New Zealand education ratings improve as foreign enrolments grow

Overseas students offer their judgement: excellent education, increasingly affordable, warm people – but out of the way and lacking work experience opportunities

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September 29, 2025

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September 29, 2025

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by pb.... on October 1, 2025 - 8:47pm

Any assessment of the quality of the private training colleges that have grown in enrolments?

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