About BEST

Our Mission

To work with Pacific people to fulfill the educational, vocational and business aspirations of Pacific communities, by providing quality educational programmes that responsively and effectively meet their learning and career needs.

A Better Life Through Education

At BEST Pacific Institute of Education our aim through education is to help people get the best out of their lives.

Learning new skills, increasing your knowledge and gaining a qualification at BEST will give you the opportunity for better jobs, and access to further tertiary education.

Open Entry

We make it easy for people to choose tertiary education by having little or no entry criteria for the majority of our programmes.

Helping You Achieve Your Dreams and Goals

There are many great reasons why people choose tertiary study:

To have a better future
To have a great job or career
To gain entry to university or polytechnic
To increase their earning power

Whatever your reason for study – you’re in the BEST place.

Why Choose BEST?

There are lots of reasons! The first one is that we’ve been making a difference in the lives of our Pacific students and their families for 21 years so we feel confident we can help our students succeed.

Take a look at some of the benefits of studying with BEST:

Outstanding qualification completion and employment outcomes
Many of our students have part time or full time jobs or they have children and other family commitments. Our caring staff will help you fit study into your life - and support you all the way
Our programmes are NZQA accredited and approved – that means your qualification will be nationally recognised
With Fresh-e Learning you get the best of both worlds – face to face teaching and online learning at home – we even provide a computer and Internet connection for the duration of your programme*
As part of your programme, we teach you job search and interview skills or help you consider further education options
We have campuses in South and West Auckland (Manukau & Waitakere)
Fun team building activities will help you get to know tutors and classmates