Its original campus was in the Christchurch Central City, but in 1961 it became an independent university and began moving out of its original neo-Gothic buildings, which were re-purposed as the Christchurch Arts Centre. The move was completed on 1 May 1975<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the university now operates its main campus in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam.
On 16 June 1873, the university was founded in the centre of Christchurch as Canterbury College, the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand and was funded by the then Canterbury Provincial Council. It became the second institution in New Zealand providing tertiary-level education (following the University of Otago, established in 1869), and the fourth in Australasia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was founded on the basis of the Oxbridge college system, but it differed from Oxbridge in that it admitted female students from its foundation. Its foundation professors arrived in 1874, namely, Charles Cook (Mathematics, University of Melbourne, St John's College, Cambridge), Alexander Bickerton (Chemistry and Physics, School of Mining, London), and John Macmillan Brown (University of Glasgow, Balliol College, Oxford).<ref>Gardner, W. J., Beardsley, E. T., & Carter, T. E. (1973). Christchurch: University of Canterbury.</ref> A year later the first lectures began and in 1875 the first graduations took place. In 1880, Helen Connon was the first woman to graduate from the college, and in 1894, Āpirana Ngata became the first Māori-born student to graduate with a degree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The School of Art was founded in 1882, followed by the faculties of Arts, Science, Commerce, and Law in 1921, and Mental, Moral, and Social Sciences in 1924. The Students' Union, now known as the University of Canterbury Students Association, was founded in 1929 operating out of the Arts Centre of Christchurch Old Student Union Building, and the first edition of the student magazine Canta was published in 1930. In 1933, the name changed from Canterbury College to Canterbury University College.
College House, a student dormitory that maintains its old tradition by adopting the Oxbridge college system, broke away from Christ's College in 1957 and relocated to the Ilam suburb of Christchurch in 1966 as a hall of residence at the University of Canterbury.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1957 the name changed again to the University of Canterbury.<ref name="history">Template:Cite web</ref>
Independence, 1961–2009
Until 1961, the university formed part of the University of New Zealand (UNZ), and issued degrees in its name. That year saw the dissolution of the federal system of tertiary education in New Zealand, and the University of Canterbury became an independent University awarding its own degrees. Upon the UNZ's demise, Canterbury Agricultural College became a constituent college of the University of Canterbury, as Lincoln College.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lincoln College became independent in 1990 as a full university in its own right and is now known as Lincoln University.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Relocation to Ilam campus
Over the period from 1961 to 1974, the university campus relocated from the centre of the city to its much larger current site in the suburb of Ilam. 1973 saw the university celebrate its centenary, during which the neo-Gothic buildings of the old campus were gifted to the City of Christchurch, which became the site of the Christchurch Arts Centre, a hub for arts, crafts and entertainment in Christchurch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1974 also marked the opening of the James Hight Library, which at the time, was New Zealand's largest university building. Ilam's three university halls of residence were renamed University Hall in 1974, and the student dormitory was used as the Athletes Village dormitory for the 1974 British Commonwealth Games hosted in Christchurch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2004, the university underwent restructuring into four Colleges and a School of Law, administering a number of schools and departments (though a number of departments have involvement in cross-teaching in numerous academic faculties). For many years the university worked closely with the Christchurch College of Education, leading to a full merger in 2007, establishing a fifth College.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Post-earthquakes, 2010–2022
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On 4 September 2010 at 4:35 am local time an earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 several aftershocks followed the main event, the strongest of which was a magnitude 6.3 shock known as the Christchurch earthquake that occurred nearly six months later on 22 February 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Although there was no serious injuries to staff or students on campus and only minor damage to buildings, the initial quake closed the university for a week, and the library was shut for months while shelves were repaired and half a million books placed back on shelves.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Student Volunteer Army was a group of around 10,000 university students and others who worked over a period of months to help clean up liquefaction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the months following the earthquake, the university lost 25 per cent of its first-year students and 8 per cent of continuing students. The number of international students, who pay much higher fees and were a major source of revenue, dropped by 30 per cent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In October 2011, staff were encouraged to take voluntary redundancies.<ref name="News.com.au_1226158056545">Template:Cite news</ref> As well in September 2011, plans were announced to demolish some University buildings that were damaged from an earthquake.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
File:Ernest Rutherford (9615659875).jpgThe original Chemistry and Physics Laboratory at Canterbury College, Christchurch, NZ. Rutherford worked here as a student under the late Prof. Bickerton.
