Southern Institute of Technology
Our partner, Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications.
Home to the Zero Fees Scheme, they are the only tertiary provider in Aotearoa New Zealand to offer a no-tuition cost education to domestic ākonga (students) for study at all levels. They offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT Online Learning.
Lincoln University
Has been teaching agriculture for 140 years. But as New Zealand’s economy has grown ever more diverse, they have kept pace. They offer a perfect balance of credibility, experience and future-focus with a range of specialised areas, which include agriculture, horticulture, winemaking and grape-growing, business, property and valuation, environmental management, tourism, sport and recreation and landscape architecture.
Rata Foundation
Rātā Foundation is the South Island’s most significant community investment fund. Over the last 37 years, Rātā has provided nearly $600 million in social impact to community organisations across its funding regions of Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, and the Chatham Islands.
The long-term strategic objective of Rātā is to invest in communities to enable a higher standard of community well-being.
The BHU Future Farming Centre
The BHU Future Farming Centre is dedicated to the science and extension of permanent and whole-system agricultures and horticultures, such as organic agriculture, ecological agriculture, agroecology, and biological farming, for the benefit of all farmers and growers.
The FFC has three main areas of activity: research, extension and consulting, thus offering farmers and growers all the services they need to help them optimise their production systems.
Te Puna Tahua
The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board Te Puna Tahua is a business unit of the Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand. The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board is governed by the Gambling Act 2003. Its purpose is to benefit the community by distributing the profits from state lotteries run by the New Zealand Lotteries.
Foodstuffs
Is a proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated co-operative has more than 200 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square, Raeward Fresh, On the Spot and Trents stores feeding the South Island. Their teams work hard together to positively impact their customers’ lives everyday by bringing them great value, quality groceries, and friendly service.
