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Cambridge family gets the wheels in motion for gluten-free food business

Sabine Lang’s new gluten-free food business in the Waikato, Lang’s Little Bakery, not only provides for her family’s dietary needs it’s also giving those in the wider community with gluten intolerances a chance to try a range of delectable baked…

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga celebrates new Principal Academic Staff Members  

Four Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Academic Staff Members, Dr Melissa McMinn (Initial Teacher Education), Dr Mathew Thomas (Engineering), Dr Waireti Roestenburg (Social Health & Wellbeing), and Dr Indu Peiris (Management and Economics) were recently promoted to the prominent position…

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga empowers ākonga choice with business degree programmes changing to monthly intakes

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga is providing greater access to courses for ākonga (learners) and increased flexibility to study at their own pace, by recently changing to a monthly enrolment intake for most of its business degree offerings in the…

New Zealand Defence Force staff taking command of their careers through Te Pūkenga study

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have joined forces to recognise prior learning from on-the-job training for military-personnel who undertake tertiary education through Open Polytechnic.

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga graduates celebrate at graduation ceremonies

Seven hundred graduates from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand received their diplomas and degrees from the Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, either at graduation ceremonies in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, or in absentia,…

Open Polytechnic helps floristry learner’s career bloom

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga graduate Jessica Cooper has not only turned a hobby of picking and wrapping flowers into a career, but recently she attended the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show which ran from 29 March to 2…

New accounting degree opens for enrolment at Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga has opened the Bachelor of Accounting [Te Pūkenga] for enrolment.  It is the first unified degree programme to be offered across most Te Pūkenga business divisions.  

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga earns Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark

Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, has been working closely with Ako Aotearoa to gain the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) accreditation.

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga partnership with Ministry of Education to deliver Teacher Education Refresh Programme continues

Over 1000 teachers have graduated from the Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Teacher Education Refresh programme since it was first launched in 2018, and the specialist online distance learning provider and business division of Te Pūkenga, has now signed a…

Open Polytechnic Chief Executive completes tenure

Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga General Manager, Dr Caroline Seelig, completed her tenure with the specialist distance learning organisation in December 2022.