New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: A Focus on Industry Skills Boards
In my previous articles, I examined the vocational education reforms and the new Tertiary Education Strategy. In this fifth article, I explore how these two…
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New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Strategy 2025-2030
On 2 December 2025, Ministers Shane Reti and Penny Simmonds released New Zealand’s new Tertiary Education Strategy for 2025-2030. In this fourth article in my…
New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: The Legislation is Passed – What Happens Now?
In my first two articles of this series, I explored the history of New Zealand’s vocational education system and the announcement of the 2026 reforms.…
New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: The 2026 Vocational Education Reform
In my previous article, I explained the New Zealand vocational education system prior to 2019, and the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) which took place…
New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: The Story So Far
New Zealand’s education system has been changing rapidly in the last few years with significantly more change to come. In this first article in a…
Learning from New Zealand – Structuring the Post-16 Education Sector and Degree Apprenticeships
In July, the Edge Foundation undertook a virtual study exchange with colleagues in New Zealand. Over four sessions, we explored various innovative approaches, including structuring…
