Vision/Nga Wawata

New Zealand’s first choice for vocational lifelong learning from foundation to degree level.

Mission/Kaupapa

To support national development goals, build workforce skills and empower New Zealanders as individuals and citizens by providing flexible, nation-wide access to education that meets the changing vocational needs of lifelong learners.

A specialist national provider of open and distance learning, the Open Polytechnic is an award-winning institution that holds an international reputation in its field.

It’s also one of New Zealand’s largest ITP institutions and major educators of people in the workforce.

Through its strengths in flexible learning, Open Polytechnic plays a unique role in the tertiary education system providing:

• A national centre of expertise in open and distance learning
• Flexible access for people who seek or need an alternative to  face-to-face study
• Upskilling for people in or near work
• Standardised national resources and qualifications for business and industry
• One of New Zealand’s leading centres for educational resource and content development.

In order to respond to the changing needs of 21st Century learners, the Open Polytechnic is committed to a learner-centered ethos in all aspects of operation.

The Polytechnic aims to deliver its flexible services in increasingly customised ways to meet the needs of different learner, business, industry and community groups.

It also aims to use its distinctive strengths in collaborative arrangements to increase responsiveness and cost-efficiency across the network of ITP provision.