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Open Polytechnic to lead future of Tai Poutini on the West Coast

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...

Open Polytechnic Legal Executive students awarded top marks

Open Polytechnic students have claimed four of the six top places in the New Zealand Law Society’s (NZLS) 2012 Legal Executive Diploma examinations. Top places were achieved by Maritsa Cousins - Introduction to Law Office Practice exam, Lyn McCarthy – Estates Law and Practice exam, Rachel...

Strong performance highlighted in 2021 Open Polytechnic Annual Report

The recently released 2021 Annual Report for Open Polytechnic highlights a second year of record enrolment growth, strong financial and course completion results, and significant progress towards closing the equity gap for priority learners.A subsidiary of Te Pūkenga, Open Polytechnic is New...

Open Polytechnic Congratulates Murray Bain on Queens Birthday Honour

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...

Open Polytechnic and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa partner to digitise te reo Māori education programme

Open Polytechnic and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) are working in an innovative partnership to digitise course content for one of New Zealand’s largest te reo Māori programmes.The project involves converting Te Wānanga o Aotearoa’s Te Ara Reo Māori programme for blended delivery on Open...

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

Open Polytechnic 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 Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Applied Management, and...

Leading New Zealand-focused public relations text now available as eBook

The first eBook to focus on the practice of public relations and communication management in New Zealand has just been published.Lead author and Open Polytechnic Associate Professor Communications, Dr Gary Mersham co-authored Public Relations and Communication Management: An Aotearoa/New Zealand...

Open Polytechnic library degree pathway to professional registration

Library employees who want to take their careers to the next level and gain professional registration will now find the process easier when they complete an information and library studies undergraduate degree with the Open Polytechnic. The Open Polytechnic is the only provider of undergraduate...

Open Polytechnic student wins top prize from New Zealand Law Society

Kerikeri-based Open Polytechnic student Katrina Berghan has been named the top graduating student in the 2008 New Zealand Law Society’s nation-wide Legal Executive Course examinations. “I was really shocked, and quite overwhelmed to be named the top graduate”, says Katrina, who worked...

Open Polytechnic wins business award

The Open Polytechnic took out the award for Excellence in Professional Services at the 2011 Westpac Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Awards held last night (16th November).The Lower Hutt-based distance tertiary education specialist is one of the largest educator’s of New Zealand’s...