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−	|name            = University of Cape Town	+	|name            = University of La Rochelle
−	|native_name    = ''{{lang| af| Universiteit van Kaapstad}}<br/>{{lang| xh| iYunivesithi yaseKapa}}''	+	|native_name    = ''Wānangāronui a Tokapa''
−	|image_name      = University of Cape Town logo.svg	+	|image_name      = University of La Rochelle Emblem.jpg
	|image_upright  = 0.7		|image_upright  = 0.7
−	|image_alt      = Coat of arms of the University of Cape Town	+	|image_alt      =
−	|motto          = Spes Bona	+	|motto          = ''i Mānuka ta mau i ku mātauranga''
−	|mottoeng        = Good Hope	+	|mottoeng        = Our weapon is education
−	|established    = 1 October 1829	+	|established    = 1 October 1980
−	|type            = [[Public university|Public]]	+	|type            = Public
−	|endowment      = [[South African rand|R]]5,519 million<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2009 |publisher=University of Cape Town |url=http://www.uct.ac.za/usr/finance/afs/afs2016.pdf |accessdate=17 September 2010 |page=33}}</ref> <small>([[United States dollar|US$]]426 million {{as of|2016|lc=on}})</small>	+	|endowment      = [[Kirib|KRB]]5 billion ([[Oan Dollar|OAD]] 35 billion)
−	|chancellor      = [[Graça Machel]]	+	|chancellor      = His Royal Highness, Ehe
−	|vice_chancellor = [[Mamokgethi Phakeng]]	+	|vice_chancellor =
−	|head            = [[Mamokgethi Phakeng]]	+	|head            = Apikaira Parakimete
−	|academic_staff  = 1,629	+	|academic_staff  = 1,000
−	|administrative_staff = 3,179	+	|administrative_staff = 1,000
−	|students        = 29 074	+	|students        = 10,000
−	|undergrad      = 18 421	+	|undergrad      = 7,000
−	|postgrad        = 10 653	+	|postgrad        = 3,000
−	|city            = [[Cape Town]]	+	|city            = [[La Rochelle]] (''Tokapa'')
−	|province        = [[Western Cape]]	+	|province        = The Rock Island (''Tokamotu'')
−	|country        = South Africa	+	|country        = [[The Oan Isles]] (''Kōa'')
−	|coor            = {{coord|33|57|27|S|18|27|38|E|display=inline,title|region:ZA_type:edu}}	+	|coor            =
−	|campus          = 4 [[suburb]]an and 2 [[urban area|urban]] campuses	+	|campus          = 3
−	|former_names    = [[South African College]]	+	|former_names    = None
	|colours        = [[light blue (color)|Light Blue]], [[Dark blue (color)|Dark Blue]], [[Black]] and [[White]] {{color box|#ADD8E6}}&nbsp;{{color box|#00285C}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}		|colours        = [[light blue (color)|Light Blue]], [[Dark blue (color)|Dark Blue]], [[Black]] and [[White]] {{color box|#ADD8E6}}&nbsp;{{color box|#00285C}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
−	|nickname        = Ikeys	+	|nickname        = Watoka
−	|mascot          = Tiger	+	|mascot          = Blue Macaw (''Makoa Rakau'')
−	|affiliations    = [[Association of African Universities|AAU]], [[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]], [[Cape Higher Education Consortium|CHEC]], [[Higher Education South Africa|HESA]], [[International Association of Universities|IAU]], [[Worldwide Universities Network|WUN]]	+	|affiliations    = Oan National University Council
−	|website        = [http://www.uct.ac.za/ www.uct.ac.za]	+	|website        = [http://www.ulr.caek]
−	| logo  = University of Cape Town banner.svg	+	| logo  =
−	}}The University of La Rochelle ([[Oan language]]: ''Wānangāronui a Tokapa'') is a group of tertiary education research and teaching institutes owned by the La Rochelle University Company.	+	}}The University of La Rochelle ([[Oan language]]: ''Wānangāronui a Tokapa'') is a tertiary education research and teaching residence owned by the La Rochelle University Company (whose sole shareholder is the government of [[The Oan Isles]]. The University of La Rochelle was founded in 1960 in its current form at the main campus. The Graduate School of Business was built in 1980 and the La Rochelle Institute of Advanced Study was integrated from the La Rochelle School of Arts in Putangitangi. The University has approximately 700 staff and 10,000 students (3,000 of whom are postgraduates and 7,000 of whom are postgraduates). It is comprised of three faculties. The university is highly ranked because of its research output, high level of foreign students and academic staff, extensive partnerships with other universities, rigorous teaching, advanced facilities and small teacher to student ratio. It is praised because of its extensive library collections. It has a robust support of sports, with a massive Water Sports Center and Sports Complex and professional rugby, football, sailing and surfing teams.
−	== Governance ==	+	== Organisation ==
−	The La Rochelle University company was founded to consolidate the institutions of higher education and research in La Rochelle under one authority while avoiding the limits that a statutory solution would have imposed. The La Rochelle University Company is entirely owned by the government. It is managed by aBoard of Directors appointed by the Minister of Education. The Board operates independently and it appoints the Chief Executive Officer who manages the daily administration of the company. The company does not impose itself on the institutes of which it is comprised.	+	The University of La Rochelle is owned by the University Company. University Company is fully owned by the government of the Oan Isles. Its board of directors is appointed by the Minister of Education. The board of directors appoints the Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors is responsible for creating the framework by which the University of La Rochelle administers its affairs and for developing and managing security, transport and housing services for its staff and students. The University Company is also responsible for appropriating the government endowment. The University Company does not have the authority to control the teaching, research, tuition fees, appointment and dismissal of academic and support staff nor the discipline and admittance of students.
		+	[[File:ULR Rector.png|thumbnail|left|100px|Professor Lady Apikaira Rakaumanoao of Tonga Wharekauri, PhD, Rector of the University of La Rochelle]]
