Fee Information
As an apprentice, you earn while you learn and won’t end up with a student loan! Since the New Zealand government is behind getting people into trades, they help subsidise training.
Fees Free Changes
In 2025, there will be fees-free policy changes, and here is an outline of what this means for our apprentices and trainees, or anyone thinking about signing up.
- Signed on before 31st January 2024: You will have your fees covered for 24 months unless your eligibility finishes prior to that as a result of you using up your full entitlement as per the original fees free policy.
- Signed on in 2024 from 1st February 2024 onwards: You come under the “first year free” scheme and will have your fees covered upfront by the government until the end of 2025 unless your eligibility finishes prior to that as a result of you consuming the full funding as per the original fees free policy.
- Signing on in 2025: You come under ‘final year fees free’ if you are eligible to receive it.
For more information go to our Fees Free Policy information page or visit the official Tertiary Education Commission website.
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