Te Pūkenga
| Established | 1 April 2020 |
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| CEO | Gus Gilmore |
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| Address | Cr Angelesa and Nisbet Streets, Hamilton , Hamilton, New Zealand , New Zealand |
| Affiliations | Public Tertiary Education Institution |
| Website | www |
Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology is the largest vocational education provider in New Zealand. In February 2019, the Government announced that the country's 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) would merge to form the new organisation; the merger was effective on 1 April 2020. In addition to the polytechnics, Te Pūkenga also took over responsibility for industry training and apprenticeship training from nine industry training organisations (ITOs).
In early December 2023, the incoming National-led coalition government confirmed it would be dissolving Te Pūkenga and replacing the mega polytechnic with eight to ten institutions.
In July 2025, it was confirmed that Te Pūkenga would be replaced with 10 stand-alone polytechnics from 1 January 2026, and that Te Pūkenga would continue operating for another year until its disestablishment on 31 December 2026.