Editing Massey University (section)

==Campuses==
[[File:New Zealand - Massey University - 8744.jpg|thumb|Graduates in Wellington]]
Massey University has campuses in Palmerston North in the Manawatū, in Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and on Auckland's North Shore in Albany. In addition, Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. Research is undertaken on all three campuses.

New Zealand's first satellite, KiwiSAT was designed and built by New Zealand Radio Amateurs with the support of Massey, especially in space environment testing. "At the AMSAT-ZL Annual General Meeting in June, 2023 the group officially decided to dissolve and abandon plans for a luanch{{sic}} campaign."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kiwisat.org.nz/|title=KiwiSAT: A New Zealand Satellite|publisher=AMSAT ZL|year=2023}}</ref>

=== Auckland campus (Ōtehā) ===
[[File:Masseyalbany2005.JPG|thumb|Part of Massey University's Albany Campus in 2005]]
Since 1993 the Ōtehā campus in Auckland has grown rapidly in a fast developing part of Auckland's [[North Shore City]]. Science and Business are the two largest colleges on the campus, with the College of Science housing the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study solely on the campus. Around 4,809 students are enrolled at Albany.<ref name="AR">{{cite web |date= |title=Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf |access-date= |publisher=}}</ref> This campus has grown since then and an on-campus accommodation facility opened in semester one 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/student-life/accommodation/albany/albany_home.cfm |title=Albany – Massey University |publisher=Massey.ac.nz |date=12 February 2015 |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> On the Albany campus, a large golden chicken wing sculpture commemorates the site's history as a chicken farm.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/64259933/giant-golden-chicken-wing-anyone |title=Giant golden chicken wing, anyone?|date=2014-12-07 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref>

=== Palmerston North campus (Manawatū) ===
{{see also|Massey University, Palmerston North}}

Massey University was first established at the Turitea campus in Palmerston North, and hosts around 4,933 students annually.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf |access-date=22 May 2015 |publisher=ISE.orgP}}</ref>

The Turitea site houses the main administrative units of Massey University as well as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Sciences, the College of Health and Massey Business School. It is also home to the only Veterinary School in New Zealand. Massey University acquired a smaller second campus in Palmerston North in [[Hokowhitu]] when it merged with the Palmerston North College of Education in 1996, which was combined with the existing Faculty of Education to form Massey University's College of Education. In 2013 the Institute of Education was formed as part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Hokowhitu Campus was later sold in 2016 after the institute was relocated to the Turitea campus.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2016 |title=Massey Sells Hokowhitu Campus! |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/78697077/Massey-University-sells-Hokowhitu-campus-in-Palmerston-North-to-Wallace-Development-Company |access-date=14 July 2016 |work=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref>

[[File:Wharerata, Palmerston North.jpg|thumb|Wharerata, Palmerston North]]
Wharerata is a historic colonial home built in 1901 and surrounded by formal gardens and mature trees. It housed the staff social club until the late 1990s, and is now used as a cafe, function centre and wedding venue.<ref name="wharerata">{{Cite web |title=Wharerata Function Centre |url=http://wharerata.co.nz/ |access-date=15 February 2020 |publisher=Massey University}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Heritage New Zealand]] listed student hostel, Colombo Hall as a category 2 historic place. It was built in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Janine |date=2019-02-04 |title=Student hostel recognised as a slice of history |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/110350785/student-hostel-recognised-as-a-slice-of-history |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2023 the university announced that it would be building two solar farms on the Palmerston North campus, with a peak output of 7.87MW.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chris Tobin |date=23 February 2023 |title=Massey University in deal to have one of NZ's biggest solar farms |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/131290885/massey-university-in-deal-to-have-one-of-nzs-biggest-solar-farms |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] }}</ref>

=== Wellington campus (Pukeahu) ===
The Pukeahu campus in Wellington campus was created through the merger with Wellington Polytechnic that was approved by the [[New Zealand Government]] and took place in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Massey University And Wellington Polytechnic to Merge: Bradford|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/massey-university-and-wellington-polytechnic-merge-bradford|access-date=2020-12-19|website=The Beehive|language=en}}</ref> The history of Wellington Polytechnic goes back to 1886 when the Wellington School of Design was established, it had a name change in 1891 to Wellington Technical School and in 1963 it was divided into Wellington Polytechnic and [[Wellington High School, New Zealand|Wellington High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=1886-01-01|title=Wellington Technical College : Records|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22353768|access-date=2020-12-19|website=National Library of New Zealand|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

The Pukeahu campus primarily specialises in Design (College of Creative Arts), Nursing and Communication and Journalism. It has over 2,812 students.<ref name="AR" />

===Extramural===
Extramural study first began in 1960 and Massey University is New Zealand's largest and pre-eminent provider of [[distance education]].<ref>(Owens, 1985)</ref> Massey is known for its flexible learning and innovative delivery options and this tradition continues in the use of blended and online learning.

In the mid-2010s, the university embarked on a major project to further digitise its distance delivery and in 2015 adopted [[Moodle]] (branded as Stream) as its new Learning Management System (LMS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=moodle-the-first-step-in-learning-enrichment-strategy-30-10-2008 |title='Moodle' the first step in learning enrichment strategy – Massey University |publisher=Massey.ac.nz |date=30 October 2008 |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=stream-to-enhance-interactive-online-learning-environment-23-02-2009 |title=Stream to enhance interactive online learning environment – Massey University |publisher=Massey.ac.nz |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref>

===Libraries===
{{Main article|Massey University Library}}

The Massey University Library was first established at Massey Agricultural College in 1930 when the first librarian, Erica Baillie, was appointed at the college.  The library of the Palmerston North University College became part of the Massey College Library after the merger of the two institutions in 1963. With the expansion of the university to other locations, site libraries were established. These include the Auckland campus library in 1993, the Hokowhitu site library in 1996 (since closed) with the merger with Palmerston North College of Education, and Wellington campus library in 1999 with the merger with Wellington Polytechnic. For a time in the 2000s, a site library was also operated at Ruawharo in Napier.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marsden |first=Lucy |date=2011 |title=Heart of the university: The Massey University Library |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/11510#idx179070 |journal=Manawatū Journal of History |issue=7 |pages=39–49}}</ref>

Like the university, the library has grown exponentially since the 1960s. It caters for both on-campus and distance students. Māori materials are well represented in the library collections. Among the collections with Māori material are the Ngā Kupu Ora collection, Māori Land Court Minute Books and the Bagnall collection. Heritage collections administered by the library include the Library Special Collections and the [[Massey University Archives]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Campus libraries and off-campus library services Te ratonga whare pukapuka o roto, o waho |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/study/library/campus-libraries-and-off-campus-library-services/ |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Massey University}}</ref>