ITENZ CONFERENCE 2023
Christchurch Town Hall,
86 Kilmore Street,
Christchurch.
12 September, 8am - 5pm,
13 September, 8am - 3pm
Theme:
He Pihi, He Tupu, He Puāwai!
Learning, growing and thriving!
Tertiary education and PTEs in 2024 and beyond
Every year the ITENZ conference provides a unique opportunity to market and network with more than 100 private tertiary education providers and professionals to this two-day conference.
This year’s conference theme addresses the raison d’etre of tertiary and vocational education and training – enabling learners to learn, grow, and thrive throughout their lives so that they can participate in, contribute to, and benefit from New Zealand society and economy. A healthy tertiary and vocational sector is also one in which providers, their leaders, and their staff are learning, growing and thriving, too, and where partnerships are blossoming.
The expression He pihi, He tupu, He puāwai is well known in Māori language circles as a metaphor for the realisation of potential, from the time when the young plant first breaks through the soil, to the organic growth and then to the blossoming.
Conference presentation slide PDFs are now available
You now have the chance to revisit several of the presentations at the 2023 conference. Check out the link below to have access to these files.
2023 Awards submissions are now open!
We are thrilled to have our Awards Submissions open for 2023. They will be presented as a part of our conference in September at the Christchurch Town Hall.
To nominate, you will need to fill in and upload one or both of these files as PDF’s.
• Employment Form • Student History Form (For Student of the Year Award only)
Complete the appropriate form, then “Save as pdf” to upload with the online awards submission form below.
Submission close at 5 pm, Monday 17th July 2023.
ITENZ Supreme Award
This prestigious award, honours the category award winner that has demonstrated exceptional contribution to the outcomes of learners, and recognises their efforts.
ITENZ Student of the Year Award
This award honours students who have demonstrated academic excellence, a passion for learning and contribution to others, including participation to their wider communities, and recognises their efforts. This award is open to both domestic and international students.
ITENZ Tutor of the Year Award
This award honours individual tutors who have demonstrated outstanding teaching practices that engage learners, nurture confidence, and promote effective learning that enhances outcomes, and recognises their efforts.
ITENZ Outstanding Performance Award
This award honours individual staff members who have demonstrated exceptional contribution to develop and improve the quality and culture in their organisation, its students, staff and wider communities, and to recognise their efforts. This award is open to staff members except tutors, there being a specific award of Tutor of the Year Award.
ITENZ Leadership Award
This award honours individuals who have demonstrated exemplary leadership that has a significant impact on the organisation, its students, the wider community, the industry or tertiary education, and recognises their efforts. This award is open to individual members in an organisation.
ITENZ Provider of the Year Award
This award honours organisations that have demonstrated excellence in organisational capability and significant strategic leadership that impact positively on the business, its learners, staff, wider community and the industry, and recognises its efforts.
2023 Speaker submissions are now open
We are very interested to hear from presenters who wish to address the theme He Pihi, He Tupu, He Puāwai! Learning, growing and thriving tertiary education and PTEs in 2024 and beyond.
Your presentation might be built around the following topics:
Digitisation | Diversity | International education | Innovation | Leadership and management | Pasifika | Policy | Te tiriti | Wellbeing | Other relevant areas
Speaking proposals will be presented to a judging panel who will decide on the selected submissions. Authors of the selected submissions will be informed after the judging panel’s decisions. Please note: All successful speaker submissions accepted into the programme will need to pay conference registration fees.
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2023 Conference venue and location
Nestled on the banks of the Avon River, the heritage-listed Town Hall has inspired guests and performers alike, for generations.
We are looking forward to having our trade display area in the fantastic Town Hall foyer, and the spacious event rooms will mean we will have ample space for both our featured presentations and breakout sessions with plenty of room to move.
We are also super excited to be able to be hosted in the heart of the Christchurch CBD with all that the revitalised city has on offer.
