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University of New Zealand

Defunct New Zealand university

Summary

Defunct New Zealand university

Field	Value
name	University of New Zealand
image	File:UNZ.png
image_upright	.7
caption	New Zealand University shield
motto	Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
established	1870, dissolved 1961
city	Campuses all over New Zealand, Senate located in Wellington
country	New Zealand

the former, federal university

The University of New Zealand was New Zealand's sole degree-granting university from 1874 to 1961. It was a collegiate university embracing several constituent institutions at various locations around New Zealand.

After the University of New Zealand was dissolved in 1961, its constituent colleges became four independent degree-granting universities and two associated agricultural colleges: the University of Otago (Dunedin), University of Canterbury (Christchurch), University of Auckland (Auckland), Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington), Canterbury Agricultural College (Lincoln) and Massey Agricultural College (Palmerston North).

History

The University of New Zealand Act set up the university in 1870.{{cite encyclopedia | access-date = 2006-06-21 | archive-date = 9 December 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211209001044/https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/E/EducationUniversityUniversityOfNewZealand/en | url-status = dead

The University of Otago negotiated to keep its title of "university" when it joined the University of New Zealand in 1874, but it agreed to award degrees of the University of New Zealand. The colleges in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington were known as "university colleges" rather than "universities" throughout most of the history of the University of New Zealand.

The Universities Act of 1961 dissolved the university and granted degree-conferring powers to the former constituent colleges. The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee assumed certain administrative functions exercised by the University Grants Committee{{cite web | access-date = 2006-06-21

Entrance to the university

The university set its own entrance examination and awarded scholarships to provide financial assistance for students.{{cite book

Other use of the name

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, founded in 1984, used "The University of New Zealand" as an English translation of its name, although it had no connection with the former university. After objections from bodies such as the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee (the heads of the universities) and the Ministry of Education over illegal use of a protected word (in this case, "university") and thus possibly misleading advertising,{{cite news |access-date = 2006-03-21 |archive-date = 29 September 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122342/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=434&ObjectID=10007702 |url-status = dead

Alumni

Main article: University of New Zealand alumni

References

(1878). "''[[s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition". Charles Scribner's Sons.
(October 2000). "Breaking new ground". [www.nzqa.govt.nz/publications/newsletters/qanews/october-2000/file-1.html QA News: Ten Years On—The Work of The Qualifications Authority].
(1 February 2011). "Education Act 1989 No 80 (as at 01 February 2011), Public Act. Part 14: Establishment and disestablishment of tertiary institutions, Section 62: Establishment of institutions". New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office/Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata.

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