Massey University shuts down major buildings on Auckland campus

In a document leaked to Massive, the university said it has approved the relocation of teaching, research and service provisions offered within three buildings on the Auckland campus: Quad A, Quad B and Massey Business School.  

Deputy vice-chancellor university services, Shelley Turner told Massive that the university is exploring several options for the future, “which could include leasing spaces to compatible and complementary organisations to work alongside us”. 

The document was emailed to Massey Albany students at 2:31pm today.  

The university has made clear its aim to reduce its gross floor area by 50% across campuses.  

This comes as Massey had a budget deficit of around 40 million dollars last year and is projected to have a deficit of 30 million dollars this year.  

While some suspect that Massey's Auckland campus will not exist in the future, Turner said, “We are committed to retaining our three unique campuses, which will continue to provide a critical point of connection for staff, students, our communities and iwi partners into the future.” 

“We must be able to operate within the income the university generates, so we can invest in strategic projects, our people and facilities.”  

“This work is about providing financial relief and funding so that we can invest in the university’s future”, Turner said.  

The document said there would be specialist consultants on campus assessing spaces in the coming weeks to help with space optimisation planning.  

It continued, “You may see people from external companies in these spaces as work is underway to determine their best future use.” 

The document said no decisions have been made, but updates will be coming.