Editing Massey University

{{Short description|University in New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox university
 | logo                   = Massey University Logo.svg
 | name                   = Massey University
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms]]<!--Official university crests belong here. If you doubt it, look at Cambridge, Yale, Harvard, etc. The 'logo' used more often belongs on the bottom, hence the 'Logo' label.-->
 | latin_name             = 
 | former_name            = <!--Please no not list every single historical or antecedent institution or this article will be a mile long.-->{{ubl |''Antecedent institutions''<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/history-of-massey-university/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514200157/https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/history-of-massey-university/ |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=Massey University |language=en-NZ}}</ref>{{br}}<small>(1923–1927)</small> |[[University of New Zealand]]{{br}}<small>(1928–1961)</small> |[[Victoria University of Wellington]]{{br}}<small>(1961–1962)</small> |Massey University College{{br}}<small>(1963–1964)</small> }}
 | motto                  = ''Floreat scientia'' ([[Latin language|Latin]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/history-of-massey-university/massey-becomes-a-university-and-expands-19641992/ |title=Timeline 1964–1992 – Massey becomes a university}}</ref>
 | motto_lang             = la
 | mottoeng               = ''Let knowledge flourish''
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1928|03|20|df=y}}
 | accreditation          = [[New Zealand Qualifications Authority|NZQA]]
 | endowment              = 
 | budget                 = {{NZD}}564 [[1,000,000|million]] (2022)<ref name="AnnualReport2022" />
 | chancellor             = Alistair Davis<ref name="UC">{{Cite web |title=University Council |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/governance-and-leadership/university-council/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408024423/https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/governance-and-leadership/university-council/ |archive-date=8 April 2023 |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Massey University |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = Jan Thomas<ref name="UC" />
 | city                   = [[Palmerston North]], [[Auckland]] and [[Wellington]]
 | country                = [[New Zealand]]
 | total_staff            = 3,092 (2022)<ref name="AnnualReport2022">{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Massey University Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703170739/https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2023 |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Massey University |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
 | students               = 27,533 (2022)<ref name="AnnualReport2022" />
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]] and [[Rural area|regional]]
 | logo_alt               = This is the logo used by Massey University.
 | logo_size              = 250px
 | website                = {{url|https://www.massey.ac.nz/|massey.ac.nz}}
 | native_name            = {{Native name | mi | Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa}}
 | native_name_lang       = mri
 | image                  = Extended_Coat_of_Arms_of_Massey_University.svg
 | image_size             = 160px
 | image_alt              = This is the coat of arms for Massey University.
 | colours                = Massey triple colours
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 | sporting_affiliations  = National Tertiary Championships
 | mascot                 = Fergus the Ram<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2018 |title=The secret life of an animal science student |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/the-secret-life-of-an-animal-science-student/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217202941/https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/the-secret-life-of-an-animal-science-student/ |archive-date=17 February 2023 |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Massey University |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
 | academic_staff         = 1,300 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf|title=Annual Report 2022|date=2022|website=www.massey.ac.nz|pages=37–38|access-date=2022-05-08}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 1,792 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf|title=Annual Report 2022|date=2022|website=www.massey.ac.nz|pages=37–38|access-date=2022-05-08}}</ref>
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'''Massey University''' ({{langx|mi|Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa}}) is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[New Zealand]] that provides internal and distance education. The university has campuses in [[Auckland]], [[Palmerston North]], and [[Wellington]]. Data from [[Universities New Zealand]] shows that in 2024 the university had approximately 26,505 students enrolled, making it the country's second-largest university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massey University {{!}} Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara |url=https://www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/universities/massey-university |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.universitiesnz.ac.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Students enrolled in universities in New Zealand |url=https://figure.nz/chart/ab4XBoCe9Bu26Efr-eqHN1FSo3pZ42UaY |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Figure.NZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> Research is undertaken on all three campuses and people from over 130 countries study at the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massey University |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/massey-university |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> 

