He is promising to lobby hard to have the proposed head office in Palmerston North, grasping the suggestion it will not be centralised in Wellington. READ MORE:* Polytech restructure could strengthen Palmerston North's education role* 15 things no-one told me about Palmerston North* New UCOL boss Amanda Lynn wants institution to be bigger, brighter, better* UCOL confident of bright future despite polytech sector crisisDAVID UNWIN/STUFF New students flood into UCOL's Palmerston North campus. History has shown us extraordinary things can and do happen when the words "education" and "Palmerston North" appear in the same sentence. The council convinced them to visit Palmerston North and add it to their list of possible sites. That was the kind of provincial modesty Palmerston North citizens have long been inclined to turn from a virtue into a vice.

Source: Stuff February 17, 2019 17:33 UTC