University of Waikato

The University of Waikato (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), is a public research university in Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga.[3] The university performs research in the disciplines of education, social sciences, and management and is an innovator in environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering and computer science. It offers degrees in health, engineering, computer science, management, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the arts, psychology, social sciences and education.[4]

University of Waikato
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Coat of Arms of the University of Waikato
MottoMāori: Ko te tangata
Motto in English
For The People
TypePublic research university
Established1964; 59 years ago
EndowmentNZ$13.6 million (31 December 2021)[1]
BudgetNZD $263.6 million (31 December 2020)[2]
ChancellorSir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ
Vice-ChancellorNeil Quigley
Administrative staff
1,499 (FTS, 2020)[2]
Students10,448 (EFTS, 2020)[2]
Location
Hamilton
,
Waikato
,
New Zealand (Māori: Kirikiriroa, Waikato, Aotearoa)
CampusSuburban
65 ha (160 acres)
Student MagazineNexus
ColoursUW Red, Gold and Black
     
AffiliationsACU, ASAIHL,
AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
WebsiteWaikato.ac.nz
The University of Waikato logo

History

In the mid-1950s, regional and national leaders recognised the need for a new university and urged the then University of New Zealand (UNZ) and the government to establish one in Hamilton. Their campaign coincided with a shortage of school teachers, and after years of lobbying, Minister of Education Philip Skoglund agreed to open a teachers' college in the region. In 1960, the newly established Hamilton Teachers' College, joined by a fledgling university (initially a branch of the University of Auckland), opened a joint campus at Ruakura

In 1964, the two institutions moved to their new home, and the following year the University of Waikato was officially opened by then Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson.[5]

At that time, the university comprised a School of Humanities and a School of Social Sciences.[5] In 1969 a School of Science was established.[6] This was followed by the creation of the Waikato Management School in 1972,[5] Computer Science and Computing Services in 1973,[5] and the School of Law in 1990.[7]

In 1990 the Hamilton Teacher's college merged with the University of Waikato [8]

From the beginning, it was envisaged that Māori studies should be a key feature of the new university,[5] and the Centre for Māori Studies and Research was established in the School of Social Sciences in 1972.[5] A separate School of Māori and Pacific Development was formally established in 1996 and in 2016, became Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.[9] In 1999, the original Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences were merged to form the School of Arts and Social Sciences.[10]

In 2018 the university was reorganised under a divisional structure which resulted in its Schools and Faculties being brought under four Divisions and a School; Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences, Division of Education, Division of Health, Engineering and Computer Sciences, Waikato Management School and the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies. Although the university has had a presence in Tauranga since the 1990s, it officially opened its dedicated Tauranga campus in 2019 located in Tauranga's CBD. This added to the university's presence in the Bay of Plenty with the Adams Centre for High Performance in Mount Maunganui and the Coastal Marine Field Station in Sulphur Point on the Tauranga Harbour. In November 2020, the university also opened a new algal research and aquaculture facility in Sulphur Point.

The Kīngitanga, Waikato-Tainui and the university

Born in the 1840s and 1850s, the establishment of the Kīngitanga was a united national response of Māori chiefs to the effects of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi, and the establishment of the settler Government. From its inception, the Kīngitanga has had the role of leading, governing and representing Māori, as the rafters on one side of the house of Aotearoa, with the Queen and her subjects as the rafters on the other.

In relation to the university, the Kīngitanga has played a pivotal role, with King Koroki giving his personal support to the establishment of a university in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, which led to the project gaining the support of Waikato iwi. This is notable as, when the University of Waikato was set up in 1964, it was on a site that had been part of lands confiscated from Waikato-Tainui by the Crown in 1865, only returned later, in 1995.

The university and the Kīngitanga have had an active relationship over the course of the university's history, including the establishment of the new campus in Tauranga, and the awarding of honorary doctorates to a number of tribal members. Most recently, doctoral honours were awarded to Kīngi Tūheitia in 2016.

Administration and organisation

Governance
Division, Faculty, School[11]
Division of Arts, Law, Psychology & Social Sciences
Division of Health, Engineering, Computing & Science
Division of Education
Waikato Management School
Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao - Faculty of Māori & Indigenous Studies
University of Waikato College
Te Mata Kairangi School of Graduate Research
Research Institutes[12]
Environmental Research Institute (ERI): Te Tumu Whakaora Taiao
Institute of Professional Learning (IPL): Te Whai Toi Tāngata
National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA): Te Rūnanga Tātari Tatauranga
New Zealand Institute for Business Research (NZIBR): Te Pūtahi Rangahau Umanga o Aotearoa
Te Ipu o te Mahara: The Artificial Intelligence Institute
Te Mata Punenga o Te Kotahi: Te Kotahi Research Institute
New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science (NZISCS): Te Puna Haumaru
Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER): Te Pūtahi Rangahau Mātauranga o Wilf Malcolm
The village green is the social hub of the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus
One of three lakes on the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus

The chief executive of the University of Waikato is the vice-chancellor, currently Professor Neil Quigley. The university is governed by a council, headed by the university's chancellor, who is currently former New Zealand governor-general Sir Anand Satyanand.[13]

Te Rōpū Manukura was formed in 1991 as a consultative body to the university council. Te Rōpū Manukura is currently made up of members from over 20 different iwi within the catchment area of the university.