This year’s conference theme addresses the raison d’etre of tertiary and vocational education and training – enabling learners to learn, grow, and thrive throughout their lives so that they can participate in, contribute to, and benefit from New Zealand society and economy. A healthy tertiary and vocational sector is also one in which providers, their leaders, and their staff are learning, growing and thriving, too, and where partnerships are blossoming.
The expression He pihi, He tupu, He puāwai is well known in Māori language circles as a metaphor for the realisation of potential, from the time when the young plant first breaks through the soil, to the organic growth and then to the blossoming.
86 Kilmore Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch
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Become a sponsor
Become a Sponsorship partner at the 2023 ITENZ Conference and reap the benefits of having your organisation or product front and centre in the presentation of the Conference. ITENZ is the largest association in New Zealand with over 140 members/institutions covering all areas of tertiary education. Conference sponsorship provides a great opportunity to connect with professionals from the sector.
The ITENZ Annual Conference attracts delegates from across New Zealand, and the majority of attendees are education influencers and decision-makers, including management and chief executives from New Zealand tertiary institutions.
Access to influential private tertiary education professionals and decision makers
External networking opportunities
Unique, targeted, marketing and brand exposure
Two days of primary exhibition space for major sponsors
Potential exposure to large student numbers through the promotion of your company.
Gold sponsor (1 only) - $7,749 (excl GST)
• Complimentary exhibition stand
• Logo and URL on conference promotional digital communications as the primary sponsor
• Banner at both ends of the main stage (Gold sponsor only)
• Branding on conference presentations and lectern screens
• Logo and website URL on the the ITENZ website conference pages
• Feature logo on conference lanyard inserts
• Full page advert on printed conference programme and online schedule
• Rotating ads on the main screen at refreshment time
• At least 5 times verbal acknowledgement during conference.
• 4 complimentary enrolments including all conference social activities
Silver sponsors (up to 3) - $5,000 (excl GST)
• Complimentary exhibition stand
• Branding on conference presentations and lectern screens
• Logo and website URL on the the ITENZ website conference pages
• Logo on conference lanyard inserts
• Half page adverts on printed conference programme and online schedule
• Rotating ads on the main screen at refreshment time
• At least 5 times verbal acknowledgement during conference
• 3 complimentary enrolments including all conference social activities
Category sponsors - $500 (excl GST)
• Logo on the award certificate
• Introduce/and present the award
• Recognition on ITENZ awards website.
• Sponsorship provided to category winner
Conference session sponsors – $500 (excl GST)
• Introduction to session
• Logo on lectern duration
Catering sponsor – POA
• Options for day or service sponsorships
• Announced at conference to delegates
• Logo and website URL on the the ITENZ website conference pages
• Signage available to be displayed during service to delegates.
Other branded product/apparel sponsors – POA
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Become an exhibitor
We invite you to join us for this promotional opportunity to showcase your products and services and to interact with prospective customers in the New Zealand PTE sector.
Please browse the below details and when you are ready click the button below to book your stand for Christchurch on the 12-13 September 2023.
SET UP:
12:00-17:00, 11 September, Midday - 5pm
EVENT:
12 September, 8am - 5pm,
13 September, 8am - 3pm
PACK UP:
13 September, 4pm - 7pm
Standard stand - $2,749 (excl GST)
• 2.4m x 1.2m display space for 2 full conference days. Multiple stands are available too.
• Black velcro walls 2.3m tall, side panels will extend out 1.2m
• Fascia sign with company name – please complete the following form, printed logo option available at additional cost sign order form download here or see next page
• LED Track Spotlights – wall mounted
• Power and free Wi-Fi access
• Refreshments: (morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for two onsite staff).
• Additional exhibition furniture and equipment are available with extra cost. Download the Service Catalogue for more details and fill in the hire form included and the Exhibition Hire Services will help you out.
Exhibition layout
Download the exhibition layout here.
Engaging activities
Exhibition passport
A printed passport with exhibitors’ logo to encourage conference participants to engage with every exhibitor. The winners of the game will receive a donated gift from exhibitors.
