Professional Development for you and your organisation

Build your individual and organisation’s capability to succeed through short courses, micro-credentials, and customised programmes

Invest in professional development that's designed to meet your needs

Develop the skills organisations need today – skills that span roles and sectors. Finding the best course can be overwhelming. We bring together University knowledge and industry experience to make it easy for you. Our courses are designed to be practical and accessible to meet your specific needs and accelerate your success.

Build capability

Elevate individual, team, organisation and sector capability to deliver results. Select from New Zealand’s largest range of short courses, micro-credentials, and learning events or co-design a programme with our learning designers to suit your needs.

Customised for you and your organisation

We tailor our content and access world-leading academics and industry experts to create customised programmes for your specific needs and priorities, for your executives and your future leaders.

Learn flexibly and effectively

Live online or in-person, self-paced or collaborative expert led workshops. We offer a range of structures and styles. We combine access and convenience with comprehensive support to ensure successful completion.

Recognition and quality

Learning is underpinned by the quality you would expect from Te Herenga Waka−Victoria University of Wellington.  Learning is recognised with digital badges and micro-credentials to leverage your future success.

Elevate individual, team, organisation and sector capability to deliver results. Select from New Zealand’s largest range of short courses, micro-credentials, and learning events or co-design a programme with our learning designers to suit your needs.

We tailor our content and access world-leading academics and industry experts to create customised programmes for your specific needs and priorities, for your executives and your future leaders.

Live online or in-person, self-paced or collaborative expert led workshops. We offer a range of structures and styles. We combine access and convenience with comprehensive support to ensure successful completion.

Learning is underpinned by the quality you would expect from Te Herenga Waka−Victoria University of Wellington.  Learning is recognised with digital badges and micro-credentials to leverage your future success.

Short Courses

Find out more about Short courses & micro-credentials
Choose from a broad range of short courses, including micro-credentials covering many skills and capability areas. Attend a public course or organise a date for your team.

Customised Programmes

Find out more about Customised Programmes
Private, tailored programmes co-designed with you to meet your priorities and needs. Our programmes can include courses, workshops, speakers, peer learning, coaching and more.

International Programmes

Find out more about International Programmes
We create programmes for international governments, global organisations and for the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship programme.

Kāpuhipuhi Wellington Uni-Professional is your professional development partner of choice

Kāpuhipuhi is the executive and professional development arm of Victoria University of Wellington. 

Finding the right training can be challenging and time-consuming. Our clients often struggle with identifying the most relevant and high-quality courses to advance their skills and meet professional goals. 

We partner with experienced facilitators, industry leading practitioners, and Victoria University experts to offer courses tailored to your needs. Our programmes are designed to be convenient, practical, and accessible, ensuring that you receive top-notch professional development that delivers real results. Whether you want to enrol in an existing course or customise a programme, we are here to simplify the process and support your success.

Contact us

Contact us to discuss finding the right course, customising a programme, planning your professional development project, for help enrolling or any other queries

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Moving capably and confidently through today’s world requires ongoing development of your professional skills

Kāpuhipuhi Wellington Uni-Professional helps you build them – with a market-leading, constantly evolving range of courses that you can select from and combine to suit you. Shaping your professional development, to the skills that organisations need – across roles, professions, and industries.

We've supported the training and staff development needs of a wide range of New Zealand companies and organisations

It was inclusive, engaging and enjoyable...

“The Aspire Programme gave me a huge confidence boost and understanding of leadership, especially for women in the workplace. It was inclusive, engaging and enjoyable—and I now have a great toolkit to up my leadership game.”

Aspire: Women’s Leadership Development Programme Participant from Radio New Zealand

This is a must for anyone...

“This is a must for anyone in leadership, governance, politics, policy or public service in Aotearoa.”

Past Learner, The Wall Walk

Featured courses

10 Behaviours of Successful People

2 days
NZD 1,795
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Work and live smarter. Learn the strategies successful people use every day to achieve extraordinary results.

Agile Leadership and Delivery Essentials

1 day
NZD 895
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Learn how to be Agile and how to lead in an Agile environment.

Aspire: Women’s Leadership Development Programme

8 half-days
NZD 3,595
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Self-awareness of your personal leadership style. Knowing your values. Being an authentic leader. Building support networks.

Behavioural by Design Masterclass

1 day
NZD 895
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Achieving change using tools to design behaviourally-informed communications, policy and products/services.

Building Resilience at Work

1 day
NZD 895
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Understand how your brain works in times of stress and get practical tools and strategies to help you be the best version of yourself no matter what the challenge!

Business and Government Writing Essentials: Clear, Concise, Compelling

1 day
NZD 895
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Easily applicable plain language tools and techniques to make your writing crisp, clear, and effective.

Coaching Conversations

1 day
NZD 895
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Unlock others potential through great coaching conversations.

Coaching in the Global Enterprise Experience

8 weeks
NZD 1,950
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Develop coaching skills and empower leaders of global teams

Confident and Creative Communication Masterclass

Half-day
NZD 495
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Elevate your unique communication style, amplify storytelling impact, and empower yourself to speak with confidence, creativity, and authority.

Contemporary Secondary Teaching Approaches for Aotearoa New Zealand

10 weeks
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Learn about effective pedagogical approaches for secondary school teachers.

Crafting Great Policy Analysis

1 day
NZD 895
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Build the skills and knowledge required to conduct a robust, multi-criteria analysis of an issue.

Creating a Compelling Policy Narrative

1 day
NZD 895
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Build the skills and knowledge to create a compelling narrative for decision-making purposes.

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Upcoming events

Capability at Lunch Series

Capability @ Lunch Series: Introduction to Digital Accessibility

12 - 1pm
Tuesday, 15 April
Introduction to Digital Accessibility
Capability at Lunch Series

Capability @ Lunch Series: Leadership in the Age of AI

12 - 1pm
Tuesday, 13 May
Leadership in the Age of AI: Challenges and Opportunities
Capability at Lunch Series

Capability @ Lunch Series: Data Visualisation

12 - 1pm
Wednesday, 4 June
Data Visualisation

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