Statistics taken from the State Services Commission Annual Report 2008

The list below presents the total remuneration received by chief executives in the tertiary education sector for the financial year 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007, in remuneration bands of $10,000.

• Under $100,000 – Te Wānanga o Raukawa and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi
• $110,000 to $119,999 – Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi (includes payment of contractual entitlements at last day of duty)
• $170,000 to $179,999 – Tairāwhiti Polytechnic (relates to contractual entitlements at last day of duty for the previous incumbent whose last day of duty was 31 December 2006)
• $190,000 to $199,999 – Telford Rural Polytechnic
• $200,000 to $209,999 – Aoraki Polytechnic and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
• $210,000 to $219,999 – Tai Poutini Polytechnic
• $220,000 to $229,999 – Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Southern Institute of Technology
• $230,000 to $239,999 – Northland Polytechnic
• $240,000 to $249,999 – Manukau Institute of Technology and Waiāriki Institute of Technology
• $250,000 to $259,999 – Eastern Institute of Technology and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
• $270,000 to $279,999 – Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Otago Polytechnic, Unitec Institute of Technology, Whitireia Community Polytechnic
• $280,000 to $289,999 – The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
• $290,000 to $299,999 – Wellington Institute of Technology
• $300,000 to $309,999 – Waikato Institute of Technology
• $320,000 to $329,999 – Universal College of Learning
• $340,000 to $349,999 – Lincoln University, University of Waikato
• $360,000 to $369,999 – Victoria University of Wellington
• $400,000 to $409,999 – Auckland University of Technology
• $420,000 to $429,999 – Western Institute of Technology Taranaki (includes payment of contractual entitlements at last day of duty)
• $450,000 to $459,999 – University of Canterbury
• $460,000 to $469,999 – University of Otago
• $520,000 to $529,999 – Massey University (includes payments relating to previous periods) and University of Auckland

The sums reported in the list are largely consistent with the requirements of section 211 of the Companies Act 1993. The sums reflect the total remuneration received by the employee in 2007.

Several chief executives were appointed or left during the year. In this instance the list records the higher of the two salaries for organisations that had two chief executives during 2007.