This is a list of all approved ITE programmes leading to Teacher Registration in New Zealand. ITE providers are fully accredited to offer these qualifications.

The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Teaching Council, have released an ITE programme finder tool filterable by several criteria (location, entry requirements, te reo Māori or English delivery, work while study, etc).

For more information such as entry criteria, study dates and applications, please contact the relevant ITE provider.  Please refer to the Education Workforce website for information about how to get financial support while training as a teacher, scholarships, and studying while employed as a trainee teacher. 

Last updated: December 2024

Provider  

Programme Title  

Ako Mātātupu - Teach First NZ

Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching

Auckland University of Technology

Bachelor of Education [Primary Teaching]

Bachelor of Education [Early Childhood Teaching]

Bachelor of Education [Pacific Primary Teaching]

Bachelor of Education [Pacific Early Childhood Teaching]

Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching [GradDip Sec]

Master of Teaching and Learning Primary

Master of Teaching and Learning Early Childhood

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning Primary

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning Early Childhood

Bethlehem Tertiary Institute

Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary

Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Education

Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)

Eastern Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)

ICL Graduate Diploma Teaching (ECE) Programme

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Laidlaw College  

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)

Manukau Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)

Bachelor of Education (Primary, Pasifika)

Massey University

Te Aho Tatairangi Bachelor of Teaching and Learning Kura kaupapa Maori

Te Aho Paerewa Postgraduate Diploma Teaching and Learning in Māori Medium

Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (ECE)

Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (Primary)

Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (Secondary)

New Zealand Graduate School of Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary)

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary)

NZTC

Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Open Polytechnic

Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Technology Education)

Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand

Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) Tohu Paetahi Whakaakoranga (ECE)

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) Tohu Paetahi Whakaakoranga (Primary) 

Graduate Diploma of Teaching (ECE) Te Poutama ki te Pakaritanga (ECE)

Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary) Pōkairua paetahi (Kura tuatahi)

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

He Korowai Ākonga: Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching)

Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Poutuarongo Whakaakoranga (PW) Bachelor of Teaching (Māori Medium) Bachelors Degree

Poutuarongo Te Rangakura Kaiwhakaako (PTRK) Bachelor of Teaching (Bilingual)

Poutāhu Whakaakoranga Akorau (PtWA) Postgraduate Diploma of Blended Teaching & Learning Level 8 Primary (Māori Medium)

Poutuarongo Whakaakoranga Wharekura (PWW) (Taumata 7 Rumaki Māori EBITE) Bachelors Degree in Secondary School Teaching

Poutuarongo Whakaakoranga Kōhungahunga (PWK) (Taumata 7 Rumaki Māori Early Childhood) Bachelor of Teaching Early Childhood

Te Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa

Bachelor of Teaching Kura Kaupapa Māori

Te Tohu Paetahi Ako Manukura ā Iwi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

Te Tohu Paetahi Ako – Bachelor of Education (Teaching)

The Teachers’ Institute

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary, School-based)

Toi-Ohomai

Te Tohu Paetahi Whakaako Kohungahunga: Bachelor of Teaching Early Childhood Education

Tohu Paerua o te Whakaako i te Matauranga Kohungahunga: Master of Teaching Early Childhood Education

UCOL

Te Tohu Paetahi Akoranga: Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

UNITEC Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

University of Auckland  

Bachelor of Education (Teaching)

Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary

Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary Huarahi Maori

Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Education

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary)

University of Canterbury  

Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education)

Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood)

Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Mātauranga Maori)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Primary Education)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education)

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Primary Education)

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education)

University of Otago

Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education); BTchg(ECE)

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary Education); BTchg (Primary)

Bachelor of Teaching Te Pōkai Mātauranga o te Ao Rua (Primary Bicultural Education); BTchg (Primary Bicultural)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood Education); MTchgLn (ECE)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education); MTchgLn (Primary)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education); MTchgLn (Secondary)

University of Waikato

Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) ECE 

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (ECE)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary)

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (PGDipTchg) ECE 

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary)

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary)

Master of Teaching and Learning (MTchgLn) ECE 

Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary)

Te Ara Hou Ahikāroa (TA) graduate diploma 

Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Kōhungahunga (TTR) undergraduate bachelor degree ECE

Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Kura Tuatahi (TTR) undergraduate bachelor degree primary

Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Kura Tuatahi Kaupapa Motuhake (TTR/APXX) – undergraduate bachelor degree/specialism subject primary

Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Wharekura Kaupapa Motuhake (TTR/APXX) – undergraduate bachelor degree/specialism subject secondary

 

Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington  

Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood

Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)

Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary)

Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary)

Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary)

Waikato Institute of Technology

Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (ECE)

WINTEC

Te Paetahi Akoranga - Bachelor of Teaching Early Childhood Education 

 

 

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