Social cocktail function and Awards presentations
At the conclusion of Day 1 of the conference at the Town Hall.
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Conference accommodation

Quest Cathedral Junction
Quest Cathedral Junction offers guests the best of local living on their doorstep. Fantastic restaurants? Check. Crafty bars? Check. Boutique shopping? Check. Beautiful parks? Check. Unique buildings that are a mix of old and new? Check. Centrally located, Quest Cathedral Junction gives you the opportunity to enjoy everything the city has to offer. Choose from 67 rooms including Studios (with kitchenettes) and full equipped 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments
Address
113 Worcester Street, Christchurch (700m / 9 min walk to the Town Hall)
Studio Apartment
An apartment with one queen bed or two singles, TV, kitchen with microwave, fridge, tea and toast facilities, and 1 bathroom.
Rate is $170 including GST for 2 people, maximum occupancy is 2 people.
One Bedroom Apartment
Room Description: An apartment with one queen bed or 2 singles in the bedroom, separate lounge with TV, kitchen with cooking hob, microwave, dish washer, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, toaster and 1 bathroom. Also includes full laundry facilities and balcony.
Rate is $200 including GST for 2 people.
Rates include GST and are subject to availability.
To book you can email us on reservations@questcathedraljunction.co.nz or call us 03 222 2003 with code TWZL to receive the above reduced rate. You can also book via www.questcathedraljunction.co.nz, but the reduced rate is only available via email or phone reservations.

Distinction Christchurch Hotel
The renovated Distinction Christchurch Hotel is an urban escape combining sophisticated smarts and familiar warmth whilst standing proud amongst the buzz of the rejuvenation of Cathedral Square.
This luxury Christchurch accommodation is ideally positioned in the heart of the city only a few minutes’ walk from the Avon River, Botanical Gardens, Christchurch Casino, Cashel Mall and the Christchurch Town Hall.
The eleven storey, 4.5 star Christchurch hotel offers 179 elegant, air-conditioned hotel rooms including 3 floors of fully refurbished Superior Rooms and Suites.
Address
14 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central, Christchurch (700m/8 min walk to the Town Hall)
Classic King
Room Only NZ$ 220.00 per room, per night, 23-27m², 1x King bed Bathroom: Shower over Bath
Classic Twin
Room Only NZ$ 240.00 per room, per night, 33-40m², 2x Queen beds Bathroom: Shower over Bath.
Classic Super King
Room Only NZ$ 240.00 per room, per night, 31-33m², 1x Super King bed Bathroom: Shower over Bath
Superior King
Room Only NZ$ 255.00 per room, per night, 23-27m², 1x King bed Bathroom: Walk-In Shower w/ Rain shower option
Superior Twin
Room Only NZ$ 270.00 per room, per night, 33-40m², 2x Queen beds Bathroom: Walk-In Shower w/ Rain shower option
Superior Super King
Room Only NZ$ 270.00 per room, per night, 31-33m², 1x Super King bed Bathroom: Walk-In Shower w/ Rain shower option.
Classic Junior Suite
Room Only NZ$ 285.00 per room, per night, 61m², 1x Super King bed Bathroom: Separate Shower and Bathroom has adjacent lounge area.
Rates include GST and are subject to availability.
Promo code ITENZ23
More information
Daily breakfast can be purchased directly at the hotel for an additional cost of $34.00 per person.
Accommodation Terms
• Full payment will be taken on your provided credit card on confirmation of your booking
• Cancellation policy: If you wish to cancel your reservation, please notify the hotel at least 48 hours prior to the date of arrival. Cancellation fees may apply.
• Any guest who fails to check-in and has not advised us of a cancellation, will be subject to cancellation fees.
• All bookings are subject to availability.
• Pre and post accommodation is subject to availability at special rate.
• Any guest who checks out earlier than expected may incur cancellation fees.
• Rates based on 2 persons.
• Check in no earlier than 3.00 pm and check out time is by 11.00 am.
