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How many enrolments, if any, were not funded by the TEC at New Zealand universities in 2025, listed by university and number of EFTS not funded?

Answered Question 14045 (2026)
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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many enrolments, if any, were not funded by the TEC at New Zealand universities in 2025, listed by university and number of EFTS not funded?

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

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I am advised by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) that an estimated 2,599 EFTS were not funded by New Zealand universities in 2025. I refer the member to the list below for a breakdown by each university: TEO name Est Unfunded EFTS DQ7+ Est Unfunded EFTS DQ3-7 University of Auckland 696 0 University of Waikato 452 0 Massey University 0 79 Victoria University of Wellington 31 5 University of Canterbury 637 0 Lincoln University 19 0 University of Otago 0 0 Auckland University of Technology 404 276 TOTAL 2239 360