Ringa Hora’s key lever to improve workforce development and enact transformative change for our industries, the investment advice to the Tertiary Education Commission, has been submitted.

The advice for 2026, for which the focus is on qualifications and skills, was submitted to TEC in November. 

Overall, it was a similar story to last year, with a continued increase in investment recommended for qualifications in the business suite, hospitality, tourism and travel, aviation and airport services, and security.  

We are expecting funding systems settings to be quite different in 2026, which is likely to impact on funding availability for providers.  However, we have provided advice based on current information we have available and what we are hearing from industry.  

We will release the full advice when TEC has gone through its due process, which we estimate will be in early 2025. In the meantime, if you have any queries, please email Senior Policy Analyst Lucy Comfort.