This report summarises the main findings of the 2019 audits of the 27 public tertiary education institutions (TEIs). These consist of eight universities, three wānanga, and 16 institutes of technology and polytechnics.

The authors also comment on the tertiary education sector’s operating environment in 2020, including the effects of the reforms of vocational education and COVID-19, and what this might mean for the sector in 2021.