Tairawhiti Polytechnic

Students always come first at Tairāwhiti Polytechnic (www.tairawhiti.ac.nz)

Tairāwhiti Polytechnic is the major government funded Tertiary Education Institute providing educational opportunities in Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay, Ruatoria and Napier.

Our tutors are the best in the business – we seek out those who teach because they love it. They're there to help you achieve your dreams, and they'll go to any lengths to make that happen.

We have a wide range of programmes – something here for everyone – whether you're looking to step up to university or keen to stay local and get your degree, diploma or certificate.

Our partnerships with other learning organisations throughout the country – Wintec, EIT & Tai Poutini – make it easy for our students to slip seamlessly between courses.

The 60+ programmes we offer full time, part time, and online, can be clustered under the following subjects - business administration & management; catering & hospitality; computing & information technology; early childhood & adult education; foundation studies; health & sport; māori studies; rural studies; social sciences; toihoukura - māori visual arts & design; and trades.

The Tairāwhiti Polytechnic’s goals are to maintain academic standards; restore financial viability by better matching costs to revenue; and establish timely control systems and processes to ensure stronger management control. For the first time in five years, in 2009-10 we recorded a financial surplus; we also re-established very good basic administration processes; continued campus upgrades; and despite a substantial restructure at the end of the year staff continue to work diligently towards the betterment of the community through education.

Unfortunately, despite this, the Government’s Budget announcements mean to achieve sustainability we must explore our options for viability through partnership with EIT. We are committed to our vision of high quality provision and look forward to seeing key decisions made which should achieve the vibrant future for tertiary education provision that we seek.