52334 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education

52334 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education: Further to the Minister's reply to Written Parliamentary Question 50734 and 50744, which regions if any, have a higher number of EFTS enrolments than they have been funded for in 2025?

Hon Penny Simmonds: I have been informed by the Tertiary Education Commission that year-to-date August the following regions have higher EFTS enrolments than they have been funded in 2025: Auckland; Bay of Plenty; Waikato; Gisborne; Hawke's Bay; Taranaki; Manawatu-Wanganui; Wellington; West Coast; Canterbury; Otago; and, Southland. Caveats: • Data is as at 23-October-2025 for the full reporting year 2024 and year-to-date 2025 and has been sourced through administrative data held by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). • Note that data for 2025 is year-to-date (January to August) and will change, care should be taken when using this data. Providers (Universities, New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, Wānanga and Private Training Establishments) submit their SDR data three times a year (April, August, and December), and each submission reflects all known enrolments and delivery at the time. • Regions are based on Statistics New Zealand 2006 region definitions. For learners enrolled in provider-based study SDR, the region is based on where the course was delivered. • Data relates to the following funding sources: o Youth Guarantee (Levels 1 and 2 only) o Delivery at Levels 1 and 2 on the NZQCF (DQ1-2). • Results are based on information reported through the Single Data Return (SDR) for the purposes of funding tertiary education. The data does not include any reporting outside of the SDR and relies on the accuracy of data reported by TEOs. • This data has been compiled specifically to respond to this question. It uses administrative data collected by the Tertiary Education Commission for the purposes of funding tertiary education and relies on the accuracy of data reported by TEOs. Care should be taken when making comparisons with data collected or compiled for other purposes.