by a white supremacist group after several University of Auckland students complained that individuals wearing swastikas were intimidating students, while fascist posters, stickers and white supremacist messages were reportedly appearing on campus. Formerly, McCutcheon had labelled the claims of wider white supremacist rhetoric at the university 'nonsense'. McCutcheon later released a statement to staff in which he clarified his position on free speech, noting he always has been, and always will be utterly opposed to prejudice, discrimination and hate speech of any kind, including the kind that is characterised as white supremacy, and acknowledging the very real hurt and sense of threat that some people at the University felt in response to these expressions of white supremacist views. Personal life McCutcheon was married to Deborah and had two children. Death McCutcheon died suddenly from a heart attack in Auckland on 6 January 2023, aged 68. References 1954 births 2023 deaths Massey University alumni Vice-chancellors of Victoria University of Wellington Vice-Chancellors of the University of Auckland Scientists from Wellington City People educated at Rongotai College