The following list shows the university's chancellors:[14]

Name Portrait Term
1Denis Rogers1964–1969
2Bruce McKenzie1970–1972
3Henry Bennett1973–1978
4Douglas Arcus1979–1980
5David Tompkins1981–1985
(3)Henry Bennett1986–1987
6Joy Drayton1988–1991
7Gerald Bailey1992–1997
8Caroline Bennett1998–2002
9John Gallager2003–2005
10John Jackman2006–2007
11Jim Bolger2007–2019
12Anand Satyanand2019–present

Campuses

The University of Waikato operates from two campuses, Hamilton, and Tauranga. Undergraduate degrees are also offered through a joint-institute on a satellite campus at Zhejiang University City College in Hangzhou.[15]

Hamilton

The main Hamilton campus is spread over 64 hectares of landscaped gardens and lakes, and includes extensive sporting and recreational areas. Originally farmland, the campus was designed by architect John Blake-Kelly in 1964. The open space landscaping contains extensive native plantings, including a fernery, centred around three lakes.[5]

Tauranga

The University of Waikato previously shared campuses with Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in Tauranga at Windmere in the central city. In March 2019, the university opened a stand-alone campus in the central city.[16]

  • Waikato University Student Centre.
    Waikato University Student Centre.
  • Inside the Waikato University Student Centre.
    Inside the Waikato University Student Centre.
  • Water feature inside the Waikato University Student Centre.
    Water feature inside the Waikato University Student Centre.
  • Computer lab inside the Waikato University Student Centre.
    Computer lab inside the Waikato University Student Centre.
  • The Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts.
    The Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts.

The Student Centre officially opened in 2011 by Waikato alumnus Governor-General Jerry Mateparae.[17]

Rankings
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[18]701–800 (2020)
QS World[19]373 (2022)
THE World[20]401-500 (2022)

In the latest 2021 QS rankings, The University of Waikato is ranked at 373 out of the world's top 1,000 universities. Additionally, the university has been ranked between 501 and 600 for the Times Higher (THE) World University Rankings and between 101 and 200 in the THE Impact Rankings.[21]

Notable people

Notable alumni
  • Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
    Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
  • Warren Gatland OBE, Head Coach, Chiefs, British and Irish Lions and Former Head coach of Wales national rugby union team
    Warren Gatland OBE, Head Coach, Chiefs, British and Irish Lions and Former Head coach of Wales national rugby union team
  • Craig Coxhead J, Māori Land Court Judge and Chief Justice of Niue.
    Craig Coxhead J, Māori Land Court Judge and Chief Justice of Niue.
  • Derek Sikua, ninth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands.
    Derek Sikua, ninth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands.

Waikato Management School

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Jan Zijderveld, former CEO of Avon Products and Europe President at Unilever
  • Vittoria Shortt, CEO ASB Bank
  • Kevin Bowler, CEO My Food Bag

Division of Arts, Law and Social Sciences

  • Judge Craig Coxhead, Māori Land Court Judge and Chief Justice of Niue
  • Tania Te Rangingangana Simpson, Deputy Chair and Director Reserve Bank of New Zealand
  • The Honourable Dame Annette King, Former Member of Parliament
  • Wayne Smith, CNZM previous All Blacks player and 2011 All Blacks coach

Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Science

  • Shane Legg, Co-founder and Chief Scientist Google DeepMind
  • Craig Nevill-Manning, Founder and Director of Google's first remote engineering centre, key developer of Google Maps and Froogle
  • Andrew Smith, CEO Profile Foods
  • Professor Tom Higham, Professor of Archaeological Science, Deputy Director of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
  • Ian Graham, former Dean, founder of Endace, and New Zealand's Engineering Entrepreneur of 2011.[22]

Division of Education

  • Professor Fui Le'api Tu'ua 'Īlaoa Asofou So'o, Vice-Chancellor and President of the National University of Samoa
  • Warren Gatland OBE, Head Coach, Chiefs, British and Irish Lions
  • Alyn Ware, International Representative of the Peace Foundation, International Coordinator for the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and Consultant for the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
  • Honourable Derek Sikua, ninth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands

Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies

  • Hinewehi Mohi MNZM, Managing Director, Raukatauri Productions Ltd, singer and songwriter, co-founder and trustee of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre
  • Tania Te Rangingangana Simpson, Deputy Chair and Director Reserve Bank of New Zealand
  • Turanga Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr CNZM, master voyager and co-chair of the national coordinating committee for the Tuia 250 - Encounters programme
  • Willow-Jean Prime, Member of Parliament

The University of Waikato's official website lists other notable alumni, referred as "Distinguished Alumni" by the university.[23]

Notable academic staff and honorary doctorates

References
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  6. Celebrating 40 years of Science & Engineering, 1969–2009, University of Waikato (2009), p. 1
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  10. University of Waikato Calendar 1999, p. 16
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