		+	The University of La Rochelle is governed by the Rector. The Rector is the administrative head of the university who is appointed by the Academic Council in consultation with the Student Council.  The The Student Council is elected by students. It elects an executive committee to carry out the daily administration of student issues over which the Student Council has been given authority. The Student Council elects a Student President among the members of the executive council to act as the highest representative of the student body. The Academic Council is formed of senior academic staff who are responsible for governing matters of academics and research within the purview granted to them in accordance with the University Constitution. The Student Council and the Academic Council have the authority to amend the University Constitution by a two thirds majority when seated as a joint assembly called the University Council.
−	Each institute generally runs its own affairs. Each institute charges tuition fees according to a framework developed by the board and presents a report of its financial position and performance to the board of directors every year. The board exercises oversight and coordination of the various institutions. The board also appropriates the government endowment every year. Otherwise, each institutions appoints its own managerial, academic and support staff, sets its own examinations, yearly timetable, and other procedures. The institutes issue degrees in the name of the University of La Rochelle and observe similar rules and standards.	+	== Faculties ==
−	== Residences ==	+	There are four faculties that comprise the school:
		+	* The Faculty of Law is responsible for offering education and conducting research in law and legal practice. It offers the following qualifications: Master, Doctor Bachelor (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Diploma in Laws.
		+	* The Faculty of Commerce offers education and conducts research on economics, accounting, finance, actuarial science, mathematics and statistics. It offers Bachelor, Masters, Doctor, and Honours degrees in accounting, actuarial science, economics (often combined with either mathematics, statistics, finance or information systems), management and econometrics, while tax and auditing are offered at postgraduate level as an independent degree and Master, Doctor, Honours and Bachelors degrees in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
		+	* The Faculty of Humanities is the biggest faculty. It offers teaching and research in a multitude of subjects broadly grouped into the social sciences (excluding economics). It offers Masters, Doctoral, Bachelor, and Honours degrees in education, language, linguistics, politics, religion, theology, anthropology/sociology, history, social work and psychology.
−	The institutions that make up the university depend on the University Company depend on it to provide their students with housing. There are many residences located in different parts of La Rochelle. The housing system houses half of all students. Most students housed  in university residences are undergraduates. All first-year students are housed in residences with catering. Second-year students have an option of catering and self-catering. Third-year students and above are obliged to go to a self-catering residence.	+	It also has two schools that theoretically fall under one of the above-mentioned faculties, but, in practice operate independently of them. These are:
		+	* The Graduate School of Business offers interdisciplinary education and research in commerce and business. It offers the University's Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. It also offers short courses in commerce and business-related subjects such as risk management.
		+	* The La Rochelle Institute of Advanced Study offers interdisciplinary training and research in the social sciences. It develops the coursework and provides the research environment for postgraduate studies in the social sciences.
−	Residences typically have different housing arrangements. A third have shared rooms. Another third have separate rooms with shared common areas. Another third have their own apartments. Fees for housing are charged separately from tuition fees. Students pay separately for the type of room they stay in and whether they have catering or not. Most residences have a library, computer center, and gym. Some residences have sports fields and courts. Most residences lie within walking distance of restaurants, shops, public transport, and entertainment such as cinemas. Residences are served by a University Bus System that is free to students and staff.	+	== Campus ==
		+	[[File:University of La Rochelle Main Campus.jpg|thumbnail|The Library Building across Library Lawn]]
		+	The University has three campuses. The Main Campus is located in the Makoa suburb of La Rochelle. The campus covers approximately 50 hectares. It houses all the faculties excluding the two independent schools. The campus has closed access. It is monitored by CCTV camera and regularly patrolled by plain-clothes security personnel with level three security clearance (the right to forcefully enter into a building and discharge a gun). There is uncapped broadband internet freely offered to all students and staff. There are numerous computer centers. Each faculty has a library and there is a main library that houses a collection of over a million books. Most of the buildings house offices and lecture venues. There is a cafeteria with fast food shops that offer affordable meals. There is a recreation center with free coffee, pool, television, video games, virtual reality gaming and other entertainment on offer under special arrangements. Smoking and drinking on campus is forbidden. There are two museums and one outdoor art gallery.
