Universities at a Crossroads

04 June 2024 | news

Professor Cheryl de la ReyTumu Whakarae | Vice-ChancellorUniversity of CanterburyChair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee As I worked with the Vice Chancellors on our submission to the...

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara responds to Budget 2024

31 May 2024 | media

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara welcomes the 2.5% increase to DQ7+ (Delivery + Quality) funding, and the proposed  6% increase to the Annual Maximum Fee Movement, as outlined today in...

The colour of the grass on the other side

04 June 2024 | news

Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara A particularly interesting part of my job is getting to look at university systems around the world. In addition to reading a lo...

Century-old eruption mystery solved by US and NZ scientists

28 May 2024 | news

The second in a series of articles to commemorate 150 years of formal scientific partnership between New Zealand and the United States. ...

Times Higher Education (THE) Campus Live - September 26-27, 2024

24 May 2024 | media

THE is excited to be running their fourth edition of THE Campus Live ANZ, the region's leading opportunity for administrative and academic higher education leaders to come together with industry a...

World-leading US-NZ research to combat the threat of forest wildfires

15 May 2024 | news

2024 commemorates 150 years of formal scientific partnership between New Zealand and the United States. Throughout the year, Universities New Zealand-Te Pōkai Tara will highlight brilliant example...

Critic and Conscience Award Winner 2024

10 May 2024 | news

2024 Critic and Conscience of Society Award winner speaks truth to power...

UNZ Newsletter April 2024

18 April 2024 | news

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From the Chair: Navigating the future - Challenges and opportunities for our universities

17 April 2024 | news

Professor Cheryl de la Rey Tumu Whakarae | Vice-Chancellor University of Canterbury Chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee After much anticipation, the two advisory groups that have ...

Cut, cut, cut - the pressures on our university research system

16 April 2024 | news

Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara One of the best-known scenes from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail is Arthur’s fight against the Black Knight. As limbs...