Food and Fibre hub goes live

Modified 5 January 2021

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has launched a food and fibre careers hub on its careers.govt.nz website to promote the diversity of career opportunities in our essential food and fibre sectors.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/about-us/about-us/news-and-consultations/news-and-consultations/archived-news/food-and-fibre-hub-goes-live

Requirements for online enrolment, record-keeping and agreements

Modified 11 August 2025

This page outlines the Tertiary Education Commission’s (TEC’s) key requirements and expectations for online arrangements.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/sector-governance-and-performance/sector-governance-and-performance/online-delivery-best-practice/online-enrolments/requirements-for-online-enrolment-record-keeping-and-agreements

Cyber security webinars

Modified 29 July 2025

Over the last year, the Cyber Security for the Tertiary Sector initiative facilitated online webinars to help organisations in the New Zealand tertiary education sector to better understand cyber security and help them decide what steps they can take to become more secure.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/sector-governance-and-performance/sector-governance-and-performance/cyber-security-in-the-tertiary-sector/cyber-security-webinar

MITO transitions to Te Pūkenga

Modified 3 August 2023

MITO New Zealand (MITO) transitioned almost all of its arranging training functions, learners and employees to Te Pūkenga subsidiary Work Based Learning (WBL) on 1 January 2022.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/about-us/about-us/news-and-consultations/news-and-consultations/archived-news/mito-transitions-to-te-pukenga

Change of Chair for the Service Industries Interim Establishment Board

Modified 21 February 2022

The Reform of Vocational Education Programme (RoVE) has announced that Alastair Carruthers has stepped down from his role as the Chair of the Services interim Establishment Board (iEB) effective from the 10 February 2021; however, he has agreed to stay on as a board member.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/about-us/about-us/news-and-consultations/news-and-consultations/archived-news/change-of-chair-for-the-service-industries-interim-establishment-board

Fund for PTEs in financial difficulty due to COVID-19 open for application

Modified 16 July 2021

https://www.tec.govt.nz/about-us/about-us/news-and-consultations/news-and-consultations/archived-news/fund-for-ptes-in-financial-difficulty-due-to-covid-19-open-for-application

Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) next funding round to open

Modified 16 June 2021

The 2019/20 funding round for Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) will open soon, the Tertiary Education Commission announced today.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/about-us/about-us/news-and-consultations/news-and-consultations/archived-news/centres-of-research-excellence-cores-next-funding-round-to-open

Updates to funds management and payments processes

Modified 13 October 2022

As part of our commitment to delivering effective and efficient service and support to TEOs, we've made some changes to provide more consistency and accountability to the way we work.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/about-us/about-us/news-and-consultations/news-and-consultations/archived-news/updates-to-the-funds-management-processes

Programme eligibility – Youth Guarantee

Modified 5 August 2025

This page sets out the eligibility criteria to deliver a programme funded through the Youth Guarantee (YG) Fund.

https://www.tec.govt.nz/funding/funding/fund-finder/youth-guarantee/eligibility