−	The allocation of residences is determined on a first come first serve basis. Residences are managed and administered by professional managers. Each residence has a council or committee to represent the students and manage student-related issues including discipline and spirit. Most residences have extracurricular activities such as sports and choir. There are numerous interresidence competitions such as chess tournaments and rugby matches.	+	The La Rochelle School of Advanced Study is located in the Putangitangi district in the suburban areas. It is located on the estate of the former Lords of Putangitangi and built in the Old Polynesian Style. It has a gallery that displays the Putangitangi collection of old artefacts. The Lord of Putangitangi retains that title and has a house on the property. The Graduate School of Business is located along the waterfront. It houses the University's Water Sports Center.
−	== Clubs ==	+	== Sports ==
−	There are numerous extracurricular activities for students to enjoy. There are clubs for different extracurricular activities that operate on a residence, institute or university-wide scale. The clubs that operate at university level, compete with other universities in the country or the world. They are semi-professional and have stringent admittance. Students often receive scholarships if they participate in a sport and are part of a university team.	+	The University of La Rochelle is one of the premier sports universities in the country. It has one of the best rugby, soccer, surfing and sailing teams in the country. Its athletes compete not only in university and community competitions for amateurs but professional leagues in domestic settings particularly its rugby which competes internationally as well. The University prides itself in sport, offering scholarships to students who compete in the sports disciplines offered by the school and fully, buying their equipment and handling their training. Sports Weeks particularly the annual Rugby Clash in April, are considered major social events with the academic calendar being designed to accommodate them.
−	There are political clubs that are linked to a student organisation for one of the national political parties. They often contest elections in the various student representative bodies. Some of these are limited to the University or comprise lobbyist activities for special interest groups within or of the university. Different religions are represented. There are various schools of Mauism, sects of Islam and Abrahamism and denominations of Christianity. There are clubs linked to various nationalities of foreign students such as the Noberean Students' Club. Most c,Luba, except for religious ones, require membership fees to be paid.	+	[[File:La Rochelle University Stadium.jpeg|thumbnail|La Rochelle University Stadium, multipurpose sports arena]]
		+	The University Sports Complex is located across the street, but it is administered separately from the Main Campus. The University Sports Complex has a general-access gym that is freely available to all students and staff and available to the public with a monthly fee. There is an advanced training center for athletes competing at university level. It has trainers and sports medical personnel to develop the athletes. There is an outdoor multipurpose stadium for rugby, soccer and track athletics. The venue has a moveable roof and seats over 20,000 spectators. It is the home ground of the University rugby and soccer teams, which are considered professional teams and compete at national-level leagues. There is are two Olympic-size swimming pools. There is a cricket and hockey oval and a field with pavilions for soccer and rugby. There are indoor courts for basketball, martial arts, stage for boxing and wrestling, a cage for mixed martial arts, and gymnastics, squash and other sports. There is an outdoor tennis court with pavilions that seat 3,000 people. There is are cricket nets. There is a rock climbing wall and tree climbing poles.
−	Rugby is the biggest sport in the University. The University Rugby union squad is part of the national professional rugby league. There are many sports recognised by the university. The University often performs well in most major national sports such as athletics, boxing, canoeing, climbing and watersports. The University Company owns sports grounds such as cricket ovals and rugby fields. It also owns a large sports center with an Olympic swimming pool, courts and a gym along with a sports medicine center in the Institute of Medicine	+	The University Water Sports Complex is a large center to train and develop athletes in the water sports offered by the school such as sailing, surfing, wind-surfing, canoeing and diving. It has a diving tank with pressure control. It equips its athletes with all the equipment that they need such as diving suits and oxygen tanks and safety gear. The University also has a marina at the Water Sports Center that houses all that yatchs.
−	== Medicine ==	+	== Clubs ==
−		+
−	The Tamatea Institute was founded in the 1900s. It is named after its founder: Rutu Tamatea. Rutu Tamatea was a nurse and midwife and herbalist. She saw the dismal state of medicine in her area and decided to train women in her home as nurses, midwives and herbalists. Her husband helped her raise the money to buy a townhouse where she would be able to train the nurses. She approached the Education Guild and requested that they recognise her school and offer her support. When the Guild members saw her work, they were impressed and decided to assist her.	+
−		+
−	When she passed away, ownership and management of the small college was transferred to a foundation that her family established in her name: the Rutu Tamatea Foundation. The foundation was fully financed by the government through the relevant authority in charge of education at the time. The institute expanded considerably over the years. It built a clinic, bought more properties to house its students and hold classes. The institute raised support from private donors to buy the land on which the modern campus is built in 1920. The campus had been a farm that went bankrupt because of a failed crop. As new buildings were built, the school relocated there where it remains. In 1950, the school worked with the La Rochelle City Council to build the La Rochelle Hospital that stands next to the campus connected by an underground tunnel.	+
−		+
−	=== Staff and Students ===	+
−		+
