SITE FOR NEW UNIVERSITY
Auckland Issue To Be Reopened (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 30. The question of a site for Auckland’s new university is to be reopened, according to a statement by the Prime Minister (Mr Holland) this evening. This is the latest move in a long history of negotiation, in which first a site at Tamaki and then the reclamation of Hobson Bay as a site were favoured in turn before the Government finally decided that the university should be expanded on its present site by the acquisition of surrounding land. Mr Holland said this evening that after public discussion of the proposed siting of the university in Princes street, he had been in touch with the Mayor of Auckland (Mr T. W. M. Ashby), who had agreed to put before the City Council a suggestion that it convene a conference of the organisations concerned. "The Government will make a Minister and such technical experts as are required available for the conference,” said Mr Holland. “The Government’s decision in favour of Princes street was taken last August, and details have since been under investigation,” he added. “Last week Sir James Fletcher put to the Minister of Education (Mr R. M. Algie) and myself a modified proposal for the partial reclamation of Hobson Bay.” When the Princes street decision was made, the alternatives had been Tamaki and the full reclamation of Hobson Bay. Land acquired at Tamaki was now considered too far away to give a full university service to Auckland city, continued Mr Holland. The full reclamation of Hobson Bay would have meant a large expenditure and a long delay before building started. Raising of Objections
The Princes street site had been confirmed by the Auckland University College Council, but during detailed investigation objections had been raised.
“If it is found that these objections should be further examined, the Government is naturally ready to agree to such examination,” added Mr Holland. The Government had given the plainest indication that it was ready to discharge its general responsibility to meet the growing needs of the university in Auckland, and the proposed conference was a further inquiry to discover what was best in the light of any new circumstances which might have arisen. “None of us wants delays, but two local bodies, the Auckland City Council and the Auckland Harbour Board, have immediate property interests effected by one or the other of the proposals, and their views are entitled to be heard,” Mr Holland said.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28265, 1 May 1957, Page 12
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