Funding and payments
Funding and payments
This page provides information about how Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) funding is set, funding allocation, funding calculation, and funding recovery.
This page provides information about how Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) funding is set, funding allocation, funding calculation, and funding recovery.
The MPTT funding mechanism is issued by the Minister responsible for tertiary education. The funding mechanism outlines the general form and essential components of the fund. It provides the mandate for us to allocate the funding and what the funding can be used for, and details how we administer the fund. Funding is agreed off-Plan via a funding confirmation letter. A tertiary education organisation (TEO) that receives MPTT funding is required to: MPTT funding is set through the Government’s annual budget process. It supports and enables positive outcomes to be achieved by Māori and Pasifika learners who are enrolled in Student Achievement Component (SAC) funded vocational training. The funding rates (GST exclusive) for MPTT are noted in the tables below Increase in funding rates 2021 funding rates 2022 funding rates Category Measure Funding rate MPTT Fees Top-Up EFTS $5,125 MPTT Brokerage Monthly Learner number $591 MPTT Brokerage Success Learner number $591 We pay funding for MPTT in accordance with the organisation’s funding confirmation documentation, which specifies the amount of funding payable for consortium activities and/or fees top-ups, and/or brokerage services (as applicable). Consortium activities funding is paid in 12 instalments, as set out under Payment Schedule in Appendix 1 of the funding confirmation letter for consortium activities funding. MPTT funding confirmation letter for consortia (PDF 592 KB) (PDF, 606 Kb) We pay MPTT fees top-ups and brokerage services in equal monthly instalments from January to June, and in equal monthly instalments from July to December, except for the brokerage incentive payment (second 50%). We pay brokerage incentive (second 50%), and tools grants each month if we have received a correct MPTT Tools Grant and Brokerage Performance Summary report. MPTT Tools Grant and Brokerage Performance Summary report (PDF 63 KB) (PDF, 64 Kb) The purpose of MPTT funding is to increase access for Māori and Pasifika learners to vocational and pre-employment training. This enables these learners to develop skills for sustainable employment and achieve better employment outcomes. MPTT funding is paid to organisations that are part of an approved consortium. Your prior performance information was used to calculate your 2019 allocation. We have combined the fees top-up, brokerage services, consortium activities, learner support and transitional tools grant funding methodologies into one MPTT allocation methodology for 2019. We used your 2019 application for funding as the starting point for calculating your 2019 indicative allocation. We then applied the funding rates for 2019 to this indicative allocation (see table below for funding rates). We then considered your 2019 application for funding, previous consortia and TEO performance, and funding available for investment. The methodology and technical specifications for the calculation of 2022 funding wash-ups can be found in the 2022 Global Wash-up Methodology document. Consortium activities funding is paid to support activities that will complement SAC funded provision for Māori and Pasifika learners, and provide the opportunity for learners to gain entry level employment in their chosen trade. MPTT Consortium and MPTT Learner Support Funding allocations for 2021 have increased to accommodate a 1.6% increase in course funding rates. The funded activities must support learner pathways into trades training and employment. We allocate consortium activities funding based on intended learner numbers, and the capacity and performance of the consortium. Other factors, such as the stage of development of the consortium and the potential for economies of scale are also taken into account. Consortium activities that we may agree to fund include: Brokerage services funding supports connections between employers, consortia and partner/other TEOs in order to support MPTT learner progression. We expect these activities to supplement existing brokerage and facilitation activities carried out by a consortium. A brokerage services funded TEO may pass on its funding to another organisation to carry out the services. The brokerage services specified in the TEO’s funding confirmation letter must be the brokerage services provided. These services may include: We expect consortium partner organisations to, collectively and individually, support each learner to recognise and develop the skills and competencies they need to manage their career in a trade. See Consortia, and Project Kamehameha and Project Lumana'i (research commissioned by Careers New Zealand about design and delivery of career resources for Māori and Pasifika respectively). See Condition: Funding for Brokerage Services. The brokerage services rate is currently $1,150 once per learner. We pay 50% ($575 per learner) up front and 50% ($575 per learner) after the learner has progressed to a successful outcome. The second 50% payment is paid to the TEO that undertook the pre-trades training and is payable only once for each learner. For 2021 this rate will be increased by 1.6% to $584 per learner. For the TEO to receive the incentive payment: From 30 June 2020 the MPTT Tools Grant has fully transitioned to MPTT Learner Support Funding. See Learner Support Funding for more information. If a TEO has its funding approval revoked in accordance with section 159ZF of the Education Act 1989, the unspent portion of funding is repayable to the TEC. See the following conditions: Funding
Funding rate
Category
Measure
Funding rate
MPTT Fees Top-Up
EFTS
$4,064
MPTT Brokerage Monthly
Learner number
$584
MPTT Brokerage Success
Learner number
$584
Payment
Consortium activities funding
Fees top-ups and brokerage services (first 50%)
Brokerage incentive (second 50%) and tools grants
Funding allocation
Our approach to calculating your 2019 indicative allocation for MPTT
The purpose of MPTT funding
How we calculated your 2019 allocation for MPTT
Category
Measure
Funding rate
MPTT Fees Top-Up
EFTS
$4,000
MPTT Brokerage
Learner number
$575
MPTT Consortium
Per place (average)
$1,100
MPTT Learner Support Funding
Per learner (average)
$730
Transitional Tools Grant
Per learner (progressing to apprenticeship or industry training)
$1,000
Funding wash-ups
Consortium activities
Brokerage services
Career guidance
Funding rate
Tools grant
Suspending or revoking funding