−	There are 1,000 students. There are 50 permanent academic staff. There are 200 guest lecturers,who have a contract with the institute to lecture students once a year. Many of the lecturers conduct research and write books. Senior students often work as support academic staff by marking tests or offering tutorial classes. Senior students also work at the La Rochelle Hospital where they receive their training as part of their education.	+
−		+
−	=== Facilities ===	+
−		+
−	The campus has limited access. Students and staff enter through the gates by biometric scanning. The campus is monitored by closed-circuit television. Security personnel regularly patrol the campus and have guards permanently set up at the dangerous chemicals center. The school also operates the student wellness program. All students from the University of La Rochelle are able to get free access to a psychologist, contraceptives, immunisations and check-ups at the La Rochelle Hospital.The school is served by a free uncapped broadband internet network. The school has been renovated with ramps, toilets and elevators catered for the disabled.	+
−		+
−	Upon entering the school one proceeds to the Tamatea Square. This a paved area, where a statute of Rutu Tamatea has been erected in the center. There are benches and trees. On the east edifice is the Medical Library. The library is two stories high with a story below ground. The underground section houses every Journal ever printed by the National Medical Journal and a collection of ancient writings on herbal medicine. The collection of herbal medicine is the largest in the country. Behind the building is a Study Center with computers, meeting rooms, and hundreds of study desks.	+
−		+
−	On the western edifice of Tamatea Square is the Admin Building where the offices of staff are located, with offices for tuition queries, ICT related requests and issues, safety and security, transport and others. The southern edifice faces the main gate. The northern edifice has the Second Student Center. There is a cafeteria, gaming center, gym, movie screening room, theatre, various rooms linked by a large open gallery with art on display.	+
−		+
−	There are buildings mostly on the east which house, mostly, lecture theatres, tutorial classes and computer labs. The buildings on the north house the laboratories and the chemicals storage sites. The southern area is made up of various centers for research which take up the most space on campus. They include the Center for Genetics, the Center for Neurology and others. These research centers also form a part of the Hospital Complex. The Hospital lies on the other side of them, housing mostly offices and wards for patients to sleep in.	+
−		+
−	=== Research ===	+
−		+
−	The institute has had a considerable influence on the study on traditional medicine particularly herbal medicine. Rutu Tamatea believed that herbs were just as important as modern innovations that were being readily adopted in the Oan Isles. She not only left the school with a vast collection of books on the subject, but with a spirit to be an expert on the subject. Local pharmaceutical companies work with the Tamatea Institute to develop and test medicines particularly herbal medicines.	+
−		+
−	== Science ==	+
−	== Commerce ==	+
−	== Engineering ==	+
−	== Arts ==	+
−	== Humanities ==	+
−	== Law ==	+
−		+
−	The Wiremu Pounamu Law School was founded in 1950. The Law Society of the Oan Isles identified a need for the training of skilled lawyers. With financial support from the state, it founded a school where lawyers could be trained. The students were trained almost exclusively by visiting lecturers who were practicing attorneys. The Law School offered degrees from its inception. The school is named after Wiremu Pounamu, the supreme court justice who served as its first rector when he passed away two years after its founding. Before that it was simply known as the law school.	+
−		+
−	=== Staff and students ===	+
−		+
−	The school has 300 students and 100 academic staff and numerous guest lectures. The school has several judges, attorneys, investigators and legal academics who serve as teachers. The school also has the most militant and most powerful Student Council in the University. The Student Council has had a role in the La Rochelle community. It has sued the government for an urban development program that would have displaced many families, it has sued a corporation that was illegally dumping toxic chemicals into a stream. The Law Students Council is often approached by other student councils to assist and advise them on legal issues. Alumni serve on the council as well,sometimes availing their legal expertise and resources for causes of the Students Council.	+
−		+
−	=== Facilities ===	+
−	The Law school is housed in one building. The Wiremu Pounamu Building is Seven stories high with a courtyard in the middle. The main lobby leads to the courtyard elevators lead to the floors above while corridors lead to the computer rooms, and library on the east, and administrative offices on the west. The school has various lecture venues and classes. The library takes up the most space in the building, existing over two floors and housing 100,000 books. The school also has a moot court set up for mock trials. The school also has a law clinic. The law clinic is a full law firm where students serve to gain the practical experience they need to get their degrees.	+	The school has a number of non-sports clubs offered to students as well. There are fellowship clubs for the various religions on campus. The University Temple is a large venue with seating for 700 students that is designed primarily for Mauist services but people of other religions are free to use the venue. There are also nationality clubs that offer support for students from overseas and help develop cultural understanding on campus. There is a club aimed at the LGBT+ community called Rainbow ULR but open to heterosexuals as well. There is are political clubs formed of the student wings of the various political parties or some rally behind a particular cause such as the Free Gemica society which aimed to encourage support for the liberation of Gemica now known as the Kōhatu Isles. There is a choir, art group, drama group and other groups in the arts.