ITENZ Awards
The 2023 Awards will be held at <time, date> at the Christchurch Town Hall as part of the 2023 Conference. Award winners will be published and a media statement released shortly after the event.
ITENZ Awards
ITENZ Award Winners 2022
ITENZ Supreme Award Winner
Raymond Trancel, Electrical Training Company (Etco)
The judging panel has conferred the Supreme Award in 2022 on the recipient of the Tutor of the Year Award, Raymond Trancel.
This award is made in recognition that a category winner has made an outstanding contribution to advancing the best possible outcomes for learners. Raymond is a tutor par excellence, his passion for the sector and for teaching is unparalleled. In addition, he is committed to his own lifelong learning.
Unusually, perhaps, Raymond left a management role to return to full-time teaching. Results have included the development of Zoom programmes for apprentices in remote locations and the seamless continuity of learning throughout periods of lockdown. He is committed to increasing the number of qualified female electrical inspectors in New Zealand and is passionate about Etco’s foundation programme to enable those who don’t have the necessary NCEA credits to enter an apprenticeship.
His contribution to the wider environment has resulted in other registered electricians considering teaching as a career. Raymond uses innovative assessment approaches and makes changes based on feedback and reflection. Congratulations Raymond on being a well-deserving recipient of the Ako Aotearoa Supreme Award, for 2022.
ITENZ Tutor of the Year Award
Raymond Trancel, Electrical Training Company (Etco)
‘You can train someone to teach but there is one thing you cannot train into someone and that is passion, and Raymond has bucketloads of passion for learning and imparting teaching.’ This is from Etco’s General Manager Learning.
Many student comments demonstrate Raymond’s wide range of teaching strategies and techniques including, ‘Raymond has great techniques for getting people to understand. Once he was explaining power factor unity to me – and used the example of a pint of beer and the froth on top to help me understand’.
Raymond’s teaching and learning practices are respectful of gender, inclusive of learning environments, build positive and authentic relationships, and use formative assessment to monitor what his students can do and what they need to build on. “Raymond is the reason I was able to finish my apprenticeship. I was struggling but Raymond was always there, willing to give 110 percent to help me and others – and he got us across the line”.
At the Electrical Training Company (Etco) Raymond hasn’t just made changes to his teaching approach as a result of reflection on feedback, he’s led changes to the feedback process itself, developing more accessible online surveys so that all can learn from them. That has resulted in much richer feedback from all sorts of students.
Highly Commended: Jude Robinson, Pacific Coast Technical Institute
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ITENZ Awards 2021
ITENZ Supreme Award Winner
Steve Hallett, Electrical Training Company (Etco)
The judging panel has conferred the Supreme Award in 2021 on the recipient of the 2021 Leadership Award, Steve Hallett.
This award is made in recognition that the category winner has made an outstanding contribution to advancing the best possible outcomes for learners.
ITENZ Tutor of the Year Award
Tony Burnham, Edvance
‘Your ways of teaching are hard to come by and I am learning more now than I ever managed to learn at school’. This is from a student whose programme shifted suddenly online due to COVID-19.
Many student comments demonstrate Tony’s wide range of teaching strategies and techniques including, “I feel very lucky having Tony, he is very interactive, approachable, knowledgeable and he cares about our learning. He made sure everyone was included and didn’t feel out of place.’ And “I learnt a lot of things and thought of things I would never have’.
Tony’s teaching and learning practices are respectful of cultures, inclusive of learning environments, build positive and authentic relationships, apply a needs-based approach to delivery, and use formative assessment to monitor what his students can do and what they need to build on.
At Edvance, the Pacific achievement is higher than for non-Pacific. Tony achieves excellent outcomes for Reading, Writing and Numeracy with significant shifts in abilities. Importantly, he is reflective of his teaching and learning approaches and there is strong evidence that demonstrates his response to feedback and improvements made.
Highly Commended – Arden Carter, Pacific Coast Technical Institute
ITENZ Provider of the Year Award Winner
Edvance
Edvance demonstrates excellent learner achievement, a focus on staff and their well-being, and a desire to impact the wider community.
