Annual Report 2019 COVER IMAGE: Dr Richard Christie from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) generated this test model of bifurcating vessels. When viewed with computer graphics, these serendipitously formed heart shapes. The ground-breaking work of ABI has been supported by more than $10 million of philanthropic funding through the Campaign For All Our Futures, including donor investment in advanced organ-modelling work like this. 2 Overview 01 Chancellor’s review 4 Vice-Chancellor’s report 6 Key facts and figures 8 University governance 10 Academic performance 02 The Power of Philanthropy 16 Faculties, Institutes, UniServices 20 Statement of service performance Statement of service performance 28 03 Statement of the cost of outputs 40 Compulsory student services fees 40 Educational performance indicator commitments 41 Financial statements Statement of responsibility 44 04 Statement of comprehensive revenue and expenses 45 Statement of financial position 47 Statement of cash flows 48 Statement of changes in equity 50 Notes to the financial statements 52 Report of the Auditor-General 86 Glossary 90 Annual Report 2019 | 3 Annual report 2017 Chancellor’s Review In 2019 the University of Auckland brought and relocation of the balance of its activities to a conclusion several of its major to our central city campuses. Although the strategic initiatives. land on which the campus sat was purchased by the University of Auckland in 1944, it Perhaps the most spectacular of these was operated as a campus only from 1991. Many the completion of our major philanthropic staff, students, partners and members of campaign, For All Our Futures, led by the community contributed to the teaching, Campaign Chair Geoff Ricketts. The objective research, innovation, entrepreneurship and of this campaign was to raise $300 million over community service that characterised the six years to support our students and staff to 28 years of a rich and vibrant campus life at achieve things that would not have otherwise Tāmaki. However, the relative isolation of the been possible – through new scholarships, campus was a growing challenge, particularly funded academic positions and outstanding as multi-disciplinary research and conjoint research. The campaign was a stunning degree programmes have become increasingly success, raising $380 million from around the norm, along with the need for efficiency 7,000 donors, building our endowment from and scale of operations. Ultimately, expansion $54 million to $220 million and increasing of facilities on the Grafton and City campuses, the number of alumni actively engaged with together with the acquisition of the Newmarket the University from around 49,000 in 2014 to site, will allow the University to locate the bulk 121,000 in 2019. of its disciplines close to one another on those A second major initiative was the further three sites. The closure of Tāmaki represents rationalisation of our campus infrastructure a further step in that process of consolidation. through the closure of the Tāmaki Campus On the other hand, we have committed to My profound thanks to our many generous and dedicated supporters, and to the staff who made possible the most successful philanthropic campaign in New Zealand’s history. 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 enhancing our presence in Manukau and all recognised through Tertiary Teaching the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Tai Tokerau, where particular community Excellence Awards, with Andrew Eberhard Fellowship (New Zealand). needs require that we have an ongoing, albeit (Graduate School of Management) carrying • Dr Peng Du (Engineering Science) won the modest, level of activity. off the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award. Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Key to moving remaining activities from • Distinguished Professor Jane Harding Scientist Prize. Tāmaki was the completion of the new (Liggins Institute), was awarded the The impact that our institution has was also Park West building for the Faculty of Medical Rutherford Medal, the highest honour very pleasingly reflected in the University of and Health Sciences at Grafton. This will also of the Royal Society of New Zealand Auckland being ranked No. 1 in the world in allow for the relocation of School of Medicine Te Apārangi (RSNZ), for her work leading the inaugural Times Higher Education (THE) staff from the Auckland Hospital when that to new therapies and understandings University Impact Rankings. This new global lease ends in 2020. We also completed the that have improved outcomes for ranking measures how well institutions are new Engineering Building on the City Campus mothers and babies. She was also named delivering on the 17 Sustainable Development – a major new facility for a rapidly growing supreme winner at the 2019 Women of Goals that were adopted by the United faculty, and one that will also free up space for Influence Awards. Nations in 2016 and provides a framework further developments, notably the planned • Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic (Chemical for achieving sustainable development. Our relocation