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University of New Zealand
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|colspan="2" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"|University of New Zealand
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|style="font-weight:bold"|Motto
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Sapere aude"Have courage to be wise."
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|style="font-weight:bold"|Established
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1870
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|style="font-weight:bold"|Location
|Nationally, all over
New Zealand, however the Senate was based in
Wellington.
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|style="font-weight:bold"|Homepage
- (see below)
|http://www.nzvcc.ac.nz/
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|Note: This university has been dissolved.
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The former
University of New Zealand existed as
New Zealand's only
degree awarding university from
1870 to
1961. It had federal structure based on that of the
University of London. It was based at the Senate House on Bowen Street in
Wellington, New Zealand
History
The University of New Zealand Act set up the University in
1870, however a formal structure was not agreed upon until
1902.
The Universities Act of
1961 dissolved the university and granted degree-conferring powers to the constituent Colleges.
The University's influence on New Zealand education is still felt today; examples include the many subsidiary boards of the University Senate (e.g.
New Zealand Qualifications Authority, NZ Council for Legal Education et c.) which still continue to perform their functions to this day; and the way in which university papers are organised in to "Stage I", "Stage II" and "Stage III" to indicate their place in a degree (not exactly the same as, but running on a similar idea to a
tripos). A physical example of the University's influence can also be seen in New Zealand academic dress, where New Zealand University practises have been inherited. [http://www.geocities.com/noelcox/Academical_Dress_in_New_Zealand.htm]
The
University of Otago formed a special case, because when it joined the University of New Zealand in 1874, it negotiated to keep its full university status, with the power to award its own degrees, but it agreed to indefinitely suspend awards of degrees of the University of Otago and instead award degrees of the University of New Zealand. Upon dissolution of the University of New Zealand, the University of Otago called its degree-awarding powers out of abeyance.
The
Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington Grammar School became an affiliated college of the University in 1872 and changed its name to the
Wellington College and Grammar School. After the College ceased to be affiliated to the University, the College did not revert to the name
Wellington Grammar School, and now it is simply known as
Wellington College.
Secondary School qualifications previously awarded by the UNZ
The University used to set its own entrance examination and also used to award bursaries and scholarships to financially assist study. These were considered
de-facto national qualifications since no other significant competing awards existed. These awards,
National Certificate of Educational Achievement- New Zealand University Entrance|New Zealand University Entrance
(taken in the Sixth Form) and the
New Zealand University Entrance Scholarship (taken in the Seventh Form), were awarded, by examination, by the University until its dissolution. Upon dissolution awarding powers were transferred to the Government-controlled Universities Entrance Board, which formalised these as qualifications. The Universities Entrance Board was in turn amalgamated into the
New Zealand Qualifications Authority in
1990.
The
New Zealand University Bursary began to be awarded in
1966 after the dissolution of the University, as student retention numbers in the Seventh Form increased in the 1960s and not all Seventh pupils had the calibre to succeed at Scholarship level. The University Entrance
Examination was last set in
1986 and until
2003 University Entrance was awarded by passing the University Bursaries Examination. The Entrance Scholarship Examination was last set in
1989 and until
2003 Entrance Scholarship was awarded to candidates coming within the 96th/97th percentile.
The Bursary and Entrance Scholarship awards finished in
2003 and have been abolished. Bursary will be replaced by the
National Certificate of Educational Achievement at level III, and the Entrance Scholarship will be replaced by the
New Zealand Scholarship. Both are awarded by examination, though the NCEA contains some internally assessed modules.
Te WÄ?nanga o Aotearoa
For a while,
Te Wananga o Aotearoa|Te W&, a
wānanga (a type of New Zealand educational institution), had been calling itself the
University of New Zealand as its English translation. This institution has no connection with the former University. The confusion stems from the translation from the
Maori language to English.
Eventually, after legal concerns and objections from regulatory bodies (including the
New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee -- a group of university heads, and the Ministry of Education] over illegal use of a protected word (in this case, university) and thus possible misleading advertising [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=434&ObjectID=10007702], the effective co-branding of the w&
- 257;nanga was phased out.
This institution is formally registered as a
w& (one of four types of Crown-owned tertiary institutions under New Zealand law -- the others being universities, colleges of education and polytechnics), and is to be regarded as such.
Affiliated institutions and constituent colleges
The
New Zealand Vice-Chancellor's Committee assumed certain administrative functions exercised by the University of New Zealand upon its demise; these included the functions of the former University Grants Board and the award of scholarships offered by the University of New Zealand, including the
Rhodes Scholarships in New Zealand, but excepting the
University Entrance Scholarship (see below).
The
New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the modern New Zealand Government body which carries out the admission certification functions (NZ University Entrance and Entrance Scholarships) of the former University of New Zealand.
The
New Zealand Council for Legal Education was established in 1930 as a result of a Royal Commission of Inquiry in to the University of New Zealand; this body oversaw the teaching of Law in the University and was responsible to the University Senate.
The list below of Colleges is not exhaustive. The "university colleges" are all listed, but there were more "affiliated colleges" than just the remaining two.
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!Founded/Affiliated
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Christ's College, Canterbury|Christ's-
|1871
|[http://www.christscollege.com/ Website]
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Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington-
|1872
|[http://www.wellington-college.school.nz/ Website]
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University of Canterbury
|1873
|[http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/ Website]
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University of Otago
|1874
|[http://www.otago.ac.nz/ Website]
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University of Auckland
|1883
|[http://www.auckland.ac.nz/ Website]
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Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Canterbury Agricultural
|1896
|[http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/ Website]
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Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria
|1897
|[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/ Website]
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Massey
|1927
|[http://www.massey.ac.nz/ Website]
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Notes
- Christ's College disaffiliated itself when Canterbury College was established in 1873. It was a constituent college of the University of Canterbury until 1957.
- Christ's and Wellington were affiliated colleges, not constituents. Canterbury is therefore the first constituent college of the University. However it is important to note that these affiliates took on tertiary studies as a condition of affiliation, and did not affiliate just as a means to gain pre-eminence among secondary schools.
External links
(See the list above for the websites of the constituent colleges)
- Te Wananga o Aotearoa
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