Applications for 2025 will open in July

Express interest early?

Full time courses run on the calendar year (February to November). The NZ Tertiary Education Commission places a limit on the number of places available in our full time courses. We encourage you to apply as early as possible. Please follow the steps below to apply.  If the Certificate or Diploma course is full, we will put you on a wait-list in case someone else pulls out.

2024 Prospectus (2025 released in May)

Complete the link below to start your application.

Fill in the online application (open in July)

We will contact you about meeting for an interview. These will start in September. You are welcome to bring whānau or a support person to your interview. Your agency rep will also need to attend the interview.

  • We will check your references before we meet.

  • At the interview you will be asked to disclose whether you have any convictions (this will be followed up with a police vetting form).

  • An Agency Letter of Support will be required for this interview. This is the organisation that you will do your practical placement with. The letter should confirm that they are prepared to support you during your training with Praxis. This will mean that Certificate and Year 1 Diploma students will need two young people that they can mentor from Term 2. Year 2 Diploma students will need two groups of young people that they can run programmes with for the duration of the year. 

We will aim to let you know within a month (from the date of your interview) if you have been accepted for the course (this will depend on the number of places available).

If you have been accepted we will give you an Offer of Study Letter and an Enrolment Pack. You will need the Offer of Study letter to apply for Students Loans and Allowances. 

You will need to confirm that you want to take up the Offer of Study AND complete your Enrolment Form. Once we have received this, your place on the course is confirmed. Please note that it is not confirmed until this point and is pending the return of your police vetting form.

We will have an orientation event for students in your area before course gets under way. This is an important opportunity for you to meet other people and get any final course information.