of the Faculty of Education & Social Sciences) was awarded the RSNZ Hector highest rankings were for the goals relating Work from Epsom to the City Campus. Medal for her outstanding contribution to partnership (first equal), good health and Waipārūrū Hall, providing an additional to the field of advanced polymers and well-being (first) and gender equality (sixth 786 beds principally for first-year students, nanomaterials. equal). All universities in the world were rose spectacularly from the ground and will invited to submit data and 500 were ranked. • Associate Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh be occupied in stages during 2020. Good (Humanities) received the Humanities Finally, I note that in March 2020 progress was also made on the design of the Aronui Medal for her outstanding Professor Stuart McCutcheon will retire as new Sport, Recreation and Wellness Centre creative and scholarly work and was made Vice-Chancellor after 15 years of outstanding to be built on the site of the existing centre. an ONZM. service to the University of Auckland and, Building commences in 2020. more broadly, to his country. We were • Professor Cather Simpson (Physics and The Campaign For All Our Futures and new delighted to appoint Professor Dawn Chemical Sciences) received the Pickering facilities are just some of the ways in which we Freshwater to succeed Professor McCutcheon. Medal for her pioneering research and support our staff and students. They, in turn, As Vice-Chancellor of the University of commercialisation of innovative photonic produce outstanding achievements, many Western Australia, Professor Freshwater led technologies. of which were recognised through a range of the development of that University’s ambitious awards and honours in 2019. For example: • Professor Emeritus Roger Horrocks (Social 2030 Vision and 2025 Strategic Plan, and a Sciences) was awarded the Pou Aronui significant transformation agenda. She has • Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble Award for being a champion of New Zealand been a leader in world-class universities for was made a Dame Companion of the New culture, particularly New Zealand’s film and more than a decade and remains committed Zealand Order of Merit for services to television industries, as well as literature to her academic discipline. Her background science in the New Year’s Honours. and the visual arts. and leadership will form a foundation for • Professor Charles McGhee ONZM • Dr Matire Harwood (Population Health) the University’s continuing improvement (Medicine), Dr Lynn Sadler ONZM was awarded the Health Research Council in research and teaching, as well as our (Medicine), Professor Tracey McIntosh of New Zealand (HRC) Te Tohu Rapuora contribution to the wider community. I MNZM (Māori Studies and Pacific Studies), Award for her outstanding leadership and am therefore very grateful to the many Associate Professor Paula Morris MNZM contribution to Māori health. staff, students and other stakeholders who (Humanities), Professor Alison Jones MNZM participated in the consultative process that (Te Puna Wananga) and Dr Hinemoa Elder • Distinguished Professor Ian Reid, Dr Anne led to this excellent appointment. MNZM (Medical Science) were all recipients Horne and their team (Medicine) received of New Zealand Honours. the HRC Liley Medal for their significant medical breakthrough, which has led to a Scott St John • Peter Bier (Engineering Science), global rethink of how to prevent fractures in Chancellor Associate Professor Andrew Luxton-Reilly older people. (Computer Science) and Dr Ngarino Ellis (Humanities, Kaupapa Māori category) were • Dr Yvonne Anderson (Liggins Institute) won Annual Report 2019 | 5 Annual report 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Report In this, my last full year as Vice- to attend university; introduced a free online Chancellor, I am pleased to be able to teaching system to support teachers and report on the many achievements of the students of STEM subjects in low-decile University during 2019. schools and already have more than 1,700 students enrolled; and created a mentoring Student places at the University overall system for students in South Auckland, continued to be in strong demand although, predominantly Māori and Pacific, to support as in recent years, that demand has been them in a successful transition to university. distributed unevenly. Total domestic These are important initiatives, but there does Equivalent Full-Time Students (EFTS) were seem something wrong with a funding system 28,496 which was similar to the 2018 figure in which our ability to support the success of (28,482) but down on the target figure of disadvantaged young people relies so heavily 28,846. on the generosity of donors. Despite strenuous efforts to support students In contrast to relatively static domestic within the University, proportions of both enrolments, we saw a further marked increase Māori and Pacific students remained similar in international student EFTS at 5,742, to those of recent years, and below targets. up by 749 EFTS on the 2018 figure and by It is clear that further effort will need to be 526 EFTS on budget.