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12 unusual facts about University of Auckland


Ann Ballin

She attended St Hilda's Collegiate School, Waikato Diocesan School, the University of Auckland and the University of Canterbury (MA).

Control table

Control Table example in "C" language using pointers, by Christopher Sawtell c1993, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland

Debbie Tanner

Tanner eventually attended the University of Auckland, where she completed her bachelor's degree in Sport Science and Recreation.

Divya Dhar

She organised OXFAM’s Biggest Coffee Break at the University of Auckland to promote Fair Trade, where she was also behind the STAND UP: UN Millennium Campaign which broke a Guinness World Records as millions around the world stood together to show support for eradicating extreme poverty.

Frank Grover

Before entering politics, Grover had a background in law, having received an LLB from University of Auckland.

Kids' Lit Quiz

The quiz was created by Wayne Mills, an educator at the University of Auckland, who wears a purple and black hat while hosting this literary quiz.

Roy McElroy

He was a lawyer, trained at the University of Auckland, and the University of Cambridge, where he got a PhD in law in 1935, and was partner in the Auckland law firm of McElroy, Duncan and Preddle.

Simon Upton

Upton was educated at Southwell School, St Paul's Collegiate School and the University of Auckland, where he gained degrees in English literature, music and law, and Wolfson College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar.

Southern Cross Campus

Students are also given the chance to participate in student tutoring programmes run by the University of Auckland, called the MATES Programme.

University of Auckland

In 1966, lecturers Keith Sinclair and Bob Chapman established The University of Auckland Art Collection, beginning with the purchase of several paintings and drawings by Colin McCahon.

Warren Billingsley Hitchcock

In 1978 he went to New Zealand and enrolled in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland though, because of ill-health, he was not able to graduate.

William Arthur Sewell

He was appointed to the chair of English at Auckland University College in 1933 and moved to New Zealand.


Ann Hercus

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Auckland and a law degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Beta Alpha Psi

Outside the United States, local chapters operate at the University of Sydney in Australia and at the Massey University Albany campus and University of Auckland Business School, both in New Zealand.

Bruce McLaren

The University of Auckland Formula SAE team use Bruce's racing number 47 as their car number in memory of Bruce.

Howard Charles Clark

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Clark was educated at Takapuna Grammar School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1951, a Master of Science degree in 1952, and a PhD in 1954 from the University of Auckland.

James Munro Bertram

Between 1929 and 1931 he studied English literature at Auckland University College, where he met the third of his closest friends, J. A. W. Bennett.

Joseph G. Davis

He has previously served in the Information Systems departments at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, and University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.

Lisle Kinney

He played bass in the following bands: October while at the University of Auckland (Graham Brazier was also in October); Brown Street, the resident band at the Great Northern Hotel; Hello Sailor and DD Smash.

Marya Martin

Born Mary Martin in New Zealand, Martin studied at the University of Auckland, where she had lessons with Richard Giese, then principal flute in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Michael Adrian Peters

He previously held a personal chair at the University of Auckland, NZ (2000–03) and was Research Professor at the University of Glasgow, UK (2000–05), as well as numerous posts as adjunct and visiting professor.

Pat Evison

She attended Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Auckland and the Auckland Teachers' Training College.

Robin Maconie

Following a temporary lectureship at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1967–69, Maconie emigrated to England to study for a Ph.D in the Psychology of Music at Southampton University.

Suzanne Scotchmer

Scotchmer has held visiting and teaching positions at Harvard University, University of Auckland, Cergy-Pontoise University, Tel Aviv University, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, the University of Toronto Law School, University of Southern California, New School of Economics, Moscow, and the Stockholm School of Economics.

William Ockelford Oldman

The catalogue of Polynesian and Maori items in Oldman’s private collection was published in sections in The Journal of the Polynesian Society based in the University of Auckland, New Zealand.