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• Open Polytechnic to co-host 2025 30th ICDE World Conference in Wellington

  Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, is pleased to be co-hosting, with Massey University, the 30th ICDE World Conference at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, from 10 - 13 November 2025.  

  Posted on 16 October 2024

• Open Polytechnic publishes annual Research Report 2023

  Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, recently published its annual Research Report for 2023. 

  Posted on 2 September 2024

• Open Polytechnic at the forefront of flexible learning

  Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s leading tertiary online learning institution, is proud to sponsor and be involved in this year’s Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) conference, which started on Monday at the University of Auckland. 

  Posted on 28 August 2024

• Open Polytechnic celebrates first graduates of Funeral Directing programme

  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 Funeral Directing programme at ceremonies held in Christchurch and Auckland recently. 

  Posted on 26 June 2024

• Open Polytechnic graduates celebrate at ceremonies around the country

  Around 1140 graduates from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand received their diplomas and degrees from the Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, either at graduation ceremonies in Auckland, Lower Hutt and Christchurch, or in absentia, in May and June 2024.

  Posted on 13 June 2024

• Open Polytechnic celebrates first graduates of initial teacher education qualifications

  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.

  Posted on 13 June 2024

• More learners seek futures through online skills training

  Interest in online vocational education continues to increase with specialist distance and online learning provider, Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, receiving over 11% more full-time student enrolments so far in 2024, compared with the same period last year.  

  Posted on 27 February 2024

• Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga congratulates Dr Caroline Seelig on King’s New Year Honour

  Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, congratulates Dr Caroline Seelig who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2024 King’s New Year Honours.

  Posted on 23 January 2024

• 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 treats.

  Posted on 15 December 2023

• 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 of Principal Academic Staff Member.  

  Posted on 25 October 2023