Massey University is a university based in New Zealand,with significant campuses in Palmerston North,Auckland and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 27,533 students,18,358 of whom study either partly or fully by distance. Research is undertaken on all three campuses and people from over 130 countries study at the university.
Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains,the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River,35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth,and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the ManawatūGorge,about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital,Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area,with an urban population of 82,500. The estimated population of Palmerston North city is 91,800.
Manawatū-Whanganui is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand,whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui. It is administered by the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council,which operates under the name Horizons Regional Council.
Steven Maharey is a New Zealand academic and former politician of the Labour Party. Elected to Parliament for the first time in 1990,he was Minister of Social Development and Employment from 1999 to 2005 and Minister of Education from 2005 to 2007. He retired from Parliament at the 2008 general election to become the Vice-Chancellor at Massey University.
Jacqueline Jill White is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician,and a registered nurse.
Grant Gillon is a former New Zealand politician. He was a member of parliament between 1996 and 2002,representing the Alliance Party,has held a number of seats in local government. He previously served on the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board representing Shore Action.
Palmerston North Airport,originally called Milson Aerodrome,is an airport in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand,serving Palmerston North City and the Central North Island regions. It is located in the suburb of Milson,on the outskirts of Palmerston North,New Zealand,approximately 5.5 km (3.4ml) NE from the central business district of Palmerston North City. The airport is 100% owned by the Palmerston North City Council and covers an area of 208ha. The airport is New Zealand's 8th busiest and handled a total of 515,727 passengers in the 2016 financial year. The airport handles around 30 commercial passenger flights per day to and from Auckland,Christchurch,Hamilton,Napier,Nelson as well as cargo flights on week nights between Auckland and Christchurch.
Palmerston North is a parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was first formed for the 1890 election and was called Palmerston until 1938. The current MP for Palmerston North is Tangi Utikere of the Labour Party. He has held this position since the 2020 election.
Caroline Miller is a planning professor and historian at Massey University,Palmerston North,and is the author of New Zealand’s first book on planning history;The Unsung Profession.
Sir David John Moxon is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. He was until June 2017,the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. He was previously the Bishop of Waikato in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki,the archbishop of the New Zealand dioceses and one of the three primates of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa,New Zealand and Polynesia. In the 2014 New Year Honours,he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Anglican Church.
Iain Francis Lees-Galloway,initially Iain Galloway,is a New Zealand former politician. He represented the Palmerston North electorate in Parliament for the Labour Party. He was the Minister for Workplace Relations,Immigration,and ACC. He was dismissed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from Cabinet on 22 July 2020 after an affair with a staff member over a period of 12 months. He did not stand for reelection in the 2020 election.
The mayor of Palmerston North is the head of the municipal government of Palmerston North,New Zealand,and presides over the Palmerston North City Council. The current mayor is Grant Smith,who became mayor in a February 2015 by-election. This resulted from the resignation of Jono Naylor in October 2014 after his election to the House of Representatives. Since the 2013 election,Palmerston North is one of the few councils that uses the single transferable vote electoral system for the election of mayor.
Sir Brian George Conway Elwood is a former New Zealand lawyer,politician,and public servant. He served as mayor of Palmerston North from 1971 to 1985,and was the Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand from December 1994 to June 2003. In the latter role,he was responsible for investigating complaints against central and local government agencies,including Ministers of the Crown.
George Conrad Petersen was a New Zealand lawyer,consul,local politician and historian.
Paul Hugh Dibble was a New Zealand sculptor.
Robert Edward Burgess is a New Zealand rugby union player and academic. A first five-eighth,Burgess represented Manawatu at a provincial level,and was a member of the New Zealand national side,the All Blacks,from 1971 to 1973. He played 30 matches for the All Blacks including seven internationals. In 1970 Burgess refused nomination for the All Black trials for the tour of South Africa as a protest against that country's apartheid regime,and in 1981 he actively campaigned against the 1981 South African tour of New Zealand.
Sir Thomas Neil Morris Waters was a New Zealand inorganic chemist and academic administrator who served as vice-chancellor of Massey University from 1983 to 1995. He is noted for establishing the university's Albany campus near Auckland in 1993.
Augustus Edward Cheesman Craig Mansford was Mayor of Palmerston North from 1931 to 1947;the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.
Daran Mark Ponter is a New Zealand local-body politician who on the 30th of October 2019 succeeded Chris Laidlaw as the chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Alan Tutton Johns was a New Zealand scientist,science administrator and university council member.
