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'''Tai Poutini Polytechnic''' (TPP) provides tertiary education aimed to meets the needs of West Coast students and businesses. TPP's West Coast programmes include, among others, tourism and hospitality training across the retail and service sector, outdoor education training, agriculture, extractive/mining, and specialist jade and hard stone carving programmes.
'''Tai Poutini Polytechnic''' (TPP) is a New Zealand company that aims to provide tertiary education meeting the needs of West Coast students and businesses. TPP's West Coast programmes include tourism and hospitality training across the retail and service sector, outdoor education training, agriculture, extractive/mining, and specialist jade and hard stone carving programmes.


Established in 1989, the Polytechnic now trains around 6,000 students every year in full or part-time study options. TPP's aim is to get their students into jobs in the local community, so they work with industry partners and local employers to ensure the training is suited to the needs of the West Coast. Training is provided local campuses in [[Greymouth]] and [[Westport, New Zealand|Westport]], with on-site training at various locations across the region to ensure the students face real world work requirements.
TPP provides educational opportunities for approximately 6,000 students annually through full or part-time study options. Its objective is to facilitate employment opportunities within the local community. To achieve this, TPP collaborates with industry partners and local employers to tailor training programs to the specific needs of the West Coast region. Training is conducted at local campuses situated in [[Greymouth]] and [[Westport, New Zealand|Westport]], supplemented by on-site training at diverse locations throughout the region. This approach enables students to encounter real-world work requirements during their education.


In addition to their West Coast-based programmes, TPP also offers a range of national niche programmes at sites from [[Wanaka]] to [[Auckland]], including:
In addition to their West Coast–based programmes, TPP also offers a variety of national niche programmes at sites from [[Wānaka]] to [[Auckland]], encompassing:
*emergency management and search and rescue training through our Emergency Management Department;
*emergency management and search and rescue training through our Emergency Management Department;
*industry training including scaffolding, industrial ropes, rigging, and cranes;
*industry training including scaffolding, industrial ropes, rigging, and cranes;
*civil construction industry training;
*civil construction industry training;
*ski patrol training based in Wanaka.
*[[Mountain Education Centre of New Zealand#Certificate in Ski Patrol|ski patrol]] training based in Wānaka.
In 2017, TPP received a rating of 4 from the [[New Zealand Qualifications Authority]], the worst rating received for a polytechnic institute. In 2018, the New Zealand–based media company [[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] released [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101908959/what-went-wrong-at-tai-poutini-polytech--new-zealands-worst-polytechnic an article] about TPP criticizing Tai Poutini Polytechnic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Joanne |date=2018-03-09 |title=What went wrong at Tai Poutini Polytech - New Zealand's worst polytechnic |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101908959/what-went-wrong-at-tai-poutini-polytech--new-zealands-worst-polytechnic |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>


On 1 April 2020, Tai Poutini Polytechnic was subsumed into [[New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology]] alongside the 15 other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kenny |first1=Lee |title=Wanted: 'Sophisticated' leader to head NZ's mega polytech |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/116969565/wanted-sophisticated-leader-to-head-nzs-mega-polytech |accessdate=7 March 2020 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=29 October 2019}}</ref>
On 1 April 2020, Tai Poutini Polytechnic was subsumed into [[New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology]] alongside the 15 other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kenny |first1=Lee |title=Wanted: 'Sophisticated' leader to head NZ's mega polytech |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/116969565/wanted-sophisticated-leader-to-head-nzs-mega-polytech |accessdate=7 March 2020 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=29 October 2019}}</ref>
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* Civil and mining
* Community education
* Community Education
* Emergency management and search and rescue
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 23 October 2024

Tai Poutini Polytechnic
Established1989
Academic staff
168 FTE Staff 2017
Students1,840 EFTS 2017
Location
Greymouth
,
New Zealand
AffiliationsPublic NZ TEI
Websitehttp://www.tpp.ac.nz/

Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) is a New Zealand company that aims to provide tertiary education meeting the needs of West Coast students and businesses. TPP's West Coast programmes include tourism and hospitality training across the retail and service sector, outdoor education training, agriculture, extractive/mining, and specialist jade and hard stone carving programmes.

TPP provides educational opportunities for approximately 6,000 students annually through full or part-time study options. Its objective is to facilitate employment opportunities within the local community. To achieve this, TPP collaborates with industry partners and local employers to tailor training programs to the specific needs of the West Coast region. Training is conducted at local campuses situated in Greymouth and Westport, supplemented by on-site training at diverse locations throughout the region. This approach enables students to encounter real-world work requirements during their education.

In addition to their West Coast–based programmes, TPP also offers a variety of national niche programmes at sites from Wānaka to Auckland, encompassing:

  • emergency management and search and rescue training through our Emergency Management Department;
  • industry training including scaffolding, industrial ropes, rigging, and cranes;
  • civil construction industry training;
  • ski patrol training based in Wānaka.

In 2017, TPP received a rating of 4 from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the worst rating received for a polytechnic institute. In 2018, the New Zealand–based media company Stuff released an article about TPP criticizing Tai Poutini Polytechnic.[1]

On 1 April 2020, Tai Poutini Polytechnic was subsumed into New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology alongside the 15 other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).[2]

Programmes

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Tai Poutini offers a range of mainstream and specialist programmes. Specialist outdoor education programmes, including ski patrol, are located in the South Island. The polytechnic's one and two year jade carving programmes are unique to New Zealand, and are situated near the source of West Coast jade.

Study options:

  • Agriculture
  • Arts and carving
  • Automotive and engineering
  • Business and IT
  • Chef and hospitality
  • Civil and mining
  • Community Education
  • Emergency management and search and rescue
  • Health and beauty
  • Industry training
  • Outdoor education and ski patrol
  • Tourism
  • Trades

References

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  1. ^ Carroll, Joanne (9 March 2018). "What went wrong at Tai Poutini Polytech - New Zealand's worst polytechnic". Stuff. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. ^ Kenny, Lee (29 October 2019). "Wanted: 'Sophisticated' leader to head NZ's mega polytech". Stuff. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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