The University of New Zealand

Published by Auckland University Press. This first edition published 1979.
Very good condition.

The University of New Zealand, whose history ran from 1870 until 1961, was well described by its last Vice-Chancellor Sir George Currie. 'Here at the centre,' he remarked, 'are no students, no laboratories and lecture halls, no academic staff, merely a brass plate and an Act!'

Academic staff was employed, and students taught, by the several university colleges; the University of New Zealand prescribed courses, conducted examinations, and awared degrees. For the greater part of existence, in order to 'maintain objective standards', the university employed examiners overseas, usually in Great Britain.

The noted historian J. C. Beaglehole published a historical study of the university in 1937. Understandably, therefore, although this book covers the entire history of the university, the emphasis is on the later years.