March 11, 2005

U. of New Zealand Comes Under Attack

By DAVID COHEN

The president of New Zealand's largest postsecondary institution defended it last month against politicians who have accused it of widespread corruption and financial irregularities.

Te Wananga o Aotearoa, whose name translates as "the University of New Zealand," was already the subject of a routine government inquiry into its 10-campus operation, which enrolls the equivalent of some 34,000 full-time students. Aotearoa, whose programs are tailored to the country's indigenous Maori