According to the university's annual report, in 2023, around 17.8% of students were based at the Auckland campus, 19.2% at the Manawatū (Palmerston North) campus, and 13.9% at the Wellington campus. Distance learning accounted for 45.4% of the student body, while the remaining 3.7% studied at other locations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2023 |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/governance-and-leadership/strategies-plans-and-annual-reports/#Annualreports |access-date=14 February 2025 |website=Massey University strategies, plans and annual reports}}</ref>

==History==
===University of New Zealand===
The New Zealand Agricultural College Act of 1926 laid the foundation for the sixth college of the [[University of New Zealand]] (UNZ). It allowed for the amalgamation of the agricultural schools of Victoria University College in Wellington and Auckland University College to establish the New Zealand Agricultural College.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooking |first1=T.W.H. |title=Massey. Its early years. A history of the development of Massey Agricultural College to 1943 |date=1977 |publisher=Massey Alumni Association |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand}}</ref>

In 1927 the Massey Agricultural College Act was passed, renaming the college ''Massey Agricultural College''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooking |first1=T.W.H. |title=Massey. Its early years. A history of the development of Massey Agricultural College to 1943 |date=1977 |publisher=Massey Alumni Association |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |pages=47–48}}</ref> after former New Zealand [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[William Massey|William Fergusson Massey]], who died in 1925 and had been vigorous in land reform efforts. The Massey Agricultural College Council first met on 1 February 1927, and the Batchelar property, near the present Turitea site, was purchased that June. The college was officially opened for tuition on 20 March 1928 by [[Minister of Agriculture (New Zealand)|Minister of Agriculture ]] [[Oswald Hawken]].<ref name="Belgrave. 2017">{{Cite book|last=Belgrave.|first=Michael|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1003994274|title=From Empire's Servant to Global Citizen: A History of Massey University.|date=2017|publisher=Massey University Press|isbn=978-0-9941325-8-1|oclc=1003994274}}</ref> The first woman to enrol was Enid Hills, who enrolled in 1932.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/7102464/First-woman-at-Massey-dies |title=First woman at Massey dies – education – national |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref>

===Independence and expansion===
With the demise of the University of New Zealand in 1961, it became ''Massey College'', and associated closer with [[Victoria University of Wellington]] (VUW) until full autonomy could be gained. In 1960 a branch of VUW, the Palmerston North University College (PNUC), was established in Palmerston North to teach humanities and social studies subjects as well as provide [[distance education]], known then as extramural study. On 1 January 1963 PNUC amalgamated with Massey College to form ''Massey University College of Manawatu''. The Massey University Act 1963 granted Massey full autonomy and university status with degree conferring powers from 1 January 1964, as well as a new name, ''Massey University of Manawatu''. Its present name was adopted in 1966.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooking |first1=T.W.H. |title=Massey. Its early years. A history of the development of Massey Agricultural college to 1943 |date=1977 |publisher=Massey Alumni Association |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |page=133}}</ref><ref name="Belgrave. 2017"/>

Inaugurated with a tree planting ceremony in 1993, classes began at Massey's Albany campus that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/history-of-massey-university/1993---2009/1993---2009_home.cfm |title=Expanding into three cities (1993–2009) – Massey University |publisher=Massey.ac.nz |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref>

In December 2010 Massey announced that the Wellington campus would close its School of Engineering and Advanced Technology the next month. Students were offered places at either the Albany or Manawatū campuses with compensation, but those who could not make the move and chose to undertake their degree elsewhere were given no compensation, and only a few papers were able to be cross-credited.<ref>{{cite news|author=Amanda Fisher |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/4475083/Students-offered-up-to-30-000-over-ditched-course |title=Students offered up to $30,000 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=20 December 2010 |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref>

The College of Health was launched in February 2013 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/news/?id=5003 |title=Colourful launch to College of Health – Massey University |publisher=Massey.ac.nz |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> with three broad goals: promoting health and wellbeing, disease and injury prevention and protecting people and communities from environmental risks to health.

