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Open Polytechnic General Manager, Dr Caroline Seelig, completed her tenure with the specialist distance learning organisation in December 2022. Dr Seelig has led the organisation since the start of 2009.  In her message to kaimahi (staff), Dr Seelig said she was proud of the organisation’s...

WITT and the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand are getting off on the right foot in 2021, with a number of collaborative projects underway set to benefit learners, staff and the economic development of the region. The institutes are working together to develop digital materials that will extend...

 Open Polytechnic student Denise Roux was recently named the top graduate in the New Zealand Law Society Legal Executive Diploma.It’s been a remarkable year of achievement for Open Polytechnic legal executive students.  Aside from Mrs Roux achieving the top overall results, Sophia Burton,...

Peti Morgan has gone from a houseplant enthusiast to a qualified horticulture professional with help from Open Polytechnic’s NZ Certificate in Horticulture (Level 3).    Photo: Peti at Palmers Garden Centre in Miramar. Last year Peti confessed to her husband that maybe she had just a couple...

To applause from their proud family and friends, Open Polytechnic distance learning graduates from throughout the lower North Island crossed the stage at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington recently [23 May, 3.30 pm] to receive their well-earned qualifications.Open Polytechnic’s Wellington...

in his journey to walk the length of the country while raising funds for a cause that is close to his heart. When 76 year-old Kapiti man Ken Ash walks into Island Bay this week it will mark a major milestone

Open Polytechnic 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 April 2023. The opportunity arose for Jessica to take the trip to the...

Taranaki resident Kylie Filbee-Cronin juggled working full-time while ticking-off a string of life achievements during her time studying towards a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with the Open Polytechnic. She built a house, planned a wedding, continued her charity work, opened two home...

Open Polytechnic Bachelor of Arts graduate Driden Kunaka is set to send over 40,000 books to underprivileged schools in his home country, Zimbabwe. “On November 6 we had a function in Hamilton to announce the first lot of New Zealand Goodwill Ambassadors of the Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library...

Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, celebrated the first graduates of its Graduate Diploma in Teaching programme at ceremonies held throughout New Zealand recently. The flexibility of online, distance...