The School of Government offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programmes in public policy and public management.
Located directly opposite Parliament in Rutherford House on Victoria University of Wellington’s Pipitea campus, the School is ideally situated to help build capacity in New Zealand’s public sector.
Information about our programmes, courses and people.
Learn how government works and how to make it work better. Find out how and why policy decisions are made, who they're made for, and how they can be most effective.
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Watch a presentation on how you can change the world through the study of public policy at the undergraduate level (25 mins). Read more under the study menu.
Watch the videoOn 17 May the School of Government hosted our May 2021 graduates for a celebratory morning tea. Congratulations to all our graduating students.
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Learn more about the Graduate Pathway professional programme towards a Master’s in Public Policy or Public Management and students who have recently completed the programme.
More on the Graduate PathwayThe Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Management degrees have an international endorsement with accreditation by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
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View the latest edition of Career View for Public Policy and Public Management—a publication full of career and employment information for students.
Read the latest issue of Policy Quarterly—a journal produced by the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies for both specialist and non-specialist readers.
Explore our New Zealand Governance and Policy collection which provides easy access to a wide range of print, visual, and audio policy research resources.
The School of Government's top graduating students were among those celebrated at Wellington School of Business and Government’s annual Excellence Awards held at Rutherford House.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s promise of a “recovery and well-being budget” is an apt recognition…
Hugo Thompson was named a global champion at the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition.
