Senior Academic Staff Member from Ara Institute of Canterbury awarded the highest honour during 2025 Te Whatu Kairangi ceremony.

Ako Aotearoa is proud to announce that 11 awards featuring 27 educators will be celebrated in November at the 2025 Te Whatu Kairangi, Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Awards ceremony. Representing seven individual awardees and four groups, these prestigious awards recognise outstanding and sustained teaching excellence across the tertiary sector.

The Government’s decision in May this year to cease funding of Ako Aotearoa - the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence - has resulted in the disestablishment of all staff roles at Ako Aotearoa, by 31 December 2025.