University of New Zealand University of New Zealand The University of New Zealand was New Zealand's sole degree-granting university from 1874 to 1961. It had a federal structure embracing several constituent institutions at various locations around New Zealand. After it was dissolved in 1961 New Zealand had four independent degree-granting universities and two associated agricultural colleges: the University of Otago (Dunedin), University of Canterbury (Christchurch), University of Auckland (Auckland), Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington), Canterbury Agricultural College (Lincoln) and Massey Agricultural College (Palmerston North). The University of New Zealand Act set up the University in 1870. At that time, the system's headquarters was in
New Windsor, New Zealand New Windsor, New Zealand New Windsor, founded in 1865, is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located from central Auckland, on the border to the former Waitakere City part of the city, between Mount Albert, Blockhouse Bay, Mt Roskill and Avondale. It is approximately 1.3 km² in size. The population of the New Windsor area unit was 5,787 at the 2001 New Zealand census, with 2,913 males and 2,874 females. The age of the population is distributed with 21.3% under 15 and 10% over 65. A third of New Windsor's population hold a post-high school qualification. New Windsor