CNBC news anchor


Music

* Marcus Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter & actor * Gary Chaw, singer-songwriter * Gareth Farr, composer * Tim Finn, musician * Jeffrey Grice, pianist *
Anthony Jennings Anthony Jennings may refer to: *Anthony Jennings (musician) (1945–1995), New Zealand harpsichordist, organist, choral and orchestral director, and academic *Anthony Jennings (American football) (born 1994), American college football quarterback * ...
, harpsichordist, organist, choral and orchestral director *
Ashley Lawrence Ashley Elizabeth Marie Lawrence (born June 11, 1995) is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back or a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea F.C. ...
, conductor * Marya Martin, flautist * Douglas Mews, early music specialist * Shirley Setia, singer and actress * Wilma Smith, Fijian-born concert violinist and music teacher


Politics and law

*
Jan Beagle Jan Margaret Beagle is a diplomat from New Zealand who has been serving as the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) since 2020. From 2017 until 2019, she was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations f ...
, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations * Simon Bridges, former Opposition Leader, former leader of the
New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party ( mi, Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National () or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongsi ...
* Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, former Administrator of the
United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...
* Colin Craig, businessman and leader of the Conservative Party of New Zealand *
Jennifer Curtin Jennifer Curtin is a New Zealand public policy academic, and a full professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career After a 1997 PhD titled '' 'Women in trade unions : strategies for the representation of women's interests in four cou ...
, public policy * Sian Elias, New Zealand Chief Justice 1999-2019 * Jeanette Fitzsimons, New Zealand politician and environmentalist * Lowell Goddard, Judge *
Jonathan Hunt Jonathan Hunt may refer to: * Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician) (born 1938), politician from New Zealand * Jonathan Hunt (Vermont congressman) (1787–1832), U.S. Representative from Vermont * Jonathan Hunt (Vermont lieutenant governor) (1738 ...
, former Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Order of New Zealand The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in the New Zealand royal honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity". It was instituted by royal warrant on 6 F ...
*
Sir Kenneth James Keith Sir Kenneth James Keith (born 19 November 1937) is a New Zealand judge. He was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005, serving a nine-year term during the years 2006 through 2015. Keith was educated at the Auckland Gra ...
, New Zealand Judge appointed to the International Court of Justice * David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand *
Viliami Latu Dr. Viliami Uasike Latu is a Tongan politician and Cabinet Minister. After completing secondary education at Tonga High School, he became a high school teacher at the Mailefihi & Siuʻilikutapu College (in Vavaʻu) in 1991. He obtained a Bachelor ...
, Tongan Minister of Police * Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa * Leslie Munro, former New Zealand's permanent representative to the United Nations, former President of the Trusteeship Council, former President of the United Nations General Assembly, three times President of the Security Council * Shai Navot, former leader of The Opportunities Party * Winston Peters, politician and leader of the NZ First party *
Anthony Randerson Anthony Penrose Randerson (born 1949) is a New Zealand retired jurist. In 1990/91, he chaired the group that considered Geoffrey Palmer's bill that became the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). In 2019/20, he chaired the group that recommended ...
, New Zealand Chief High Court Judge from December 2004 to February 2010. Now a Judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal * Mike Rann, former Premier of South Australia, and future Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom * Anand Satyanand, Governor General, New Zealand 2006-2011 * Peter Thomson, Fijian diplomat, Fiji's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, former President of the General Assembly of the United Nations *
Taufa Vakatale Mereia Taufa Vakatale, O.F. (born 1938) is a Fijian former politician and educator. She served in the Cabinet of Fiji under the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) during 1993–1995 and 1997–1999. In 1997, she became Fiji's first female Deput ...
, former Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji *
Vangelis Vitalis Vangelis (Evangelos) Vitalis is a New Zealand diplomat and trade negotiator currently working as the Deputy Secretary for the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Prior to taking up his role in Wellington in 2017, Vangelis was New Ze ...
, diplomat * Helen Winkelmann, New Zealand Chief Justice 2019–present


Science and technology

* Penelope Brothers, chemist * Howard Carmichael, physicist * Helen Danesh-Meyer, ophthalmology academic *
Lynnette Ferguson Lynnette Robin Ferguson is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2021 is an emeritus professor at the University of Auckland. Ferguson has been a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi since 2016. Academic career Ferguson says she initially ...
* Crispin Gardiner, physicist *
Ross Ihaka George Ross Ihaka (born 1954) is a New Zealand statistician who was an Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Auckland until his retirement in 2017. Alongside Robert Gentleman, he is one of the creators of the R programming la ...
, statistician * Sir Vaughan Jones, Fields medallist * Sir Harold Marshall, acoustician and architect *
Stephen Parke Stephen Parke (born 1950) is a New Zealand physicist. He is a Distinguished Scientist and former Head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Batavia, Illinois).Richard John Pentreath Richard John (usually known as ‘Jan’) Pentreath is a British marine scientist who made major contributions to radioecology, particularly with regard to alpha-emitting nuclides in the marine environment. He went on to broaden the internationa ...
, British marine scientist * William Sage Rapson, chemist * Daniel Frank Walls, physicist *
Jennifer Mary Weller Jennifer Mary Weller is a New Zealand anaesthesiology academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career Weller graduated from University of Adelaide, with her post-graduation training in hospitals in ...
, anaesthesiology academic *
Anne Wyllie Anne Louise Wyllie (born 1985) is a New Zealand microbiologist who was the lead author of a 2020 research article which led to the development of the SalivaDirect PCR method of testing saliva for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Sh ...
, microbial disease epidemiologist


