Te Pūkenga is hoping to attract labour and ensure that all NZ regions share in the "cultural vitality" that international students bring.

Consultation on New Zealand's refreshed International Education Strategy 2022-2030 is launching imminently, while the government has reaffirmed its commitment to "reinvigorate and strengthen" the international education sector.

The government has laid out how 5,000 border class exemption spaces for international students will be allocated across education providers.

We would expect our size and scale to create opportunities, to improve and grow the connections between Pacific island nations and New Zealand

New Zealand and China strengthened their partnership in higher vocational education at the two-day long China-NZ Summit on Higher Vocational Education.

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