Tai Poutini Polytechnic Employee Directory
Higher EducationWest Coast, New Zealand51-200 Employees
Tai Poutini Polytechnic is a higher education provider located in Runanga on New Zealand’s West Coast. It operates within Te Pūkenga, the national network that unites Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics with certain Industry Training Organisations to coordinate training across the country. Through Te Pūkenga, the polytechnic contributes to New Zealand's tertiary education system with national and regional reach for long-term skills training, enabling learners to move between workplaces and other educational offerings as their needs change. Locally, the institution collaborates with regional partners to broaden access to education, including a 2020 collaboration with the West Coast District Health Board to identify education opportunities for supported learners transitioning to higher education or work. In 2020, it announced training programmes for the second half of the year following input from local businesses and the community.