Editing Wellington College of Education (section)

==About==
Wellington Teachers’ Training College had a 125th anniversary in 2005, the College having been originally established in 1880.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Creese |first1=Mary R. S. |last2=Creese |first2=Thomas M. |title=Ladies in the Laboratory III: South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries |date=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7289-9 |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9FkFg5ogZAC&pg=PA119 }}</ref>

A decision to expand the teacher training facilities in Wellington was made in the 1930s, however it was not until 1966 that the building of the Karori campus began. There were teacher training reforms in the mid-twentieth centenary that were triggered by increased populations after World War Two.<ref name=":0" />  The campus was architecturally significant and had a Category 1 rating by [[Heritage New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-20 |title=Karori Campus (former) |url=https://historicplaceswellington.org/advocacy/karori-campus-former/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Historic Places Wellington |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was transferred from the Ministry of Education to Victoria University of Wellington in 2004 for $10. It was sold by Victoria University of Wellington to [[Ryman Healthcare]] in 2017 for $28 million.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Katarina |date=2019-11-05 |title=Two heritage buildings at ex-Karori campus to be demolished amid safety concerns |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/117139302/two-heritage-buildings-at-exkarori-campus-to-be-demolished-amid-safety-concerns |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> Two of the heritage buildings were subsequently planned for demolition as part of the development by Ryman's, with Historic Places Wellington stating this would be a "significant cultural loss".<ref name=":3" /> A local group proposed the hall and cafeteria be retained for community use.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woolf |first=Amber-Leigh |date=2018-05-31 |title=Karori residents ask for sophisticated architecture for planned retirement village |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/104351094/karori-residents-ask-for-sophisticated-architecture-for-planned-retirement-village |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref><gallery mode="nolines">
File:Wgtn Teachers College A 04.jpg|Part way through demolition in 2020
File:Wgtn Teachers College C 01.jpg|Architectural detail
File:Wgtn Teachers College C 18.jpg|Side of the hall
File:Wgtn Teachers College C 26.jpg|Tower block during demolition
File:Wgtn Teachers College C 10.jpg|Architectural detail
File:Wgtn Teachers College C 21.jpg
File:Wgtn Teachers College B 08.jpg
File:Wgtn Teachers College C 15.jpg|'Te Whanau o Ako Pai o te Upoko o Te Ika' - sign over main entrance
</gallery>The faculty has had many notable teachers and students over its long history, significantly in New Zealand’s education system, arts sector and Māori rights movement.<ref name=":0" />

Māori studies was introduced in 1963 with the appointment of [[Barry Mitcalfe]] in the Department of Social Studies. [[Tipene O'Regan|Tīpene O'Reagan]] joined Mitcalfe in 1968 and then redesigned the programme in 1972 when Mitcalfe left.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Ranginui|date=22 Oct 2014|title=Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori - Teachers' colleges and wānanga|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/41812/tipene-oregan-and-amster-reedy-1982|website=[[Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] }}</ref>

Author [[David McGill (writer)|David McGill]], who attended in the early 1960s, says of his experience: <blockquote>As students, we all wore desert boots, fishermen's knit jerseys. We'd go to cafes and pubs. Barrett's was the nearest pub, or the George. Girls weren't allowed into pubs, so we'd go into coffee bars with them.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Romanos|first=Joseph|date=11 November 2010|title=The Wellingtonian Interview: David McGill|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/4330207/The-Wellingtonian-Interview-David-McGill|access-date=22 June 2020|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> Those were the days, at that wonderful teachers' college in Karori, with liberal teachers like [[Jack Shallcrass]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Burnell|first=Cameron|date=13 April 2014|title=Writer closes chapter on life|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/9937071/Writer-closes-chapter-on-life|access-date=22 June 2020|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>Wellington Teachers Training College was renamed the Wellington College of Education in 1988 in line with government policy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colleges of Education: Wellington -Te Whanau o Ako Pai ki te Upoko o te Ika|url=http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/d/directory-of-official-information-archive/directory-of-official-information-december-1997/alphabetical-list-of-entries-1/c/colleges-of-education-wellington-te-whanau-o-ako-pai-ki-te-upoko-o-te-ika|access-date=30 November 2012|publisher=Ministry of Justice}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tina |first1=Du, Jia |title=Library and Information Science Research in Asia-Oceania: Theory and Practice: Theory and Practice |date=2014 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=978-1-4666-5159-3 |page=230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQKXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA230 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Britton |first1=E. D. |last2=Paine |first2=L. |last3=Raizen |first3=S. |title=Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Systems for Early Career Learning |date=2003 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4020-1147-4 |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e04_Wgc63U4C&pg=PA150 }}</ref>