===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...  That’s 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>

===2018 Don Brash visit===
In August 2018 [[Don Brash]], a former [[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]], was due to speak at the university following an invitation of the Massey University Politics Society. Citing security concerns, [[Jan Thomas (academic)|Jan Thomas]], the Vice Chancellor of Massey University, cancelled the booking the student society had made to use university facilities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Massey University |title=Brash talk to student club cancelled due to security concerns |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=B3E11F9F-2C2C-4E9B-A0AD-352E72A76BB6 |website=Massey University}}</ref> Thomas was widely criticised<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/106068816/massey-university-bans-don-brash-from-speaking.html|title=Massey University bans Don Brash from speaking|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12102706|title=Massey University decision on Brash speech roundly condemned by MPs|first=Lucy Bennett Political Reporter, NZ Herald lucy bennett@nzherald co nz|last=@lucybennett99|date=7 August 2018|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}</ref> and calls were made for her resignation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1808/S00061/cowardly-vice-chancellor-should-resign.htm|title=Cowardly Vice-Chancellor should resign – Scoop News|website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref> The Prime Minister of New Zealand [[Jacinda Ardern]] described canceling the event as an overreaction.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancelling Don Brash speaking event an 'overreaction' – Jacinda Ardern |newspaper=[[Newshub]] |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/08/cancelling-don-brash-speaking-event-an-overreaction-jacinda-ardern.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807071057/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/08/cancelling-don-brash-speaking-event-an-overreaction-jacinda-ardern.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> A review by Massey University's Council subsequently cleared Thomas of wrongdoing, with Chancellor Michael Ahie stating that the Council supported and had full confidence in Professor Thomas.<ref name="rnz.co.nz">{{Cite web|date=2018-09-28|title=Māori staff back uni vice-chancellor amid controversy|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/367507/maori-staff-back-uni-vice-chancellor-amid-controversy|access-date=2021-02-16|website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> Massey University's Māori staff association Te Matawhānui publicly spoke out in support of Thomas, particularly due to her leadership of Massey as a [[Treaty of Waitangi|te Tiriti]]-led university.<ref name="rnz.co.nz"/>

===2020s===
Since 2020, Massey University has been using an [[artificial intelligence]] remote exam monitoring tool called Remote Proctor Now (RPNow).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=Laura |date=2021-11-05 |title=Universities expand controversial AI monitoring of students taking online exams |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/126908715/universities-expand-controversial-ai-monitoring-of-students-taking-online-exams |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Massey controversially proposed opening a campus in [[Singapore]], aiming to have 5,000 students based offshore by 2026. The university’s plans to expand overseas while cutting jobs at home angered staff and students<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fang |first=Ong Hui |date=2023-09-02 |title=Cash-strapped NZ university plans to open campus in Singapore, sparking anger among staff |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/cash-strapped-nz-university-plans-to-open-campus-in-singapore-sparking-anger-among-staff |access-date=2023-10-19 |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> at a time when significant cost cutting was taking place under [[Jan Thomas (academic)|Vice Chancellor Jan Thomas]]. The university reported a loss estimated at $50 million<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=Predicted $50m loss for Massey University this year |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/499763/predicted-50m-loss-for-massey-university-this-year |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> as of October 2023, which had previously been reported as $33 million in September 2023 and at $14.2 million deficit in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heagney |first=George |date=2023-09-21 |title=Massey University working to reduce big deficit |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/300974985/massey-university-working-to-reduce-big-deficit |access-date=2023-10-19 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> Cuts, including reducing staff numbers in the schools of Natural Sciences and Food and Advanced Technology by around 60 per cent, were described as 'brutal'<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-19 |title=Massey scientists scramble to save jobs amid 'brutal' restructure |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/significant-losses-massey-scientists-scramble-to-save-jobs-amid-brutal-restructure/DNA62FJN6NDO3OBWTZKMUGY2IU/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> with [[Radio New Zealand]] reporting fears the plan puts the university into a death spiral.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cash-strapped Massey University proposing to slash science jobs |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/05/cash-strapped-massey-university-proposing-to-slash-science-jobs/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |work=[[1News]] |publisher=[[TVNZ]] |language=en}}</ref>

