Unitec New Zealand (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka) is a Government-funded institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand.
The main campus is situated in Mt Albert, Auckland City, while a secondary campus is situated in Henderson, Waitakere City, and a third campus in Takapuna, North Shore City. Unitec offers degree programs in arts, business and technical subjects at the bachelors, masters and doctoral level. Unitec is a member of the Inter...
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Unitec New Zealand (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka) is a Government-funded institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand.
The main campus is situated in Mt Albert, Auckland City, while a secondary campus is situated in Henderson, Waitakere City, and a third campus in Takapuna, North Shore City. Unitec offers degree programs in arts, business and technical subjects at the bachelors, masters and doctoral level. Unitec is a member of the International Association of Universities.
Unitec was founded on the Mt Albert site in 1976 and was originally called "Carrington Technical Institute". The name changed to "Carrington Polytechnic" in 1987 and then to "Unitec Institute of Technology" in 1994. The name changed again in March 2004 to "Unitec New Zealand".
Unitec applied for university status in 1999, as Auckland Institute of Technology (AIT) had done. However, while AIT gained approval and became the Auckland University of Technology, the Government ruled in 2005 that Unitec did not...
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