The University status file -.

COUN/1026.

On February 22 1993 the Council debted the proposal to change the name of AIT and approved a change in the name of the Institute to include the name "University".

At its meeting on 28 August 1995, Council considered a proposal from the President that AIT apply to the Minister of Education for his approval to change its name to "Auckland University of Technology". Following a presentation on the legal issues involved, from Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Mai Chen of Chen & Palmer, The Council resolved as follows: " That council set up a Committee of four or five members to review the application. At the same meeting, the Council Chair proposed the following members of the Committee, all of whom accepted appointment: Lindsay Fergusson (Convenor), Pauline Kingi (ex officio as Council Chair)< Michael Leggott, Michelle Maidens, Alan O'Neill, Margaret Tapper, and Graham White.

Chronological.