454:, allegedly described the university as a “bloody pack of rascals.” This insult apparently reflected Fowler's opinion that the universities consultants had inflated the cost of saving the building. In his view, VUW was abrogating its responsibility for not saving the building. By September 1977, the Council decided to demolish the Hunter Building. A group of alumni and associated parties formed the Friends of Hunter Society to save the building, delivering a 2000 signature petition. Concerted efforts to save the building ensued for more than a decade. The Hunter building was registered as a
417:, departments gradually moved to new premises in the Kirk and Easterfield buildings. This resulted in the centre of the university shifting southwards away from the building. In 1959 the building was named for Sir Thomas Hunter, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of New Zealand and the first principal of Victoria College. From this period, to the 1970s, the building remained largely unchanged, being used on a daily basis.
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