On 14 December 2023, Massey University confirmed that it would lay off over 60 jobs at its College of Sciences as part of a restructure.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morton |first1=Jamie |title=More than 60 jobs to go as Massey University confirms science cuts |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504750/more-than-60-jobs-to-go-as-massey-university-confirms-science-cuts |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215100237/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504750/more-than-60-jobs-to-go-as-massey-university-confirms-science-cuts |archive-date=15 December 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 December, Massey confirmed that it was planning to sell or lease NZ$151 million worth of property on its three campuses to address its financial problems. The affected properties include nine buildings at the Albany campus including lecture halls and a recreation centre, four buildings in Wellington, and nine in Manawatū including two student villages and farmland. Under the proposed sale, the university would sell of much of its Albany campus except the new science building.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerritsen |first1=John |title=Massey University to put $150m in property up for sale or lease in Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504977/massey-university-to-put-150m-in-property-up-for-sale-or-lease-in-auckland-wellington-palmerston-north |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218025255/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504977/massey-university-to-put-150m-in-property-up-for-sale-or-lease-in-auckland-wellington-palmerston-north |archive-date=18 December 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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>

==Governance==
{{maincat|Chancellors of Massey University}}
The governing body of Massey Agricultural College, and Massey College, was the Council (known as the Board of Governors, between 1938 and 1952). Massey University is governed by the [http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/university-management/university-council/council_home.cfm University Council].<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Officers and Members of the Council and {{as written|Hono|urary [sic]}} Graduates |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/2011-calendar/officers-and-staff-of-the-university/past-officers-and-members-of-the-council.cfm |publisher=Massey University |access-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525224312/https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/2011-calendar/officers-and-staff-of-the-university/past-officers-and-members-of-the-council.cfm |archive-date=25 May 2015 }}</ref> The council oversees the management and control of the university's affairs, concerns and property.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2020 |title=General university information |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/8955?keywords=&type=all&lsk=71a9315c03d0931f17ff91f9b9b6eaec#idx157644 |journal=Massey University Calendar |pages=3}}</ref>

The following table lists those who have held the position of Chair of the Board of Governors of the college and later Chancellor of the university, being the ceremonial head of the institution.