By 2013, the university had lost 22 per cent of its students.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, a record number of 886 PhD students were enrolled at the University of Canterbury as of 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Other New Zealand universities, apparently defying an informal agreement, launched billboard and print advertising campaigns in the earthquake-ravaged city to recruit University of Canterbury students who were finding it difficult to study there.<ref name="TVNZ_4404893">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013 the New Zealand Government also agreed to provide $260m to support the university's rebuild programme.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Student numbers were steadily on the rise, with a 4.5% increase in students enrolled from 2013 to 2016. International numbers also increased, nearing pre-earthquake figures at 1,134 enrolled in 2016.<ref name="canterbury.ac.nz">Template:Cite web</ref>
In March 2016, Vice-Chancellor Dr Rod Carr said in The Press newspaper: "In 2014, [students] wanted to leave Christchurch and went to Wellington, Otago and into the workforce. Now we're retaining Christchurch school leavers and we're getting our fair share of provincial students, as well as attracting greater numbers from the Auckland region." "Living on or near the UC campus, and having a lifestyle that can take you from lectures to skifields in 90 minutes or the beach in 20 minutes, is much more appealing and affordable than living in Auckland."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In January 2017, the University of Canterbury released its campus master plan – 50 building and landscape projects proposed over three stages by 2045, the cost could exceed $2bn.<ref name="stuff.co.nz">Template:Cite news</ref> In a comment to The Press, Rod Carr said that the plans were proof the university was moving away from the falling enrolments post-earthquake.<ref name="stuff.co.nz" />
The University of Canterbury celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year the university experienced a surge in enrolments, reaching a record high of 21,361 students by late March, compared to 20,223 at the same period in the previous year. Among these figures, UC counted 19,975 domestic students, witnessing a substantial increase from the preceding year's count. Concurrently, the international student body also expanded to 1,393, marking a rise from 1,098 in the prior year. This growth in enrolment stands in contrast to a decline in domestic student numbers across all five North Island universities during this period.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to a spokesperson for the university, in 2023 every affiliated hall was "at 100% occupancy" and "may be a record-breaker for highest number of enrolments".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Campuses
The University of Canterbury has three campuses spread throughout the city of Christchurch:
Ilam Campus: The university has a main campus of Template:Convert at Ilam, a suburb of Christchurch about Template:Convert from the centre of the city. The Ilam campus maintains three libraries with the Central Library (Template:Langx) housed in the tallest building on campus, the 11-storey Puaka–James Hight Building. The Ilam campus is where the Faculties of Education, Health, Science, Engineering, Business, Law and Arts are based. The University of Canterbury Students' Association is based there in the Haere roa building. The Ilam Campus is home to cafes and restaurants as well as a pharmacy, bookshop, the UC rec centre and the UC Health centre.File:University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 12 June 2008 (cropped).jpgAerial view of the Ilam Campus and Christchurch, with the campus prominently featured in the foreground.
Dovedale Campus: The Dovedale Campus is Template:Convert and became a part of the University of Canterbury when the Christchurch College of Education (a specialist teacher training institution) merged on 1 January 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Dovedale campus is located adjacent to the Ilam campus and is off Dovedale avenue. The campus consists of the old Henry Field Library, The Christchurch College of English, Ilam early Learning Centre and Hayashi and Sonoda student residences. The Faculty of Education also maintains a presence here.
City Campus: The Christchurch City Campus is made up of the Christchurch Arts Centre and the Manawa building which is a part of the Faculty of Health. Music and Classics are again taught from the Christchurch Arts Centre in the old chemistry building,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and within the new Manawa building in Christchurch city health and education are taught.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The city campus also includes the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities – home of the James Logie Memorial Collection.
The university also maintains additional small campuses in Nelson, Tauranga and Timaru, and teaching centres in Greymouth, New Plymouth, Rotorua and Timaru. The university has staff in regional information offices in Nelson, Timaru, and Auckland.
