Editing Massey University (section)

=== 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>