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subsequently cleared her of wrongdoing, with
Chancellor Michael Ahie stating that the Council supported and had full confidence in Professor Thomas. Massey University's MÄori staff association Te MatawhÄnui publicly spoke out in support of Thomas, particularly due to her leadership of Massey as a te Tiriti-led university.
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She has been a supporter of indigenous and minority groups throughout her career. Thomas has stated her ambition for Massey
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Cost cutting proposed by Thomas include no longer offering engineering qualifications at any of Massey's three campuses, and the loss of 60 percent of staff in the schools of natural sciences and food and advanced technology. Radio New
Zealand reported fears that plan puts the university into a
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Murdoch University in 1987 to work in diagnostic veterinary pathology and was awarded membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists. Thomas decided to pursue a career in academia having seen the power universities have to transform lives.
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