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University of New Zealand
Motto	Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
Established	1870, dissolved 1961
Location	Campuses all over New Zealand, senate located in Wellington, New Zealand

The former University of New Zealand was a New Zealand university from 1870 to 1961, with a federal structure, at various locations around New Zealand.

Contents 1 History 2 Entrance to the University 3 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 4 References 5 External links

The University of New Zealand Act set up the University in 1870.^[1]

The Universities Act of 1961 dissolved the university and granted degree-conferring powers to the constituent Colleges.^[1]

The University of Otago negotiated to keep its title of "university" when it joined the University of New Zealand in 1874, however, it agreed to award degrees of the University of New Zealand.^[1]

The New Zealand Vice-Chancellor's Committee assumed certain administrative functions exercised by the University Grants Committee^[2] which in turn assumed some functions of the University of New Zealand on its demise.^[1]

By the beginning of 1961 the University comprised the University of Otago, University of Canterbury, University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington as well as Canterbury Agricultural College and Massey Agricultural College.^[1]

The University used to set its own entrance examination and also used to award scholarships to financially assist study.^[3][4] When the university was dissolved matters concerning entrance to New Zealand universities became the responsibility of the Universities Entrance Board, a subcommittee of the University Grants Committee.^[1] The Universities Entrance Board was in turn amalgamated into the New Zealand Qualifications Authority in 1990.^[5]

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, founded in 1984 with a name that literally translates as The University of New Zealand used this English translation in its branding, despite having no direct connection with the former University. After legal concerns and objections from regulatory bodies (including the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee—a group of university heads, and the Ministry of Education) over illegal use of a protected word (in this case, university) and thus possible misleading advertising,^[6] the effective co-branding of the wānanga was phased out. The institution is formally registered as a wānanga, one of four types of Crown-owned tertiary institutions under New Zealand law—the others being universities, colleges of education and polytechnics.

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Education, University–University of New Zealand". Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. (1966). Ed. McLintock, A. H.. Retrieved on 2006-06-21.
2. ^ About NZVCC (English). New Zealand Vice-Chancellor's Committee. Retrieved on June 21, 2006.
3. ^ Thomas, W.; Beeby, C. E.; Oram, M. H. [1939]. Entrance to the University. New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 25. Dewey 378.931. “The Entrance or Matriculation Examination has been a 'standard' examination given by the University to make certain that its entrants are ready, in its opinion, to pass into the University.” 
4. ^ Parton, Hugh [1979]. The University of New Zealand. University Grants Committee, New Zealand, 85, 98. ISBN 0-19-647973-8. “A universal matriculation examination conducted by the University was a natural part of its external examination system and was introduced in 1879… While it was the entrance examination of the University which influenced most strongly the curriculum of the secondary schools… the entrance scholarships which the Senate established in its earlier years had at least as great an influence.” 
5. ^ Breaking new ground (English). QA News: Ten Years On—The Work of The Qualifications Authority (October 2000). Retrieved on June 21, 2006.
6. ^ Milne, Jonathan. "Wananga faces lecture over university claims", New Zealand Herald, 2005-01-23. Retrieved on March 21, 2006.

• New Zealand Vice-Chancellor's Committee
• Te Wananga o Aotearoa