Massey University campus, 13 December 1973

A clear oblique aerial view of the campus of Massey University.

University Avenue (the Ring Road) can clearly be seen - the last connecting piece of this road, the bridge spanning the gully behind the Social Sciences Complex, is under construction.

In the left of the area enclosed by University Avenue, building work on Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences Buildings A and B (right next to the Agricultural Engineering Building) and the Riddet Complex is nearing completion. Behind them, on the other side of the Ring Road, is the Boiler House, while Colombo Hall - a residence built to house foreign students studying at the university under the Colombo Plan - stands in front of the Riddet Complex.

The Science Towers are in the centre of the campus area inside University Avenue, with the Veterinary Sciences Complex behind them, and the Library, Student Centre and Social Sciences Complex to the right.

Far beyond the Social Sciences Complex, on the other side of Tennant Drive, stands Walter Dyer Hall, Craiglockhart (Moginie House) and four other houses that would eventually form part of the wider Moginie Village residential area for students.

Also of note is the Main Building from the original Massey Agricultural College, in front of the Social Sciences Complex, with the space between the two later becoming the site of a brand new Registry Building, built to replace the original which can be seen between the Main Building and the Student Centre.

Other buildings from the old Massey Agricultural College era - concentrated around the area in front of the Student Centre known as the Oval - include (counter-clockwise, from top left) Tiritea House, McHardy Hall, the Refectory and the Old Hostel, behind which amongst the trees stands the old Swimming Pool, no longer in use at this time.

Another noteworthy feature, visible near the bottom right corner of the image, is the old Water Tower, as well as the site where a brand new water tower will be built to replace it.

To the left of the Oval are the Rehab Hostels and Young Farmers' Club Memorial Hostel, while at the far left of the picture, on the opposite side of University Avenue, are the Wool Building, the interim Biology Building, and three newer student residences: Rotary, Egmont and City Courts.

To the right of the Main Building are the buildings that were originally built as the wool classing, farm machinery, carpenters' workshop, fitter shop and the concrete shop facilities for Massey Agricultural College, but would be reused for multiple purposes over the following years, and are today known as the Courtyard Complex. At this time they were being used by Ground Maintenance and Service Maintenance.