A Māori or Pacific learner studying at Edvance is likely to achieve equally or better than non-Māori or non-Pacific people. Their Te Puni Kokiri cadetship programme in partnership with Auckland District Health Board aims to lift the number of Māori staff employed by ADHB. Another partnership, with Te Whangi trust, targets at-risk Māori youth to achieve life skills including communicating confidently, solving problems more effectively, planning for the future and their rights and responsibilities as employees.
Edvance tutors win Exceptional Adult Educator awards. They carry out voluntary “Days of Good”, like packing food parcels for needy Aucklanders. They sponsor the rescue helicopter and Coastguard.
Glowing client feedback reports staff getting everything they needed out of training by Edvance.
Today’s award is not a random result. Edvance has consistently reached high standards over 10 years with policies on strategic leadership and reflective practice to improve teaching and learning. This is a provider that is making a difference and contributing to improved graduate outcomes.
ITENZ Student of the Year Award
Alize Hawkins, Pacific Coast Technical Institute
Alize is from Te Whakatohea and Te Whanau Apanui and he is the youngest ever ITENZ Awards winner.
He started at the Youth Arm of the Pacific Coast Technical Institute at the age of 14 coming from full immersion Māori schools with Māori as his first language. It was soon clear to his tutors that he was talented and capable. He overcame insurmountable obstacles against all odds and with sheer dedication, commitment, and grit he excelled in everything he attempted.
Alize showed an extraordinary willingness to learn and succeed and has often been singled out by teachers as the student who is most excited, involved, and willing to learn in his practical application classes. He was the recipient of the student of the year awards in 2019, 2020 at PCTI and is on track to receive it again this year.
As his academic confidence grew Alize took on roles of responsibility supporting other students and staff to learn Te Reo and leading students and staff as head of the group when attending Marae.
Alize’s story is a great story of student success.
ITENZ Outstanding Performance Award
Tania Fisken and Tanya Nunn, Electrical Training Company (Etco)
The two Ts, as they are known, share the role of Central North Island Region Administrator based in Rotorua.
They are the perfect combination of two people job-sharing seamlessly, ‘never skipping a beat’ to ensure the smooth operation of the organisation. “Any business would run like clockwork if you could ‘cut and paste Tania and Tanya into it” was one of the many supporting comments.
They are exceptionally efficient and dedicated, remarkably good at communication, are proactive, and constantly go above and beyond what is expected to support students and tutors – often working outside working hours, these being the best times to make contact with their learners and apprentices.
Their job is wide reaching and includes responsibility for all the administration for the region, keeping track of attendance and progress of 500 students, in charge of enrolment for all industry courses for registered electricians, and for reporting to the Electrical Workers Registration Board.
At the heart of their work is the way they keep a close eye on all students, encouraging those that are falling behind and finding best possible ways to help them. Supporting evidence has come from within and outside Etco, including the Skills Organisation.
Highly Commended – Christine Ozich, Kalandra Education Group.
ITENZ Leadership Award Winner
Steve Hallett, Electrical Training Company (Etco)
Quiet dignity, unflappable, passionate, knowledgeable, courageous, visionary, insightful, some words used to describe Etco’s board chair, Steve Hallett.
How does Steve promote excellence and innovation? First he knows you need the right people. In his words, “We look at the skills set matrix and, as people retire, we actively seek directors with skills that will provide the strengths we need to develop a strong board with a sound understanding of good governance.”
Steve has steered the Etco board through some bold decisions about ground-breaking changes. A Board member said “Steve was by far the leader in that process. He was looking at what Etco looks like in 10-20 years. He had the ability to foresee a different future.”
He also knows that innovation requires investment. Under his leadership Etco has invested in learning technologies and student management systems, which have contributed to and enabled growth.
One of Steve’s great strengths is his ability to build strong mutual relationships. Under Steve’s leadership Etco has partnered with polytechnics, schools, government bodies and industry groups to advance the work of training electricians and other apprentices.
He is rightly judged Leader of the Year.