The Telford campus of the
Southern Institute of Technology is a public
Tertiary Education Institution. Its campus is in
Otanomomo, just south of
Balclutha,
South Otago
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in the
South Island
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of
New Zealand
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.
Telford was founded as the Telford Farm Training Institute in 1964 and became an external campus of
Lincoln University as Telford Rural Polytechnic in the 1990s. In 2019 Telford became a faculty of the
Southern Institute of Technology.
Telford delivers
NZQA accredited sub-degree programmes with a rural focus, including general agriculture, dairy, vet technician and equine programmes.
As part of New Zealand's recovery from the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, Telford is hosting Agricultural Contractor Training to retrain individuals affected by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic. This will ensure sufficient contractors are available for the 2020/21 season, which has previously relied on overseas contractors from countries such as England and Ireland.
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Vocational education in New Zealand
Education in Otago
The Catlins
Balclutha, New Zealand
Clutha District
Educational institutions established in 1964
1964 establishments in New Zealand
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