Otago Polytechnic Central Campus at Cromwell is helping keep locals in the region. Otago Polytechnic has maintained its commitment to its regions and invested considerable money on the Cromwell Campus. There is, therefore, no benefit whatsoever to Otago Polytechnic, nor Otago as a whole, for any uber-agency model to be brought into effect. This issue is hugely important to Otago and to us here in Central Otago. I was encouraged to hear the minister speak in tones at the Otago Polytechnic campus that suggested to me that this message may have got through.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 28, 2019 15:31 UTC