Sports

*
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), sailor, national champion, world champion, and Olympic champion * Russell Coutts (born 1962), yachtsman *
Richard de Groen Richard Paul de Groen (born 5 August 1962) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He played five Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1993 and 1994.Mahé Drysdale (born 1978), Australian-born New Zealand rower * Gavin Hastings (born 1962), Scottish rugby player * Michael Jones (born 1965), rugby player and coach * Jerome Kaino (born 1983),
American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internation ...
n-born New Zealand rugby player *
Eliza McCartney Eliza McCartney (born 11 December 1996) is a New Zealand track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault and won the bronze medal in this event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the current New Zealand and Oceania record holder at ...
(born 1996), New Zealand Olympic pole vaulter *
Jean Spencer Jean Spencer may refer to: * Jean Spencer (gymnast) (born 1940), New Zealand Olympic gymnast * Jean Spencer (artist) (1942–1998), British artist See also * Jean Spencer Ashbrook Emily Jean Spencer Ashbrook (née Spencer; born September 21, 193 ...
(born 1940), United Kingdom-born New Zealand Olympic gymnast


Notable faculty

Until his death in 2009, the longest serving staff member was Emeritus Professor of Prehistory, Roger Curtis Green, BA BSc ''(New Mexico)'', PhD ''(Harv.)'', FRSNZ, MANAS. He had been on the staff 1961–66 and from 1973 onwards. The longest serving, non-'retired' staff member is Bernard Brown, ONZM, LLB (Hons) ''(Leeds)'', LLM ''(Sing.)''. He has been a full-time senior lecturer in the faculty of law 1962-65 and 1969 onwards. William Phillips, the influential economist largely famed for his Phillips curve, taught at the university from 1969 until his death in 1975. The programming language R, widely used by statisticians and data scientists, was developed at the university by Robert Gentleman and
Ross Ihaka George Ross Ihaka (born 1954) is a New Zealand statistician who was an Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Auckland until his retirement in 2017. Alongside Robert Gentleman, he is one of the creators of the R programming la ...
in the 1990s. According to the
Association of University Staff of New Zealand The Association of University Staff of New Zealand (AUS) was a national trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving th ...
(AUS) in 2007, New Zealand universities, including the University of Auckland, had been taking a more litigious approach to managing their staff in recent years and engaged lawyers and employment advocates to handle even minor matters. The University of Auckland "paid out more than $780,000 in 2006 to settle problems it listed as including personal grievances and disputes". For example, Paul Buchanan, a popular, world-renowned lecturer on international relations and security, was summarily dismissed in 2007 because a student to whom he sent an email complained that she found his comments about her performance in his class to be offensive. He was later reinstated, but this was just a formality and he never returned to lecturing. As the AUS would not financially support a case for full reinstatement, Buchanan accepted the formal reinstatement and a nominal monetary payout as a settlement of his appeal to the Employment Court.


Demographics

The statistical area of Auckland-University, which covers the city campuses of the University of Auckland and the Auckland University of Technology, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Auckland-University had a population of 105 at the
2018 New Zealand census Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sh ...
, a decrease of 6 people (−5.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 9 people (9.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 63 households, comprising 57 males and 48 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.19 males per female. The median age was 29.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 6 people (5.7%) aged under 15 years, 54 (51.4%) aged 15 to 29, 39 (37.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 6 (5.7%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 28.6% European/
Pākehā Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a Māori term for New Zealanders primarily of European descent. Pākehā is not a legal concept and has no definition under New Zealand law. The term can apply to fair-skinned persons, or to any non- Māori New ...
, 8.6% Māori, 5.7% Pacific peoples, 62.9% Asian, and 11.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 80.0, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.7% had no religion, 25.7% were
Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...
, 11.4% were Hindu, 5.7% were Muslim, and 11.4% were
Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...
. Of those at least 15 years old, 54 (54.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 0 (0.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $30,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. 9 people (9.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 45 (45.5%) people were employed full-time, 18 (18.2%) were part-time, and 6 (6.1%) were unemployed.


Notes


References


Sources

* A Complete Guide To Heraldry by A.C. Fox-Davies 1909.


External links

*
University of Auckland Act 1961
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