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The Open Polytechnic has taken out the top award at the Hutt Valley Business Excellence Awards held in Lower Hutt in November. The Waiwhetu-based distance tertiary education specialist won both the Not for Profit and the Supreme Award at the awards ceremony organised by Business Hutt Valley. The...

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As part of its nationwide graduation celebrations, the Open Polytechnic will hold its Wellington graduation ceremony today (16 May) at the Michael Fowler Centre. Starting a National Diploma in Architectural Technology at 17, Open Polytechnic graduate Kevin Hagen originally intended on going to...

The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is hosting a special one-hour educational lecture – ‘Next Generation Learning’ - presented by prestigious international speaker Dr. Diana G. Oblinger. An expert in the area of online education, Dr. Oblinger is President and CEO of...

An international research project is investigating the wellbeing of people in countries around the globe. Aaron Jarden, the President of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology and a lecturer in psychology at the Open Polytechnic, is leading a team of researchers in The Wellbeing...

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (OPNZ) has today, (Tuesday 31 March), confirmed it will take responsibility for Tai Poutini Polytechnic from 1 January 2027, securing the future of vocational education and training on the West Coast. Sharon Cooke, Chief Executive, Open Polytechnic Chief Executive...

Former Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Council Chair Murray Bain has been named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. He served as Council Chair from 2014 - 2020 and received the honour for his services to tertiary education and digital learning.In...

ESA Publications, a subsidiary company of The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Ltd, has printed thousands of workbooks and distributed them to the Ministry of Education to help school pupils who do not have access to devices or the internet as part of the Ministry’s COVID-19 learning from home...

The retiring Chair of the Open Polytechnic, Douglas Langford, has welcomed the announcement of new ministerial appointments to its Council by Steven Joyce, Minister of Tertiary Education.  The new appointments include Graeme Hall (Chair), Dr Alan Barker (Deputy Chair), Sue Duncan and Dr Ray...

Open Polytechnic will become part of Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, on 1 November, 2022.“The decision to move on 1 November enables us to complete the transition process well before our very busy end of year processes and activities and the Christmas and New Year...