
Opening Address
Hon Steve Maharey
Steve Maharey is the Vice-Chancellor of Massey University.
He was the Member of Parliament for Palmerston North from 1990-2008 and a Senior Cabinet Minister from 1999-2008.
Earlier in his career he was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and a Junior Lecturer in Business Administration.
His main areas of academic interest include social policy (particularly social development), education, media and cultural studies, social change and politics.
He has been an elected City Councillor.
Chair of Committee on Universities Academic Programmes, Deputy Chair Universities NZ and the Asia NZ Foundation Board.
Member of the Board of the BioCommerce Centre, the Board of the Riddet Institute, FoodHQ, AgriOne Board, Massey University Foundation, the Committee for Auckland, the Territorial Force Employers Support Council, and the Board of the Manawatu Cancer Society.
Director of Massey Global Ltd.
Patron of Australasian Tertiary Education Managers Association, Central Football and the Manawatu Squash Association.
He was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in 2008.
He has contributed to eleven books and is a very frequent contributor to all forms of media.
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