{| class="wikitable"
!
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
|-
! colspan=4 | Chair of the Board of Governors
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[George Fowlds]] || [[File:George Fowlds in 1927 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1927–1934
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[William Perry (farmer)|William Perry]]<!-- Q105706923 --> || [[File:Perry, William 1863—1956.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1934–1935
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Thomas Hunter (psychologist)|Thomas Hunter]] || [[File:Sir Alexander Hunter Thomas.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1936–1938<ref>{{cite news |title=Massey College Board |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19380618.2.144 |access-date=25 May 2015 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |volume=LXIX |issue=142 |date=18 June 1938 |page=20}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Arthur Morton (farmer)|Arthur Morton]] || [[File:Morton Arthur.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1938–1942
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Grey Campbell]]<!-- George Grey Campbell --> || [[File:C Grey Campbell.png|60px]] || align=center | 1943
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Alan Candy]] || [[File:Ronald Alan Candy 1948 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1944–1946
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Gus Mansford]] || [[File:Gus Mansford, ca 1932.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1947
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[Walter Dyer (chairperson)|Walter Dyer]] || [[File:Dyer Walter - circa 1960s small.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1947–1959
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Ned Holt]]<!-- Q75542073 --> || [[File:Ned Holt 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1960–1962<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Durning Holt Biography |url=http://knowledgebank.org.nz/582/597/33342 |publisher=Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank |access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=4 | Chancellor
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Jack Andrews (chemist)|Jack Andrews]]<!-- Q106919066 --> || [[File:Jack Andrews 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1963–1966
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Blair Tennent]] || [[File:Blair Tennent, 1954.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1967–1970
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Les Gandar]] || [[File:Les Gandar.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1970–1975
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Arthur Ward (dairy researcher)|Arthur Ward]] || [[File:Arthur Ward 1976 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1976–1980
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Lindsay Wallace]]<!-- Q77682572 --> || [[File:Lindsay Wallace 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1981–1984
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Doug Easton (farmer)|Doug Easton]]<!-- has an honorary doctorate from Massey --> || [[File:Doug Easton 1985 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1985–1990
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Hugh Williams (judge)|Hugh Williams]] || [[File:Hugh Williams KNZM (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1991–1997
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[Morva Croxson]] || [[File:Morva Croxson (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1998–2002
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Nigel Gould]]<!-- Q109940929 --> || [[File:Nigel Gould 2000.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2003–2008
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Russ Ballard (scientist)|Russ Ballard]] || [[File:Russ Ballard 2019 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2009–2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Top public servant appointed to Council |url=http://www.shore.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=2CB02BF4-96BF-57FE-A8B5-C6BAECBC256F |publisher=Massey University |access-date=23 May 2015 |date=28 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092459/http://www.shore.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=2CB02BF4-96BF-57FE-A8B5-C6BAECBC256F |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 11 || [[Chris Kelly (New Zealand businessman)|Chris Kelly]] || [[File:Chris Kelly - Massey.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2013–2016<ref name="Kelly bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=B7177E09-E6D3-321C-1465-2CCB2E52560D|title=New Chancellor elected to University Council|publisher=Massey University|date=6 December 2013|access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 12 || [[Michael Ahie]] || [[File:Michael Ahie (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2016–2024
|-
| align=center | 13 || Alistair Davis   ||                                          || align=center | 2024-present
|}

The following table lists those who have held the position of principal of the college and later vice-chancellor of the university, being the chief executive officer of the institution.

{| class="wikitable"
!
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
|-
! colspan=4 | Principal
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Geoffrey Peren]] || [[File:Geoffrey Peren 1929 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1927–1958<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |title=A pioneering principal – Massey's Sir Geoffrey Peren |journal=Manawatū Journal of History |date=2015 |volume=11 |pages=27–37 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/11513#idx179317}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Alan Stewart (educator)|Alan Stewart]]|| [[File:Alan Stewart 1962 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1959–1963<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |title=Sir Alan Stewart. Principal of Massey Agricultural College 1959–1963. Vice-Chancellor of Massey University 1964–1983 |date=2006 |publisher=Massey University |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |isbn=0-473-10708-2 |page=3 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2047}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=4 | Vice-chancellor
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Alan Stewart (educator)|Alan Stewart]] || [[File:Alan Stewart 1976 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1964–1983<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |title=Massey seems to be in his blood. Sir Alan Stewart and the development of university education in Palmerston North |journal=Manawatū Journal of History, Massey Commemorative Issue |date=2014 |pages=29–37 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2042}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Neil Waters]] || [[File:Neil Waters 1985 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1983–1995<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |last2=Courthey |first2=Lesley |last3=Bartleet |first3=Michael |title=Floreat Agricultura. A history of agriculture and horticulture at Massey University, 1927–2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Massey Agriculture |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |isbn=0-473-08570-4 |page=74 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2036}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[James McWha]] || [[File:James McWha 2019 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 1995–2002<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Lucy |last2=Courthey |first2=Lesley |last3=Bartleet |first3=Michael |title=Floreat Agricultura. A history of agriculture and horticulture at Massey University, 1927–2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Massey Agriculture |location=Palmerston North, New Zealand |isbn=0-473-08570-4 |page=74 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2036}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Judith Kinnear]] || [[File:Judith Kinnear.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2003–2008<ref>{{cite book |last1=Belgrave |first1=Michael |title=From Empire's servant to global citizen. A history of Massey University |date=2016 |publisher=Massey University Press |location=Auckland, New Zealand |isbn=978-0-9941325-0-5 |pages=468, 470}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Steve Maharey]] || [[File:Steve Maharey, 2008.jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2008–2016<ref>{{cite book |last1=Belgrave |first1=Michael |title=From Empire's servant to global citizen. A history of Massey University |date=2016 |publisher=Massey University Press |location=Auckland, New Zealand |isbn=978-0-9941325-0-5 |pages=472, 474}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Jan Thomas (academic)|Jan Thomas]] || [[File:Jan Thomas 2017 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || align=center | 2017–present<ref>{{cite journal |title=Officers of the university |journal=Massey University Calendar |date=2017 |page=4 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/2680}}</ref>
|}

