Kia ora
 
Thank you for your email.
 
The New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) is now closed
for the Christmas/New Year holiday period. 
 
We reopen on 5 January 2026, and the team will be able to respond to
queries after that time.
 
From 1 January 2026, the following provider-based business divisions of
NZIST will become individual institutes of technology and polytechnic
(ITP) entities standing alone:

* Ara Institute of Canterbury (Ara)
* Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT)
* Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
* Southern Institute of Technology (SIT)
* Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
* Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec)
* Unitec Institute of Technology (Unitec) and Manukau Institute of
Technology (MIT)
* Otago Polytechnic
* Universal College of Learning (UCOL)
* The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

From the same date, the following work-based business divisions of NZIST
will be managed by the newly established Industry Skills Boards (ISBs):

* HITO
* PrimaryITO
* Careerforce
* Competenz
* Connexis
* ServiceIQ
* EarnLearn

 
Please be aware that if your query, or request for information, relates to
one of these divisions, we may need to forward your email to the relevant
ITP or ISB in the new year for direct response. 
 
Best wishes for a wonderful summer holiday period.
 
Ngā mihi
The OIA Team
 
Office of the Chief Executive
 

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Tçnâ koe Wayne

 

Notification of transfer regarding your request for information

 

Thank you for your email dated 22 December 2025, requesting information
from the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) under the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).

 

In July 2025, the Government announced ten individual institutes of
technology and polytechnic (ITP) entities would stand alone from 1 January
2026 with full responsibility for and ownership of the operations of the
former business divisions of NZIST.

The ten are listed in the Minister’s announcement of 14 July, at:
[1]www.beehive.govt.nz/release/regional-governance-will-return-ten-polytechnics.

Each entity is now responsible for the information it holds, and each is
subject to the OIA as a separate entity from NZIST.

 

We consider the information to which your request relates to be more
closely connected with the functions of the newly established standalone
ITP – Otago Polytechnic.

Therefore, under section 14(b)(ii) of the OIA we have transferred your
request to Otago Polytechnic for direct response.

 

Otago Polytechnic will contact you directly in due course.

 

You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section
28(3) of the OIA if you are not happy with this transfer.

Information about how to do this is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by calling 0800 802 602.

 

Ngâ mihi

Johnny

 

Office of the Chief Executive

 

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