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University of La Rochelle
Wānangāronui a Tokapa
Motto	i Mānuka ta mau i ku mātauranga
Motto in English	Our weapon is education
Established	1 October 1980
Type	Public
Endowment	KRB5 billion (OAD 35 billion)
Chancellor	His Royal Highness, Ehe
Academic staff	1,000
Admin. staff	1,000
Students	10,000
Undergraduates	7,000
Postgraduates	3,000
Location	La Rochelle (Tokapa), The Rock Island (Tokamotu), The Oan Isles (Kōa)
Campus	3
Former names	None
Colours	Light Blue, Dark Blue, Black and White
Nickname	Watoka
Mascot	Blue Macaw (Makoa Rakau)
Affiliations	Oan National University Council
Website	[1]

The University of La Rochelle (Oan language: Wānangāronui a Tokapa) is a tertiary education research and teaching residence owned by the La Rochelle University Company (whose sole shareholder is the government of The Oan Isles. The University of La Rochelle was founded in 1960 in its current form at the main campus. The Graduate School of Business was built in 1980 and the La Rochelle Institute of Advanced Study was integrated from the La Rochelle School of Arts in Putangitangi. The University has approximately 700 staff and 10,000 students (3,000 of whom are postgraduates and 7,000 of whom are postgraduates). It is comprised of three faculties. The university is highly ranked because of its research output, high level of foreign students and academic staff, extensive partnerships with other universities, rigorous teaching, advanced facilities and small teacher to student ratio. It is praised because of its extensive library collections. It has a robust support of sports, with a massive Water Sports Center and Sports Complex and professional rugby, football, sailing and surfing teams.

