‘I have listened to our people’: Auckland University vice-chancellor responds to white supremacy on campus concerns

In an email to colleagues, Stuart McCutcheon says he acknowledges the ‘very real hurt and sense of threat’ caused by white supremacist materials and says now is not time for a free speech debate. The vice-chancellor of the University of Auckland has responded to an outcry among staff and students over white supremacist materials on … Read more

Hundreds of University of Auckland staff sign open letter over white supremacist materials on campus

‘Racism and white supremacy have no place at the University of Auckland’, reads the letter, signed by many of the university’s most senior academics. A large and growing group of staff at the University of Auckland have spoken out over the re-emergence of white supremacist propaganda on campus in an open letter. The staff members, … Read more

No place for racism: an open letter from University of Auckland staff

Members of the university community on the re-emergence of white supremacist posters and stickers on campus, and the response from the vice-chancellor. A university is a shared idea. We are not simply an institution with policies and processes, or an employer with employees. We are a community dedicated to the creation, preservation and sharing of … Read more