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Polytech changes will cost 1000 jobs, 500 courses, Cabinet paper reveals

NEW ZEALAND, JUL 23 – More than 500 courses and around 1,000 jobs will be cut as polytechnics gain independence to improve financial viability, government documents reveal.

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By John Gerritsen of RNZ A Cabinet paper has revealed that re-establishing independent polytechnics will cost more than 500 courses and about 1000 jobs. The...

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Cost of polytech changes revealed

Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds. Photo: Photo: RNZ By John Gerritsen of RNZ  A Cabinet paper reveals re-establishing independent polytechnics will cost more than 500 courses and about 1000 jobs.

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Polytech changes will cost 1000 jobs, 500 courses, Cabinet paper reveals

Tertiary Education Union national secretary Sandra Grey said it was the first time the full scale of the cuts had been revealed.

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Telford soldiers on amid polytech shifts

Southern Institute of Technology waiting to hear what government has in store as it ‘returns to self-governance’.

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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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