Our Strategic Goals
Ō Mātou Whāika ā-Rautaki

Achieve excellent outcomes for our learners

• provide best practice, research-engaged learning and teaching to maximise learner success - academic and employment
• provide fit-for-purpose and attractive learning and teaching facilities (space, IT, equipment) for all campus locations
• provide a comprehensive and integrated set of support services for learners to maximise academic and employment success 
• develop academic staff as skilled and suitably-qualified educators 
• ensure our learning and teaching is informed by research
• ensure our graduates are prepared for a global workforce
• improve secondary-tertiary participation

Lead the way in sustainable practice

• embed education for sustainability in all undergraduate programmes so that our graduates may practise sustainably in their chosen vocation
• operate sustainably in all that we undertake, maximising staff and student wellbeing, minimising our environmental footprint and expanding our environmental hand print 
• encourage sustainable practice in our communities, trees planted in sustainable forestry, volunteering 

Be a responsive treaty partner in meeting the educational aspirations of mana whenua 

• ensure an effective partnership with Kāi Tahu and Ngāti Whātua
• attract, support and retain Māori staff proportionate to Māori learner participation
• ensure staff develop a baseline cultural competence: Māori cultural practices, Te Reo, Tikaka, Treaty, inclusive pedagogies, etc. 
• ensure Māori learners participate and succeed as Māori, achieving at the same or a better rate as non-Māori
• embed Māori knowledge and perspectives in all programmes of learning 
• foster Māori research and contribute to the advancement of mātauranga Māori

Note: Kāi Tahu is Mana Whenua in Otago, Ngāti Whātua in Auckland.

Be a committed and agile organisation

• make a consistent and annual operating surplus to fund future investment 
• continue to diversify revenue through consultancies and microcredentials (EduBits)
• improve the viability and sustainability of Central Campus
• grow Auckland International Campus as a profitable and long term sustainable business 
• achieve world class quality management in both learning and teaching, and research, in organisation and management
• secure the confidence of our stakeholders
• strengthen our culture as an innovative, caring, accountable organisation committed to excellence 

 
Attract and sustain exceptional staff who make a difference

• provide an outstanding and satisfying work environment, supportive of high performance, and staff engagement 
• develop staff as globally-informed and expert practitioners in their fields
• recruit and retain a diverse workforce reflective of student demographics.  

Our Service Offering

• provide programmes which meet local and regional training and education needs
• provide programmes of national and international relevance
• provide access to learning at a distance and in workplaces (open learning)
• provide opportunities for staff and learners to help solve community and industry problems