Te Whāre Wanaka Puerua | |
Established | 1964 |
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Address | 498 Owaka Highway, Balclutha 9271, Otago, New Zealand , , |
Website | http://www.sit.ac.nz/Telford |
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Telford was founded as the Telford Farm Training Institute in 1964 and became an external campus of Lincoln University as Telford Rural Polytechnic in the 1990s. In 2019 Telford became a faculty of the Southern Institute of Technology. [1]
Telford delivers NZQA accredited sub-degree programmes with a rural focus, including general agriculture, dairy, vet technician and equine programmes.
As part of New Zealand's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, Telford is hosting Agricultural Contractor Training to retrain individuals affected by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic. This will ensure sufficient contractors are available for the 2020/21 season, which has previously relied on overseas contractors from countries such as England and Ireland.
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