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==Academic profile==
===Key facts===
From 2022 Annual Report:<ref name="council.massey.ac.nz">{{cite web |title=Massey University Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/1423/Massey_University_Annual_Report_2022.pdf |access-date=}}</ref>

* 3,092 staff
* 27,533 students (16,847 EFTS)
* 3,428 Māori students
* 1,574 [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pacific]] students
* 320 women in leadership positions (47%)
* 2 National Centres of Research Excellence (and numerous university-based Research Centres)
* Hosts the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence

=== Academic reputation ===
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W==239|USNWR_W=645|ARWU_W=801-900|type=University|ARWU_W_year=2024|CWTS_W=677{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2025|QS_W_Employability=251-300|QS_W_Employability_year=2022|THE_W=501–600|THE_W_year=2025|USNWR_W_year=24/25|ARWU_N=5-7|ARWU_N_year=2024|CWTS_N=3{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|QS_N=4|QS_N_year=2025|THE_N=6-8|THE_N_year=2025|USNWR_N=6|USNWR_N_year=24/25}}
In the 2025 ''[[QS World University Rankings|Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2024), the university attained a position of #239 (4th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2025: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a position of #501-600 (tied 6-8th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2024 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|''Academic Ranking of World Universities'']], the university attained a position of #801-900 (tied 5-7th nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings2">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2024–2025 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a position of #645 (6th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the [[CWTS Leiden Ranking|''CWTS Leiden Ranking'']] 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #677 (3rd nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

==Student life==
===Te Tira Ahu Pae===
Te Tire Ahu Pae (TTAP) is the single association at Massey University's four campuses in Pāmamao – Distance, Ōtehā – Auckland, Manawatū – Palmerston North and Pukeahu – Wellington. In the new structure, there are a total of 23 student reps on the Te Tira Ahu Pae Student Executive with additional student reps in our alliance groups, Disability at Massey and the Rainbow and Takatāpui Advisory Group – RĀTĀ.[https://www.tetiraahupae.ac.nz/who-we-are]

Te Tire Ahu Pae provides both representation and student services to Massey University students, ensuring equivalent and equitable services are delivered to everyone. They are a registered charity and independent from the university.

The services TTAP delivers include:

* Student Representation
* Advocacy
* Clubs and societies
* Events
* Media – Radio Control and Massive Magazine

==Notable people==
===Faculty and staff===
{{maincat|Academic staff of Massey University}}
Notable faculty, past or present, include:
[[File:Lockwood Smith 70th Anniversary of the arrival of US Forces in New Zealand.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Lockwood Smith]]]]

