The apologies just keep on coming from the leadership of the new mega polytech - first it was a mea culpa to staff, now it's to the Minister of Education.
Te Pūkenga has been beset with difficulties as it works to bringing polytechnics, institutes of technology and Industry Training Organisations together by January 1.
Its CEO - earning up to $1300 a week - remains on unexplained personal leave, there's a projected $110 million deficit and concerns about how the transition is being managed.
Furthermore, it won't be until Christmas that hundreds of staff around the country will find out whether or not they still have a job. Our political editor, Jane Patterson, filed this report.