Libraries
The UC Library was first established at Canterbury College in 1879. Today there are three libraries on campus each covering different subject areas.<ref name="Library Locations">Library LocationsTemplate:Webarchive University of Canterbury. Retrieved on 21 February 2018</ref>
The Central Library (Template:Langx)<ref name="Library Locations" /> – is housed in the Puaka–James Hight Building that is designed in the brutalist style architecture. In 1974, the old city campus library moved to the Ilam campus and was housed in the newly constructed James Hight building, originally named after former Canterbury professor James Hight.<ref>James Hight Library & Arts TowerTemplate:Webarchive University of Canterbury. Retrieved on 6 April 2014</ref> The building was renamed Puaka-James Hight in 2014, after the brightest star in the cluster Matariki, to reflect the growing strength of UC's relationship with Ngāi Tahu and the mana of Te Ao Māori at the heart of the university's campus.<ref>James Hight is now Puaka-James HightTemplate:Webarchive UC student blog. Retrieved on 14 January 2016</ref> The University of Canterbury Central Library is the largest university library in New Zealand.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Central Library has collections of over 2 million physical items including books, archives, journals and a miscellany of other items that support research and teaching in Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Commerce, Music, Fine Arts and Antarctic Studies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Henry Field Library (named for the New Zealand Educationalist Henry Edward Field) on the old Christchurch College of Education site joined the fold when the university and Christchurch College of Education merged. However, the Education collection was incorporated into the collections within the Puaka–James Hight Building, and Henry Field is now a library store at the campus off Dovedale Avenue.<ref name="ReferenceB">Template:Cite web</ref>
A separate Law library was established within the James Hight building, it was then relocated to the new Law building (Mere Mere). However, after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake it returned to the Puaka–James Hight Building and integrated into the Central Library collection. The Mere Mere Building still operates as the Law and Business Building however it is no longer home to the law library.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
The EPS Library (Engineering and Physical Sciences Library, Template:Langx)<ref name="Library Locations" /> supports research and teaching in Engineering, Forestry and Sciences.<ref name="Library Locations" /> With the move to the Ilam campus, the Library was split. First the Engineering Library, and later the Physical Sciences Library, moving to the new campus however the old Physical Sciences Library closed and its collections moved to the Engineering Library now called the EPS Library.
Macmillian Brown library
The Macmillan Brown Library (Template:Langx)<ref name="Library Locations" /> is a research library, archive, and art gallery that specialises in collecting items related to New Zealand and Pacific Islands history.<ref name="library.canterbury.ac.nz">History of the Macmillan Brown LibraryTemplate:Webarchive University of Canterbury. Retrieved on 6 April 2014</ref><ref name="Heritage Collections">Heritage CollectionsTemplate:Webarchive University of Canterbury. Retrieved on 6 April 2014</ref> It holds over 100,000 published items including books, audio-visual recordings, and various manuscripts, photographs, works of art, architectural drawings and ephemera. The Macmillan Brown Library's art collection also has over 5,000 works, making it one of the largest collections in the Canterbury Region.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Some notable items in its collections include copies of Māori Land Court Records, official and government documents from various Pacific Islands states, trade union records, and the personal papers of various Members of Parliament and government ministers. The library is named after John Macmillan Brown, a prominent Canterbury academic who helped found the library, allocated a large proportion of his fortune to the Macmillan Brown Library.<ref name="library.canterbury.ac.nz" /><ref name="Heritage Collections" />
The university has ten student residences throughout its Ilam and Dovedale campuses: five fully-catered halls of residence exclusively for first-year undergraduate students: Arcady, College House, Rochester and Rutherford, Tupuānuku and University Hall; and five other self-catered student accommodation houses which are home to both undergraduate and postgraduate students: Sonoda Christchurch Campus, Hayashi, Kirkwood Avenue, Waimairi Village and Ilam Apartments. The largest, Ilam Apartments, houses 831 students during the academic year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Some of the halls at UC have storied histories; Tupuānuku is named for the star of the same name that is connected to food grown in the ground in the cluster Matariki in Māori Mythology;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Rochester and Rutherford is named for former alumni Ernest Rutherford and John Fisher Bishop of Rochester; while Arcady, previously Bishop Julius Hall, was founded by the first Archbishop of New Zealand, Churchill Julius;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> additionally, College House is the oldest residential college in New Zealand.<ref name="College House history">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Housing & Orientation">Template:Cite web</ref>
The University also has a new hall, Tupuārangi, planned for completion in 2026. At Tupuārangi, every room will have its own ensuite.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Field facilities
The University of Canterbury has the most field stations of any New Zealand university.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Field Facilities Centre<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> administers four of these field stations:
Cass Field Station<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – Established in 1914 to give students and researchs access to montane grasslands, scrub, riverbed, scree, beech forest, swamp, bog, lake, stream and alpine habitats.
Harihari Field Station<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – Access to native forests, streams.
Westport Field Station<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – for study of the West Coast of New Zealand, particularly mining.
Kaikōura Field Station<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – Kaikōura represents an important transition zone for flora and fauna, particularly in the marine environment, with Kowhai bush and associated rich bird life close by.
