New Zealand is undertaking a major reform of its vocational education system, highlighted at the inaugural APAC TVET Forum recently.

Education stakeholders have suggested the plan to open New Zealand borders from April 2022 places the country's providers at a competitive disadvantage.

There are no major amendments to current plans to allow international students to enter New Zealand again, the country's minister of education has said.

New Zealand has announced a reopening of borders to 1,000 tertiary-level international students who were caught offshore when border restrictions began, which has been widely welcomed by stakeholders.

A small number of international students doing PhDs will be allowed to enter New Zealand, with the first expected to arrive in November. 

ENZ has reassured stakeholders ITPs are still welcoming international students after the government proposed a merger of the state-funded institutions.

New Zealand’s Victoria University of Wellington has been left to consider its options after the government rejected a bid to change its name to the University of Wellington

Stakeholders in New Zealand’s international education industry have criticised the government’s decision to increase the export education levy, after the central government fund it supplies almost ran out earlier this year, due to provider closures.