NZ wants to double foreign student revenue by 2034 – but does it have capacity?
- Written by Cristóbal Castro Barrientos, PhD candidate, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
Joe Allison/Getty ImagesOn the face of it, New Zealand’s push to expand international education looks like an easy win for economic growth.
Government targets, announced last year, aim to nearly double revenue to NZ$7.2 billion by 2034, lifting student numbers from 83,400 to 119,000.
International education exports – representing the...





