The Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT), formerly the Christchurch Technical College, was an

institute of technology An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

, New Zealand. It merged with

Aoraki Polytechnic Aoraki Polytechnic was a public New Zealand tertiary education institution. Aoraki Polytechnic's main campus was based in central Timaru, South Canterbury, South Island. It also had campuses offering a variety of programmes in Ashburton, Oamar ...

and became

Ara Institute of Canterbury Ara Institute of Canterbury, often simply referred to as Ara, is an institute of technology in Canterbury, New Zealand. It was formed in 2016 from the merger of Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) and Aoraki Polytechnic. Ara ...

in 2016. CPIT provided full-time and part-time education in technologies and trades. It was the largest polytechnic and institute of technology in the South Island (25,000 students) and one of the leading institutions of its kind in the country. In New Zealand's ranking, the

Performance Based Research Fund The Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) is a New Zealand tertiary education funding process, assessing the research performance of tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and then funding them on the basis of their performance. The PBRF will pro ...

, based on the scientific output of all employees, CPIT ranked 4th among all institutes of technologies in New Zealand. It offered a comprehensive range of programmes, which covered almost all subject areas. CPIT specialised in Music Arts, Visual Art & Design, Nursing, Applied Management (Business), Engineering, Applied Science, Education, Information Technology, and Architecture. CPIT hosted New Zealand's only school for radio journalism and communication, the New Zealand School of Broadcasting. It had a student population from more than 50 countries.

Campus

CPIT had a centrally located campus within the CBD on Madras Street (Madras Street Campus) just to the south of Cathedral Square in

, New Zealand. The city campus was located five minutes walk from the city centre. The majority of programmes were taught here. CPIT's Sullivan Avenue campus (CPIT Trades Campus) was on the corner of Sullivan Avenue and Ensors Road

Opawa Opawa is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 2.5 kilometres south-east of the city centre. The name is a contraction of "Ōpāwaho", which, in Māori, means a place of ('ō') an outer '' pā'' or outpost ('pāwaho'). "Ōpāw ...

, in southeast Christchurch.

Alumni

* Jennine Bailey – jazz singer, university music teacher *

Ben Boyce Ben Boyce is a New Zealand television and radio personality and comedian best known as the host of TV shows '' Pulp Sport'', '' WANNA-BEn'' and ''Jono and Ben'' on TV3. Biography Boyce is a graduate of the New Zealand Broadcasting School at ...

– television personality *Denise Copland – artist *Corin Dann – broadcaster *Guy 'Dcypher' Ellis – graffiti artist *Naomi Ferguson – singer, actor, composer, teacher *Amelia Gain – entrepreneur *

Clarke Gayford Clarke Timothy Gayford (born 24 October 1976) is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster, presenter of the fishing documentary show ''Fish of the Day''. He is the fiancé of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Education and career ...

– broadcaster, partner of Prime Minister of New Zealand *

Polly Harding Polly Harding (also known as PJ Harding) is a radio broadcaster from New Zealand. Biography Harding attended the New Zealand Broadcasting School at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (now Ara Institute of Canterbury) in 200 ...

– broadcaster *Sam Harrison – artist and sculptor *

Miriama Kamo Miriama Jennet Kamo (born 19 October 1973 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand journalist, children's author and television presenter. She currently presents TVNZ's flagship current affairs programme Sunday (New Zealand TV programme), ''Sunday'', a ...

– journalist, children's author and television presenter *

Euan Macleod Euan Macleod (born 1956) is a New Zealand-born artist. Macleod was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and moved to Sydney, Australia in 1981, where he lives and works. He received a Certificate in Graphic Design from Christchurch Technical Col ...

– artist *Tim Main – artist, designer, sculptor *

Megan Mansell Megan Mansell (née Annear; born 24 July 1990) is a New Zealand broadcaster. She is a co-host on '' The Edge Breakfast with Nickson, Meg & Eli''. Early life Mansell was born on 24 July 1990 in Lower Hutt. She studied at the New Zealand Broadc ...

– broadcaster *Mei Heron – journalist * Mike McRoberts – broadcaster *Fiona Pears – violinist, composer *Oliver Perkins – artist *Chris Reddington – sculptor, composer, musician *Ben Reid – printmaker *Rebecca Smallridge – artist *Bevan Smith – chef *

Deon Swiggs Deon William Swiggs (born 6 September 1986) is a New Zealand politician serving as the Environment Canterbury Councillor representing the Christchurch West/Ōpuna Regional Constituency. He previously served as the Christchurch City Councillor ...

– politician *

Jack Tame Jack Renfrey Tame (born March 1987) is a television and radio journalist and presenter. He is the host of TVNZ’s political show Q+A, and a presenter at Newstalk ZB''. Early life Tame was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of Golden Ba ...

– broadcaster * Sam Wills – performing artist *Wongi "Freak" Wilson – graffiti artist

References

External links

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology website
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