The list of New Zealand university leaders below shows the
chancellors (ceremonial heads and chairs of university councils) and
vice-chancellor
A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ...
s (executive heads or chief executives) of
New Zealand's eight universities.
Since the development of the university sector in New Zealand a small number of Vice-Chancellors (Principal, President, or Director) have served for 15 years or more with some portion of this time in office as Vice-Chancellor in New Zealand. They include:
31 years: Sir
Geoffrey Peren
Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Sylvester Peren (30 November 1892 – 19 July 1980) was an agricultural scientist, university professor, and agricultural college principal, as well as a soldier in the two world wars, serving in the Canadian, British, and ...
KBE (Massey 1927–58)
27 years: Robert Alexander (Lincoln 1908–35)
24 years:
Sir Alan Stewart (educator) KBE (Massey 1959–83), Sir
Colin Maiden (Auckland 1971–95)
22 years: Sir
Malcolm Burns
Sir Malcolm McRae Burns (19 March 1910 – 17 October 1986) was a New Zealand agricultural scientist, university lecturer and administrator.
Early life, education, and family
Burns was born in Ashley Bank, North Canterbury, on 19 March 191 ...
KBE (Lincoln 1952–74)
20 years: Sir Robert Aitken (Birmingham 1953–68, Otago 1948–53), Sir Robert Irvine (Otago 1973–93), Sir Donald R. Llewellyn (Waikato 1964–84)
James McWha
James Alexander McWha (born 28 May 1947) is a botanist whose professional career was devoted to teaching, research and educational administration in New Zealand, Northern Ireland and Australia. He retired as Vice-Chancellor and President of th ...
AO (Lincoln 2018, Rwanda 2013–15, Adelaide 2002–12, Massey 1996–2001),
Stuart McCutcheon (Auckland 2005–20, Victoria University of Wellington 2000–04)
18 years:
John Chapman Andrew
John Chapman Andrew (9 March 1822 – 7 December 1907) was a 19th-century Church of England priest, Oxford don, educationist, pastoralist and Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Born a Yorkshireman, well-educated, he emigrated with his new ...
(UNZ 1887–1905),
Derek McCormack (
AUT
AUT may refer to the following.
Locations
*Austria (ISO 3166-1 country code)
*Agongointo-Zoungoudo Underground Town, Benin
* Aktio–Preveza Undersea Tunnel, Greece
*Airstrip on Atauro Island, East Timor (IATA airport code)
Organizations
*Arri ...
2004–2022)
17 years: Sir
George Currie (academic)
Sir George Alexander Currie (13 August 18964 May 1984) was an agricultural scientist, university professor and administrator. He was born in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland on 13 August 1896.[Cheryl de la Rey
Professor Cheryl Merle de la Rey is a South African academic who, since 2019, has been vice-chancellor of University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She was formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
Early life and ...]
(Canterbury 2019-present, Pretoria 2009–18)
The current Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors are:
See also
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Lists of university leaders
For articles listing various university leaders around the world, please see individual national articles from the following countries:
*List of Australian university leaders
*List of British university chancellors and vice-chancellors
*List of Ca ...
References
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University leaders
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