Govt going ahead with plan to re-establish stand-alone polytechnics

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In a surprise move, the sale of polytechnics will be on the table when the national institute of technology Te Pūkenga is disestablished. Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds today announced the government is going ahead with its plan to re-establish stand-alone polytechnics. She said the legislation to do that will include the possibility of sale, but it is not not an option the government is likely to use. Education correspondent John Gerritsen.