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*[[Fiona Alpass]]
*[[Marti Anderson (statistician)]]
*[[Kingsley Baird]]
*[[Helen Moewaka Barnes]]
*[[Rosie Bradshaw|Rosemary E. Bradshaw]]
*[[Dianne Brunton]]
*[[Barbara Burlingame]]
*[[Paul Callaghan (physicist)|Paul Callaghan]]
*[[Marta Camps Arbestain|Marta Camps]]
*[[Brian Carpenter (Internet engineer)|Brian Carpenter]]
*[[Kerry Chamberlain]]
*[[Ashraf Choudhary]]
*[[Shane Cotton]]
*[[Anne de Bruin]]
*[[John Dunmore]]
*[[Mohan Dutta]]
*[[Mary Earle]]
*[[Craig Harrison (writer)|Craig Harrison]]
*[[Joel Hayward]]
*[[Darrin Hodgetts]]
*[[Karen Hoare]]
*[[Jill Hooks]]
*[[Ingrid Horrocks]]
*[[Joanne Hort]]
*[[Mike Joy (freshwater ecologist)|Mike Joy]]
*[[Vicki Karaminas]]
*[[Hugh Kawharu]]
*[[Sarah Leberman]]
*[[Steve Maharey]]
*[[Gaven Martin]]
*[[Stuart McCutcheon]]
*[[Robert McLachlan (mathematician)|Robert McLachlan]]
*[[Jane Mills]]
*[[Caroline Miller (planner)|Caroline Miller]]
*[[Mary Morgan-Richards]]
*[[Anne Noble]]
*[[David Officer]]
*[[W. H. Oliver]]
*[[Nitha Palakshappa]]
*[[Farah Palmer]]
*[[David Parry (biophysicist)|David Parry]]
*[[Diane Pearson (landscape architect)|Diane Pearson]]
*[[David Penny]]
*[[Geoffrey Peren]]
*[[Peter Schwerdtfeger]]
*[[Nicolette Fay Sheridan|Nicolette Sheridan]]
*[[Lockwood Smith]]
*[[David Stenhouse]]
*[[Christine Stephens]]
*[[Marilyn Waring]]
*[[John Stuart Yeates]]
*[[Andrea 't Mannetje]]{{Div col end}}

===Notable alumni===
{{maincat|Massey University alumni}}

====Politicians====
[[File:Minister Nathan Guy - photo.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Nathan Guy]]]]

*[[Paula Bennett]] (BA, social policy)
*[[Ashraf Choudhary]] (PhD, [[agronomy]])
*[[Brian Connell]] (history and geography)
*[[Wyatt Creech]] (agriculture)
*[[Peter Dunne]] (business administration)
*[[Nathan Guy]] (agriculture)
*[[Pete Hodgson]] (BVSc, veterinary science)
*[[Steven Joyce]] (BSc, zoology)
*[[John Luxton]] (BAgSci and Dip. Ag Science)
*[[Steve Maharey]] (MA, sociology)
*[[Tony Ryall]] (BBS and Dip. Business Studies)
*[[Nicky Wagner]] (MBA)
*[[Ian Shearer]] (MAgSci)
*[[Lockwood Smith|Sir Lockwood Smith]] (BAgSci and MAgSci)

====Sportspeople====
[[File:Jo Aleh MNZM (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jo Aleh]]]]
[[File:Nathan Cohen rowing.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Nathan Cohen (rower)|Nathan Cohen]]]]

*[[Jo Aleh]] (born 1986) – world champion and Olympic champion sailor
*[[Nathan Cohen (rower)|Nathan Cohen]] (born 1986) – world champion and Olympic champion rower
*[[Rico Gear]] – rugby union
*[[Scott Talbot]] – swimmer and swimming coach<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wordpress.rosebank.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/themes/rosebank/pdf/summer-issue-2010.pdf|title=Swimming to Success|publisher=Sursum Corda|date=Summer 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427090612/http://wordpress.rosebank.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/themes/rosebank/pdf/summer-issue-2010.pdf|archive-date=27 April 2013}}</ref>
*[[Farah Palmer]] ([[Black Ferns]])
*[[Graham Henry]] ([[All Blacks]])
*[[Paul Hitchcock]] ([[Black Caps]])
*[[Nehe Milner-Skudder]] ([[All Blacks]])
*[[Gemma Flynn]] ([[New Zealand women's national field hockey team|Black Sticks]])
*[[Sally Johnston]] – sport shooter<ref>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/10530255/Sally-Johnston-knows-the-price-of-gold Commonwealth Games gold in the 50m rifle prone</ref>

