The mission of the University is to contribute to society through education, learning and research at the highest international level.

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles)

New Zealand  is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country has two main landmasses—the North Island , and the South Island  — and around 600 smaller islands.