University of New Zealand

The former University of New Zealand existed as New Zealand's only university from 1870 to 1961. It was based on the federal structure of the University of London. It was based at the Senate House on Bowen Street in Wellington, New Zealand

Table of contents

1 History
2 Secondary School qualifications previously awarded by the UNZ
3 Te Wananga o Aotearoa
4 Constituent Colleges
5 External links

History

The University was founded by the University of New Zealand Act in 1870, however a formal structure was not agreed upon until 1902.

The university was dissolved by the Universities Act in 1961, and degree-conferring powers were restored to the constituent Colleges.

The University of Otago was a special case, because when it joined the University of New Zealand in 1874, it negotiated to keep its full university status, with the power to award its own degrees, but it agreed to indefinitely suspend awards of degrees of the Uinversity of Otago and instead award degrees of the University of New Zealand. Upon dissolution of the University of New Zealand, the University of Otago called its degree awarding powers out of abeyance.
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Secondary School qualifications previously awarded by the UNZ

The University used to set its own entrance examination and also used to award bursaries and scholarships to financially assist study. These were considered de-facto national qualifications since they were no other significant competing awards. These awards, New Zealand University Entrance (in the Sixth Form) and the New Zealand University Entrance Scholarship (in the Upper Sixth Form), were awarded, by examination, by the University until its dissolution. Upon dissolution awarding powers were transferred to the Government-controlled Universities Entrance Board, which formalised these as qualifications. The Universities Entrance Board was in turn amalgamated into the New Zealand Qualifications Authority in 1990.

The New Zealand University Bursary began to be awarded in 1966 after the dissolution of the University, as student retention numbers in the Upper Sixth Form increased in the 1960s and were not of the calibre to succeed at Scholarship level. The University Entrance Examination was last set in 1986 and until 2003 University Entrance was awarded by passing the University Bursaries Examination. The Entrance Scholarship Examination was last set in 1989 and until 2003 Entrance Scholarship was awarded to candidates coming within the 96th/97th percentile.

The Entrance, Bursary and Entrance Scholarship awards finished in 2003 and have been abolished. Entrance and Bursary will be replaced by the NCEA at level III, and the Entrance Scholarship will be replaced by the New Zealand Scholarship. Both are awarded by examination, though the NCEA contains some internally assessed modules.

Te Wananga o Aotearoa

For a while now there has been a wananga (type of New Zealand educational institution) which has been calling itself the University of New Zealand as its English translation. This institution has no connection with the former University. The confusion stems from the translation from the Maori language to English.

This institution is formally registered as a wananga, and is to be regarded as such.

Constituent Colleges

in order of affiliation/creation, dates in brackets

External links

(See the list above for the websites of the constituent colleges)

Te Wananga o Aotearoa

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