====Others====
[[File:KayCohen Paris2011.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Kay Cohen]]]]
*[[Fiona Alpass]] – full professor at the Massey University.
*[[Kay Cohen]] (born 1952) – fashion designer
*[[Catherine Day (biochemist)|Catherine Day]] – biochemist (BSc and PhD)
*[[Lucy Easthope]] – researcher
*[[Robert Holmes à Court]] (1937–1990) – businessman (BAgSci, forestry)
*[[Susan Kemp]] – social work academic
*[[Alan Kirton]] (1933–2001) – agricultural scientist (BAgrSc and MAgSc)
*[[Phil Lamason]] – WWII RNZAF pilot<ref name="Hawkes">[http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/phil-lamason-anzac-day/1357384/ Anzac Day: From teen ratbag to hero] (25 April 2012). ''Hawkes Bay Today''. Retrieved 2 May 2012</ref>
*[[Kyle Lockwood]] – architectural designer, designer of the [[Silver fern flag]] (DipDArch and DipArchTech)
*[[Ross McEwan]] – banker, CEO of [[National Australia Bank]]<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|title=Ross McEwan: who is RBS's new chief executive?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/02/ross-mcewan-rbs-new-chief-executive|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 August 2013 |access-date=20 March 2014 |last1=Treanor |first1=Jill }}</ref>
*[[Claire McLachlan]] – professor, specialist in early-childhood literacy<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.waikato.ac.nz/pod/wil/claire.shtml |title=Professional & Organisational Development Unit |publisher=Waikato.ac.nz |access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>
*[[Simon Moutter]] – engineer, businessman (BSc, physics)
*[[Craig Norgate]] – businessman
*[[Jaedyn Randell]] – singer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Māori scholarship recipient keen to support rising rangatahi artists |url=https://creative.massey.ac.nz/stories/students/maori-scholarship-recipient-keen-to-support-rising-rangatahi-artists |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Alan Stewart (educator)|Alan Stewart]] (1917–2004) – founding vice-chancellor of Massey
*[[Richard Taylor (filmmaker)|Richard Taylor]] – special effects technician
*[[Stephen Tindall]] – businessman
*[[Saffronn Te Ratana]] – artist
*[[Mona Williams (Guyanese writer)|Mona Williams]] (born 1943) – writer and English lecturer

=== Honorary Doctors ===
Massey University have recognize the contribution of many national and international notable people with honorary doctorates since 1964. Among them, there is [[Peng Liyuan]], the wife of the current Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]].
*[[List of honorary doctors of Massey University]]

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist|group=Note}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}
<ref>{{Cite web |title=BioLumic – Novel light activation science unlocks high-value traits in seeds |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/research/research-impact-stories/biolumic-novel-light-activation-science-unlocks-high-value-traits-in-seeds/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www.massey.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Bruce Glavovic receives 2024 Chinese Academy of Sciences Distinguished Scientist Award |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/professor-bruce-glavovic-receives-2024-chinese-academy-of-sciences-distinguished-scientist-award/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www.massey.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Massey University academics in top scientist ranking |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/massey-university-academics-in-top-scientist-ranking/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www.massey.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

==Further reading==
* History section of [http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/ Massey University calendar]
* Pictures from the past, in [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003132353/http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2000/publications/massey_news/july/july_30/stories/pictures_from.htm Massey News]
OWENS, J.M.R. Campus Beyond the Walls: The First 25 Years of Massey University's Extramural Programme
Palmerston North, Dunmore Press Ltd., 1985. ({{ISBN|0864690479}}) Available free from Massey at [http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/AVC%20Academic/50th%20Jubilee/Campus_Beyond_the_Walls.pdf]

==External links==
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*[http://www.massey.ac.nz/ Massey University's website]

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