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===Chancellor Kelly's resignation=== 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... Thatβs 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/item/11200-massey-to-go-more-practical |title=Massey to go more practical |publisher=ruralnewsgroup.co.nz |date=6 December 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214045937/http://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/item/11200-massey-to-go-more-practical |archive-date=14 December 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> These remarks caused widespread outrage,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/87518268/outrage-over-massey-chancellors-comments-about-female-vets |title=Outrage over Massey chancellor's comments about female vets |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=13 December 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> with Kelly's apology via Twitter and Facebook doing little to calm the situation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/masseyuniversity/photos/a.432384527850.215263.6089267850/10154413245007851/?type=3&theater |title=The Chancellor has apologised and conceded the information he gave in the article was incorrect. |publisher=facebook.com |date=13 December 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> Kelly resigned as Chancellor on 14 December 2016, and was replaced promptly by then Pro Chancellor Michael Ahie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/87640211/New-Massey-University-chancellor-elected-following-comment-controversy|title=New Massey University chancellor elected following comment controversy|publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=14 December 2016}}</ref>
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