Aoraki Polytechnic

44°23′59″S 171°14′49″E / 44.39972°S 171.24694°E / -44.39972; 171.24694

Aoraki Polytechnic
Academic staff	158 FTEStaff 2005
Students	1910 EFTS (2012)^[1]
Location	Timaru , New Zealand
Affiliations	Public NZ TEI
Website	http://www.aoraki.ac.nz/

Aoraki Polytechnic was a public New Zealand tertiary education institution. Aoraki Polytechnic's main campus was based in central Timaru, South Canterbury, South Island. It also had campuses offering a variety of programmes in Ashburton, Oamaru, Christchurch and Dunedin. In March 2016, Aoraki Polytechnic merged with the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology to form Ara Institute of Canterbury.^[2]

In 2015 Aoraki Polytechnic had 1,021 Equivalent Full Time students (EFTS) and approximately 93 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Academic Staff and 44 FTE Support staff.^[3]

Southern Upload

Southern Upload was a television show produced by Aoraki's Film and Television students, which started in 2011.^[4]

Alumni

Sinead Boucher - journalist and chief executive of Stuff Ltd

References

^ "Participation". Education Counts. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
^ Murphy, Emily (30 March 2016). "Polytechnic merger rebranded as Ara Institute". The Press. p. A3.
^ "Aoraki Polytechnic Annual Report 2015" (PDF). www.ara.ac.nz. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "School shows meet deadlines | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News". Otago Daily Times. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

Vocational education in New Zealand

Institutes of technology
and polytechnics (ITPs)

Current	Te Pūkenga
Subsidiaries	Ara Institute of Canterbury Eastern Institute of Technology Manukau Institute of Technology Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology NorthTec Otago Polytechnic Southern Institute of Technology Tai Poutini Polytechnic The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Unitec Institute of Technology Universal College of Learning Waikato Institute of Technology Wellington Institute of Technology Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki Whitireia New Zealand
Former	Aoraki Polytechnic Auckland College of Education Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Christchurch College of Education Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology Dunedin College of Education Flock House Tairawhiti Polytechnic Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre Waiariki Institute of Technology Whanganui School of Design Wellington College of Education