Neo-neoliberalist capitalism, intensification by stealth and campus real estate in the modern university in Aotearoa/New Zealand

This article critiques media commentary on reforms in higher education (HE) and the polytechnic or vocational education and training (VET) in Aotearoa/New Zealand during 2023. It used as its epicentre Gaston’s (2023) opinion piece, particularly on the current round of redundancies, rationalisations and restructurings in the sector in our ‘post-COVID-19’ world. Her suggestion that the reforms as we see them today lead me to explore the origins of neoliberalist ideology in tertiary education in th