Organisation

The University of La Rochelle is owned by the University Company. University Company is fully owned by the government of the Oan Isles. Its board of directors is appointed by the Minister of Education. The board of directors appoints the Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors is responsible for creating the framework by which the University of La Rochelle administers its affairs and for developing and managing security, transport and housing services for its staff and students. The University Company is also responsible for appropriating the government endowment. The University Company does not have the authority to control the teaching, research, tuition fees, appointment and dismissal of academic and support staff nor the discipline and admittance of students.

The University of La Rochelle is governed by the Rector. The Rector is the administrative head of the university who is appointed by the Academic Council in consultation with the Student Council. The The Student Council is elected by students. It elects an executive committee to carry out the daily administration of student issues over which the Student Council has been given authority. The Student Council elects a Student President among the members of the executive council to act as the highest representative of the student body. The Academic Council is formed of senior academic staff who are responsible for governing matters of academics and research within the purview granted to them in accordance with the University Constitution. The Student Council and the Academic Council have the authority to amend the University Constitution by a two thirds majority when seated as a joint assembly called the University Council.

Faculties

There are four faculties that comprise the school:

• The Faculty of Law is responsible for offering education and conducting research in law and legal practice. It offers the following qualifications: Master, Doctor Bachelor (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Diploma in Laws.
• The Faculty of Commerce offers education and conducts research on economics, accounting, finance, actuarial science, mathematics and statistics. It offers Bachelor, Masters, Doctor, and Honours degrees in accounting, actuarial science, economics (often combined with either mathematics, statistics, finance or information systems), management and econometrics, while tax and auditing are offered at postgraduate level as an independent degree and Master, Doctor, Honours and Bachelors degrees in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
• The Faculty of Humanities is the biggest faculty. It offers teaching and research in a multitude of subjects broadly grouped into the social sciences (excluding economics). It offers Masters, Doctoral, Bachelor, and Honours degrees in education, language, linguistics, politics, religion, theology, anthropology/sociology, history, social work and psychology.

