Apprenticeships to be moved to new industry skills boards

Apprenticeships to be moved to new industry skills boards
Trades training facilities like this one in Kaikohe will no longer be part of Te Pūkenga. (Image: Peter de Graaf)
Maria Slade
The Government is going ahead with establishing new Industry Skills Boards to manage apprenticeships, despite industry concerns.Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds has announced that from Jan 1, 2026, the Industry Skills Boards (ISBs) will be created to set training standards, endorse programmes and moderate assessments.The changes to work-based learning follow the Government’s decision last year to scrap Te Pūkenga, the previous administration’s mega-merger of vocational training.“Industry representatives have made i...

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