Aoraki Polytechnic

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|name = Aoraki Polytechnic

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|faculty =158 FTEStaff 2005

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|students = 1910 EFTS (2012){{cite web|url=http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary_education/participation |title=Participation |publisher=Education Counts |date= |accessdate=2016-03-31}}

|city = Timaru

|country = New Zealand

|affiliations = Public NZ TEI

|website = http://www.aoraki.ac.nz/

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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, Oamaru, Christchurch and Dunedin. In March 2016, Aoraki Polytechnic merged with the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology to form Ara Institute of Canterbury.{{cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Emily|title=Polytechnic merger rebranded as Ara Institute|work=The Press|date=30 March 2016|page=A3}}

In 2015 Aoraki Polytechnic had 1,021 Equivalent Full Time students (EFTS) and approximately 93 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Academic Staff and 44 FTE Support staff.{{cite web|url=http://www.ara.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/318400/Aoraki-Polytechnic-Annual-Report-2015-FINAL.pdf |title=Aoraki Polytechnic Annual Report 2015 |website=www.ara.ac.nz |date=2016-04-20 |accessdate=2017-02-27}}