It also has two schools that theoretically fall under one of the above-mentioned faculties, but, in practice operate independently of them. These are:

• The Graduate School of Business offers interdisciplinary education and research in commerce and business. It offers the University's Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. It also offers short courses in commerce and business-related subjects such as risk management.
• The La Rochelle Institute of Advanced Study offers interdisciplinary training and research in the social sciences. It develops the coursework and provides the research environment for postgraduate studies in the social sciences.

Campus

The University has three campuses. The Main Campus is located in the Makoa suburb of La Rochelle. The campus covers approximately 50 hectares. It houses all the faculties excluding the two independent schools. The campus has closed access. It is monitored by CCTV camera and regularly patrolled by plain-clothes security personnel with level three security clearance (the right to forcefully enter into a building and discharge a gun). There is uncapped broadband internet freely offered to all students and staff. There are numerous computer centers. Each faculty has a library and there is a main library that houses a collection of over a million books. Most of the buildings house offices and lecture venues. There is a cafeteria with fast food shops that offer affordable meals. There is a recreation center with free coffee, pool, television, video games, virtual reality gaming and other entertainment on offer under special arrangements. Smoking and drinking on campus is forbidden. There are two museums and one outdoor art gallery.

The La Rochelle School of Advanced Study is located in the Putangitangi district in the suburban areas. It is located on the estate of the former Lords of Putangitangi and built in the Old Polynesian Style. It has a gallery that displays the Putangitangi collection of old artefacts. The Lord of Putangitangi retains that title and has a house on the property. The Graduate School of Business is located along the waterfront. It houses the University's Water Sports Center.

Sports

The University of La Rochelle is one of the premier sports universities in the country. It has one of the best rugby, soccer, surfing and sailing teams in the country. Its athletes compete not only in university and community competitions for amateurs but professional leagues in domestic settings particularly its rugby which competes internationally as well. The University prides itself in sport, offering scholarships to students who compete in the sports disciplines offered by the school and fully, buying their equipment and handling their training. Sports Weeks particularly the annual Rugby Clash in April, are considered major social events with the academic calendar being designed to accommodate them.

The University Sports Complex is located across the street, but it is administered separately from the Main Campus. The University Sports Complex has a general-access gym that is freely available to all students and staff and available to the public with a monthly fee. There is an advanced training center for athletes competing at university level. It has trainers and sports medical personnel to develop the athletes. There is an outdoor multipurpose stadium for rugby, soccer and track athletics. The venue has a moveable roof and seats over 20,000 spectators. It is the home ground of the University rugby and soccer teams, which are considered professional teams and compete at national-level leagues. There is are two Olympic-size swimming pools. There is a cricket and hockey oval and a field with pavilions for soccer and rugby. There are indoor courts for basketball, martial arts, stage for boxing and wrestling, a cage for mixed martial arts, and gymnastics, squash and other sports. There is an outdoor tennis court with pavilions that seat 3,000 people. There is are cricket nets. There is a rock climbing wall and tree climbing poles.

The University Water Sports Complex is a large center to train and develop athletes in the water sports offered by the school such as sailing, surfing, wind-surfing, canoeing and diving. It has a diving tank with pressure control. It equips its athletes with all the equipment that they need such as diving suits and oxygen tanks and safety gear. The University also has a marina at the Water Sports Center that houses all that yatchs.

Clubs

The school has a number of non-sports clubs offered to students as well. There are fellowship clubs for the various religions on campus. The University Temple is a large venue with seating for 700 students that is designed primarily for Mauist services but people of other religions are free to use the venue. There are also nationality clubs that offer support for students from overseas and help develop cultural understanding on campus. There is a club aimed at the LGBT+ community called Rainbow ULR but open to heterosexuals as well. There is are political clubs formed of the student wings of the various political parties or some rally behind a particular cause such as the Free Gemica society which aimed to encourage support for the liberation of Gemica now known as the Kōhatu Isles. There is a choir, art group, drama group and other groups in the arts.