SIT

Efforts by Queenstown's fledgling tertiary institutions to attract students are paying off,as Joe Dodgshunreports in the second and final part of our series on Wakatipu education.

Dunedin company Delta Utility Services is among finalists in the New Zealand Contractors Federation/Hirepool Construction Awards 2011, for its work on the Forsyth Barr Stadium pitch.

Accommodation for up to 500 students and staff at the Southern Institute of Technology campus is being planned for the second stage of the Remarkables Park Town Centre development.

Up to 60 students will be catered for at the Southern Institute of Technology's new Queenstown campus, opening next year, but SIT chief executive Penny Simmonds has not ruled out another larger campus - similar to its home in Invercargill - in years to come.