The university and its project partners also operate an additional field station in the Nigerian Montane Forests Project;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> this field station stands on the Ngel Nyaki forest edge in Nigeria.
The Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences runs its own field laboratories:
The University of Canterbury Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities opened in May 2017, and showcases the James Logie Memorial Collection, a collection of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Near Eastern artefacts in New Zealand.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Teece Museum is run as a part of the faculty of Arts. The museum is named for University of Canterbury Alumni Professor David Teece and his wife Leigh Teece, who donated a substantial amount of money to the city for earthquake recovery. The money was used by the university to install the classics and music school in the Old Chemistry building at the Christchurch Arts Centre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The James Logie Memorial Collection was established in 1957 as a result of Miss Marion Steven, a Classics faculty member, donating Greek pottery to Canterbury University College. Steven established the James Logie Memorial Collection to honour her husband, who served as registrar of the college from 1950 until his death in 1956.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The Logie Collection includes a wide range of pottery, beginning with the Bronze Age cultures of Cyprus, Crete and Mycenae it also includes vases that come from Corinth and Athens, the islands in the Aegean, East Greece and the Greek colonies in South Italy and Sicily.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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The university was first governed by a board of governors (1873–1933), then by a college council (1933–1957), and since 1957 by a university council.Template:Sfn The council is chaired by a chancellor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Council includes representatives from the faculties, students and general staff, as well as local industry, employer and trade union representatives.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The original composition of the board of governors was defined in the Canterbury College Ordinance 1873,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council and named 23 members who might serve for life. Initially, the board was given power to fill their own vacancies, and this power transferred to graduates once their number exceeded 30.Template:Sfn At the time, there were discussions about the abolition of provincial government (which did happen in 1876), and the governance structure was set up to give board members "prestige, power and permanence", and "provincial authority and its membership and resources were safely perpetuated, beyond the reach of grasping hands in Wellington."Template:Sfn
Professor Roy Sharp assumed the position of Vice-Chancellor on 1 March 2003.<ref name="comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz">Template:Cite web</ref> In May 2008 he announced his imminent resignation from the position, following his acceptance of the chief executive position at the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> which he took up on 4 August 2008.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> The then current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Town, assumed the role of acting Vice-Chancellor on 1 July 2008. On 15 October 2008 the university announced that Rod Carr, a former banker and the CEO of a local software company, would begin a five-year appointment as Vice-Chancellor on 1 February 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Council member and former Pro-Chancellor, Rex Williams, became Chancellor in 2009.<ref name="Wood appointment">Template:Cite press release</ref> Council member John Wood became the new Pro-Chancellor. On 1 January 2012, Wood became Chancellor after Williams retired from the role.<ref name="Wood appointment" /> In 2019, a new Vice Chancellor, Cheryl de la Rey, was appointed from the University of Pretoria, and Susan McCormack took over as Chancellor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Board of Governors, chair of the College Council, and chancellor
The following table lists those who have held the position of chair of the Board of Governors, chair of the College Council, and chancellor.Template:Sfn<ref name=Chronology>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Chair of the Canterbury College Board of Governors
Because of the land holdings with which the Provincial Government endowed the early University, this was appropriate. When the coat of arms was redesigned, the motto was removed and now the motto is only used unofficially.
File:7308 Old University Coat of Arms.jpgAn Oamaru stone carving of the university coat of arms can be viewed at the eastern entrance of the Matariki Building (Registry Building).
Academic profile
The University of Canterbury offers 147 undergraduate majors<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and 61 graduate degrees.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the 2020 academic year, the university granted 2,257 bachelor's degrees, 1,003 graduate degrees, and 384 honours degrees.<ref name="annualreport"/> To graduate with a full-time undergraduate degree in the usual three years, undergraduates normally take four courses per semester. In most majors, an honours degree requires advanced coursework and a thesis – this usually takes an extra year. However, some undergraduate degrees that are also professional degrees, such as the Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) and Bachelor of Forestry Science (BForSc), typically take four years.
According to the UC Annual Report, at 31 December 2024 the university has a total of 26,433 students (18,319 equivalent full-time students), up 9% on the previous year. 2,587 are Maori students. UC has a total of 2,484 staff members.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Following the earthquakes, the number of students enrolled at UC fell from 18,783 during 2010 to 14,725 during 2014, though the number of new enrolments increased in 2014. In 2016 enrolled student numbers rose to 15,564.<ref name="canterbury.ac.nz" /> Enrolment as of 2020 has reached pre-earthquake levels with a 18,364 students enrolled at UC.
