Ringa Hora Workforce Development Council will be disestablished on 31 December 2025 as part of the Government’s changes to the vocational education and training (VET) system.
From 1 January 2026, our functions will transition to the new Industry Skills Boards (ISBs). The industries previously covered by Ringa Hora will move to three different ISBs:
Our website will remain live for two years to ensure continued access to our reports, insights, research, and resources. Please note that qualification development and assurance information will be available on the new ISB websites.
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Ringa Hora Workforce Development Council
Ringa Hora Workforce Development Council was established as part of the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) with a mandate to help drive transformational change in the vocational education system.
Our role as a Workforce Development Council was to channel and amplify the voice of the Service sector within the vocational education system. We did this through our statutory functions by providing skills leadership, developing and maintaining industry qualifications and credentials that meet the needs of the Service sector, moderating assessment materials and decisions, providing industry assurance that their needs will be met by programmes, guiding and influencing TEC’s investment decisions and helping employers and industries meet their skill needs.
Success for us meant employers - including Māori business owners - are confident that vocational education graduates are ready for work and that the future skills needs of their industry will be addressed by the vocational education system.
As well as directly benefiting employers, we improved confidence and outcomes across the sector. Providers can be confident their programmes are relevant to employers and endorsed by industry. Learners can be confident their qualifications will meet employers’ expectations and national industry standards.
The Service sector industries we served were:
