Canvas is accessible only within New Zealand and Australia.
Canvas is accessible only within New Zealand and Australia.
The Final-Year Fees Free policy has replaced the First-Year Fees Free policy, as of 1 January 2025. The final 24 months of work-based training costs may be reimbursed to the learner if they are eligible. Eligible learners will need to make the claim for reimbursement via IRD once they have completed their qualification.
Visit the IRD website for full details.
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The deadline to confirm eligibility for first-year Fees Free was 31 December 2025, and this has now passed. If you did not submit a complete and signed statutory declaration to TEC by this date, you are no longer eligible for first-year Fees Free.
You may still be eligible for final-year Fees Free from 2025. To check your eligibility, visit Fees Free – Inland Revenue.
No. Reimbursements for first-year Fees Free have ended.
Employers can no longer make a claim for a reimbursement for fees related to the first-year Fees free programme.
If you submitted an eligible claim before the 31 December deadline, it will be processed
For full details and the most up-to-date information, visit the Inland Revenue (IRD) website.
The final-year Fees Free policy has replaced the first-year Fees Free policy, as of 1 January 2025.
The final 24 months of work-based training costs may be reimbursed to the learner if they are eligible. Eligible learners will need to make the claim for reimbursement via IRD once they have completed their qualification.
Visit the IRD website for full details.
Learners who used first-year Fees Free funding will not be eligible for final-year Fees Free, even if they did not use the full amount they were entitled to.
Applications for reimbursement of training fees can only be submitted by learners, via the IRD, once they have completed an eligible qualification and a certificate has been issued.
Apprenticeship Boost provides support for employers to keep and take on new apprentices. It aims to help apprentices to earn and learn while training, so they become skilled practitioners in targeted occupations that are critical to New Zealand’s growth and sustainability.
The Apprenticeship Boost is a payment available through the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to support employers of apprentices in their first year of training in particular qualifications. Employers can receive up to 12 months of support. Payment is currently $500 per month for eligible apprentices.
For more information visit Apprenticeship Boost - Work and Income.