Academic reputation
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In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #360 (4th nationally).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The University of Canterbury Students' Association (UCSA)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> operates out of the student union building named Haere-roa which serves as the main student activity centre. The original UCSA Building was damaged in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes and was subsequently torn down, it was rebuilt and completed in 2019, it is located on the Ilam Campus. The building is home to two bars, "the Foundry" and "Bentley's". The Association also runs several cafes and restaurants around campus.<ref>— University of Canterbury Students' AssociationTemplate:Webarchive. Ucsa.org.nz. Retrieved on 17 August 2013.</ref> Located in Haere-roa is the Ngaio Marsh Theatre, named for the former alumnus of the same name. Haere-roa hosts a number of student societies and organisation offices.
The university's student population operates the main student magazine, Canta, established in 1930. There are 12 issues per year, which are distributed around the UC campus every second Monday during the academic year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The newspaper's offices are in the Haere-roa building. Canterbury's student population runs a radio station which began to broadcast and operate as RDU in 1976;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> it began FM frequency broadcasting in 1986. RDU acquired its present frequency of 98.5 in 2003.
Student body composition
Race and ethnicity (as at 10 March 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The university has over 140 academic, sporting, recreational and cultural societies and clubs.<ref>Clubs — University of Canterbury Students' AssociationTemplate:Webarchive. Ucsa.org.nz. Retrieved on 17 August 2013.</ref> The most prominent of these include the Student Volunteer Army, the University of Canterbury Engineering Society (ENSOC), the University of Canterbury Law Society (LAWSOC), the University of Canterbury Commerce Society (UCOM) as well as the largest non-faculty clubs such as PongSoc (University of Canterbury Pong Society), Motosoc (Motorsports Society), Lads without Labels, CUBA (Canterbury University Boardriders' Association), CUTC (Tramping Club), UC Global Society (UCGS), UC Bike, Opsoc, The Gentlemen's Club. CUSSC (Canterbury University Snow Sports Club, formerly the CU Ski Club prior to 1997) is the only university club in New Zealand to own a ski field lodge, located at Temple Basin Ski Field.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The club runs many events to raise funds for maintenance of their lodge. The University of Canterbury Drama Society (Dramasoc) achieved fame for its 1942–1969 Shakespeare productions under Dame Ngaio Marsh, but regularly performs as an active student- and alumni-run arts fixture in the small Christchurch theatre-scene.
In 2011 the SVA was established in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes. A student at the University of Canterbury, Sam Johnson, rallied fellow students to help support the clean-up from the devastation. The club has grown and today is the largest club at the University of Canterbury.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SVA supported the vulnerable with their shopping during the lockdown.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Lads without Labels is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to improving men's mental health in and around campus. On 5–8 October 2021 Lads without labels started the Project 72 fundraiser, a 72-hour relay on the University of Canterbury campus, which raised $12,000 for men's mental health; as well in 2021 Lads without labels organised a 24-hour backyard cricket marathon raising $45,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
One major student tradition, the Undie 500, involved an annual car-rally from Christchurch to Dunedin run by ENSOC. The rules required only the use of a road-legal car costing under $500 with a sober driver.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2007 event gained international news coverage (including on CNN and BBC World) when it ended in rioting in the student quarter of Dunedin and in North East Valley. ENSOC cancelled the planned 2008 event. The Undie 500 was replaced by the Roundie 500 in 2011. This event has the same principles but follows a route through rural Canterbury, returning to Christchurch the same day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Notable people
Alumni
Template:Main categorySince it was founded, University of Canterbury alumni have made significant and creative contributions to society, the arts and sciences, business, national New Zealand, and international affairs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
It also includes Āpirana Ngata the first Māori to receive a degree, and described as the foremost Māori politician. He was known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also features on the New Zealand fifty-dollar note.
Since 1962, the University of Canterbury has been awarding honorary doctorates. In many years, no awards were made, but in most years, multiple doctorates were awarded. The highest number of honorary doctorates was awarded in 1973, when there were seven recipients.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Heavenly Creatures (1994) – Based on the Parker–Hulme murder case, Juliet Hulme (later known as Anne Perry) was the daughter of Henry Hulme, the rector of the University of Canterbury, and she and Pauline Parker murdered Honorah Parker, Pauline's mother. During this period Juliet and her family lived on campus in the Ilam homestead (now the University of Canterbury Staff Club), where filming for the movie took place.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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