Editing Unitec Institute of Technology (section)

==History==
[[File:Unitec Campus Carrington Rd.jpg|thumb|Unitec Mt Albert campus, Carrington Road]]
[[File:20230216 180905 Unitec Waitākere campus.jpg|thumb|Unitec Waitākere campus in [[Henderson, New Zealand|Henderson]]]]
Unitec was founded as '''Carrington Technical Institute''' in 1976 on the Mt Albert site on Carrington road, which has 55 hectares of grounds. The area on which Unitec's main campus is located was formerly home to the [[Whau Lunatic Asylum]], later known as Carrington Hospital.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The name changed to '''Carrington Polytechnic''' in 1987 and then to "Unitec Institute of Technology" in 1994. Unitec applied for [[University]] status in 1999, but the Government ruled, somewhat controversially, in 2005 that Unitec did not meet the academic criteria of a university and would remain an [[Institute of Technology]].<ref name="NZ_Herald_10340234">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10340234 |title=Unitec set to fight Government denial of varsity status |author=Dye, Stuart |date=11 August 2005 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=25 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2006, Unitec opened its Waitakere Campus in the centre of Henderson, West Auckland. The campus is a joint development with the former [[Waitakere City|Waitakere City Council]] and includes the new Waitākere Central Library.  Unitec's Waitakere campus offers introductory computing, community development, and nursing courses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Waitākere campus {{!}} Unitec|url=https://www.unitec.ac.nz/about-us/our-place/waitakere-campus|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Unitec|date=17 August 2018 }}</ref>

In August 2011, Unitec opened a campus in Albany, on Auckland's North Shore, but it was closed in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unitec.ac.nz/about-us/unitec-to-close-albany-campus-remain-on-the-shore|title=Unitec to close Albany campus, remain on the Shore|date=30 August 2016|publisher=Unitec}}</ref> On 1 April 2020, Unitec Institute of Technology became a subsidiary of [[Te Pūkenga]] (the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology) alongside the 15 other institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kenny |first1=Lee |title=Wanted: 'Sophisticated' leader to head NZ's mega polytech |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/116969565/wanted-sophisticated-leader-to-head-nzs-mega-polytech |access-date=7 March 2020 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=29 October 2019}}</ref>

In July 2018 Unitec made the news after revealing deficits totaling nearly $100 million over four years and prompting the Education Minister [[Chris Hipkins]] to consider interventions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-04|title=Unitec in 'extreme financial difficulty'|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/105240929/unitec-in-extreme-financial-difficulty|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Stuff}}</ref> It was not alone by September 2018 there were four of the country's polytechnics at a high [[financial risk]] with 10 making deficits and none were expected to make the surplus that the government required.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-30|title=Majority of polytechnics and tech institutes in financial trouble|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/367592/majority-of-polytechnics-and-tech-institutes-in-financial-trouble|access-date=2021-01-23|website=[[RNZ]] }}</ref> In 2019 a major restructure across the polytechnic sector was announced.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-01|title=Government confirms major overhaul of polytechnics, apprenticeships|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/395722/government-confirms-major-overhaul-of-polytechnics-apprenticeships|access-date=2021-01-23|website=[[RNZ]] }}</ref>
In 2023, Unitec started charging parking fees.(Unitec,2023)
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unitec.ac.nz/about-us/our-campuses/parking | title=Parking | date=5 February 2014 }}</ref>