Tātaitai Utu Whare Wānanga

Ko ngā utu akoranga whare wānanga i Aotearoa mō ngā ākonga a-rohe ka huri i te NZD $6,000 ki te $10,000 ia tau mō te nuinga o ngā kaupeka paetahi, ko ngā kaupeka mīnia, tāote, me ture kei te taumata teitei. Hei tauira, ko ngā tohu toi me arumoni i te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau, te Whare Wānanga o Victoria o Te Whanganui-a-Tara rānei ka utu tata ki te $6,500–$8,000/tau, ko ngā tohu tāote ka utu $15,000–$24,000/tau mō ngā ākonga a-rohe. I tua atu i ngā utu, me taunoa ngā ākonga mō ngā utu ora: rēti ($200–$400/wiki e ai ki te taone me te momo noho), kai ($150–$250/wiki), waka, pukapuka akoranga ($500–$1,500/tau), me ngā whakapaunga tangata. I roto i tētahi tohu paetahi tau-toru tika, ko ngā utu tapeke me ngā utu ora mō tētahi ākonga e noho ana tawhiti i te kāinga ka taea ngawari te neke atu i te $80,000–$100,000. He mea pai, he kaupapa kore-utu tau tuatahi (tau e rua rānei mō te whakangungu mahi) me ngā taurewa ākonga hua-kore i roto i Aotearoa hei āwhina i ēnei utu. Puna: ngā paetukutuku whare wānanga o Aotearoa takitahi; StudyLink (studylink.govt.nz).

Ka taea e ngā ākonga a-rohe motuhake o Aotearoa ma te kaupeka kore-utu te tau tuatahi o to rātou mātauranga matua (tau e rua rānei o te whakangungu mahi) ka utua e te kāwanatanga, me ētahi utu akoranga kāore e pa ana ki te ākonga. I whakauhia te kaupeka i te tau 2018 ka pā ana ki ngā ākonga kāore i mahi noa i mua i te haumarua tau o te mātauranga matua. Ko te motuhake kore-utu ka huri i ngā utu akoranga, ngā takoha ratonga ākonga, me ngā utu e pa ana ki te akoranga i ngā kaiwhakarato matua i whakaaetia, tae atu ki ngā whare wānanga, ngā kura mahi (ngā wahi o Te Pukenga), ngā wānanga, me ngā wahi whakangungu takitahi. Mō ngā ākonga e whakangungu mahi ana, ka roa ki ngā tau e rua te motuhake. Ka whakahaere te Komisiona Mātauranga Matua (TEC) i te kaupeka kore-utu. Ka mutu te whakamahi i te motuhake kore-utu, ka taea e ngā ākonga te whai i te kaupeka Taurewa Ākonga mō ngā tau whai ake. Mai i te tau 2024, kua whakaaro te kāwanatanga ki te whānui ake i te kore-utu ki ngā tau e rua mō ngā ākonga whare wānanga. Puna: Tertiary Education Commission (tec.govt.nz); StudyLink.

I Aotearoa, ka taea e ngā ākonga a-rohe motuhake te taurewa ma roto i te kaupeka Taurewa Ākonga mō ngā wāhanga e toru: ngā utu akoranga (te utu katoa o utu akoranga me ngā whakapaunga herehere); ngā utu e pa ana ki te akoranga (he tapeke kotahi mō te $1,000 ia tau mō ngā pukapuka, ngā taputapu, me ngā rawa akoranga); me ngā utu ora (he tapeke ia wiki hei āwhina i ngā whakapaunga ia rā ia rā, inaianei ko $282.00 ia wiki i te tau 2025 mō ngā ākonga kāore e tango ana i te Tāpiritanga Ākonga). Kāore he tepe taurewa katoa pūmau — ko te tapeke ka taea e koe te taurewa ka huri ki o utu akoranga me te wāhanga utu ora e motuhake ana koe. Ko te nuinga o ngā ākonga wā-katoa ka taurewa $10,000–$20,000 ia tau i roto i te katoa, ahakoa ko ngā ākonga tāote me ture ka taurewa nui ake nā ngā utu teitei ake. Ko te taurewa ākonga he hua-kore i a koe e noho ana i Aotearoa. Ka timata ngā whakahokinga ka neke atu o moni whiwhi i te $24,128 ia tau, ki te rēti o ngā sentii 12 mō ia tāra e whiwhi ana i runga ake i taua paepae. Puna: StudyLink — Student Loan (studylink.govt.nz); IRD.

I Aotearoa, ko ngā tautoko utu ora ākonga e wātea ana ma roto i ngā ara e rua matua. Ka utu te Tāpiritanga Ākonga (he koha kore-whakahoki) mō te $347.37 ia wiki mō ngā ākonga motuhake 24 nui ake e noho ana tawhiti i te kāinga i te tau 2025. Ko ngā ākonga kāore e motuhake ana mō te Tāpiritanga Ākonga katoa, ko ērā e pirangi ana ki te taurewa rānei, ka taea te whai i te wāhanga utu ora Taurewa Ākonga o $282.00 ia wiki i te tau 2025. Ko ngā noho ākonga i Aotearoa ka tino rerekē: ko ngā whare noho a-whare wānanga ka utu tika ki te $300–$450 ia wiki (ruma me te kai), ko te noho wahi-rua tukutahi ka utu tika ki te $180–$350 ia wiki mō te rēti anake e ai ki te taone. Me taunoa anō ngā ākonga mō ngā ratonga, kai ($120–$200/wiki), waka, kakahu, waea, me ngā utu tangata. Ko ngā ākonga i runga i tētahi uruwhenua ākonga (ngā ākonga ao) kāore e motuhake ana mō te tautoko a StudyLink me tāku whakaahua rātou he moni neke atu o rātou mō ngā utu ora o tata ki te NZD $15,000 ia tau i te tono mō tētahi uruwhenua ākonga. Puna: StudyLink NZ; Immigration NZ.