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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Tai Poutini Polytechnic
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 | image                  = [[File:SetWidth200-Outdoor-Recreation-at-Tai-Poutini-Polytechnic.jpg|frameless]]
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 | established            = 1989
 | faculty                = 168 [[Full-time equivalent|FTE]] Staff 2017
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 | students               = 1,840 [[EFTS]] 2017
 | city                   = [[Greymouth]]
 | country                = [[New Zealand]]
 | affiliations           = Public NZ [[Tertiary Education Institution|TEI]]
 | website                = http://www.tpp.ac.nz/
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'''Tai Poutini Polytechnic''' (TPP) is a New Zealand company that aims to provide tertiary education meeting the needs of West Coast students and businesses. TPP's West Coast programmes include tourism and hospitality training across the retail and service sector, outdoor education training, agriculture, extractive/mining, and specialist jade and hard stone carving programmes.

TPP provides educational opportunities for approximately 6,000 students annually through full or part-time study options. Its objective is to facilitate employment opportunities within the local community. To achieve this, TPP collaborates with industry partners and local employers to tailor training programs to the specific needs of the West Coast region. Training is conducted at local campuses situated in [[Greymouth]] and [[Westport, New Zealand|Westport]], supplemented by on-site training at diverse locations throughout the region. This approach enables students to encounter real-world work requirements during their education.

In addition to their West Coast–based programmes, TPP also offers a variety of national niche programmes at sites from [[Wānaka]] to [[Auckland]], encompassing: 
*emergency management and search and rescue training through our Emergency Management Department;
*industry training including scaffolding, industrial ropes, rigging, and cranes;
*civil construction industry training;
*ski patrol training based in Wānaka.
In 2017, TPP received a rating of 4 from the [[New Zealand Qualifications Authority]], the worst rating received for a polytechnic institute. In 2018, the New Zealand–based media company [[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] released [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101908959/what-went-wrong-at-tai-poutini-polytech--new-zealands-worst-polytechnic an article] about TPP criticizing Tai Poutini Polytechnic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Joanne |date=2018-03-09 |title=What went wrong at Tai Poutini Polytech - New Zealand's worst polytechnic |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101908959/what-went-wrong-at-tai-poutini-polytech--new-zealands-worst-polytechnic |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

On 1 April 2020, Tai Poutini Polytechnic was subsumed into [[New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology]] alongside the 15 other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kenny |first1=Lee |title=Wanted: 'Sophisticated' leader to head NZ's mega polytech |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/116969565/wanted-sophisticated-leader-to-head-nzs-mega-polytech |accessdate=7 March 2020 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=29 October 2019}}</ref>

==Programmes==
Tai Poutini offers a range of mainstream and specialist programmes. Specialist outdoor education programmes, including ski patrol, are located in the South Island. The polytechnic's one and two year jade carving programmes are unique to New Zealand, and are situated near the source of West Coast jade.

Study options:
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* Agriculture
* Arts and carving
* Automotive and engineering
* Business and IT
* Chef and hospitality
* Civil and mining
* Community Education
* Emergency management and search and rescue 
* Health and beauty
* Industry training
* Outdoor education and ski patrol
* Tourism
* Trades
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tpp.ac.nz Official website]

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[[Category:Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology]]
[[Category:Education in the West Coast Region]]
[[Category:Greymouth]]
[[Category:2020 disestablishments in New Zealand]]