Massey racism provokes call for university name changeWarwick Smith/Stuff Massey University lecturer Steve Elers is calling for a name-change for his university because he says its namesake, former Prime Minister William Massey, was a racist. A racially-charged debate is igniting over research that has revealed "white supremacist" comments made by the prime minister Massey University is named after. A farmer and entrepreneur, Massey was prime minister of New Zealand between 1912 and his death in 1925. Warwick Smith Massey University lecturer Steve Elers highlights the racist views of former prime minister William Ferguson Massey. Massey University spokesman James Gardiner indicated the matter would have to be raised formally with university management before it could be considered.

Source: Stuff September 28, 2016 05:35 UTC