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AI courses and bootcamps in New Zealand

Square1 Ai is an online school, registered in Sri Lanka. Its 27 live bootcamps run for twelve weeks on Zoom with one instructor and 10 projects you keep, from NZ$249; self-paced courses start at NZ$49. New Zealand students join the Australian cohorts: weekday evenings from 8:30 PM New Zealand time (6:30 PM in Sydney), with full-day sessions at weekends.

NZ$249Live bootcamps
8:30 PM New Zealand timeWeekday sessions start
12 weeksLive, 10 projects you keep

Founding price, half the NZ$499 standard, until 1 December. Self-paced courses from NZ$49.

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What AI and tech roles pay in New Zealand

Annual base salary in New Zealand, from Payscale (read 29 October 2026). The range is the middle half of reported salaries, and each row shows how many salary profiles it rests on.

What AI and tech roles pay in New Zealand
RoleMedian a yearMiddle halfTrain for it
Solutions architectPayscale60 salary profilesNZ$140,500NZ$114,500 to NZ$151,100Forward Deployed Engineer
Senior software engineerPayscale113 salary profilesNZ$123,300NZ$108,900 to NZ$139,300Claude Code for Engineering, Codex for Software Engineering
Product managerPayscale55 salary profilesNZ$115,600NZ$90,000 to NZ$134,300AI Product Manager
DevOps engineerPayscale23 salary profilesNZ$97,000NZ$70,000 to NZ$115,900LLMOps, Cloud Engineer with AI
Business analystPayscale92 salary profilesNZ$92,000NZ$80,100 to NZ$102,200Data Analyst with AI
Software engineerPayscale192 salary profilesNZ$84,600NZ$71,700 to NZ$105,200Software Engineering with AI, Claude Code for Engineering, Codex for Software Engineering

Salaries are what employers in New Zealand report paying, not what Square1 Ai students earn: the first cohorts have not graduated.

Live bootcamps

Bootcamps that fit a working week in New Zealand.

Twelve weeks each, weekday evenings and weekend days, 25 spots a cohort. Reserving a seat holds the founding price.

Gen AI BootcampBuild and ship LLM products: prompting, retrieval, agents, evals, production.NZ$249See the bootcampAgentic AI BootcampMulti-agent systems that plan, coordinate and run in production.NZ$249See the bootcampRAG and Search Engineering BootcampRetrieval that actually finds the right thing, measured, at scale.NZ$249See the bootcampVoice AI Agents BootcampPhone and in-app voice agents that hold a conversation and complete a task.NZ$249See the bootcampML Engineer BootcampTrain, evaluate and serve models that pass contract tests, not notebooks that run once.NZ$249See the bootcampComputer Vision BootcampFrom pixels to a deployed vision pipeline you can explain line by line.NZ$249See the bootcampFine-Tuning and Open-Weights BootcampPost-train, evaluate and deploy your own model for a real task.NZ$249See the bootcampPhysical AI and Robotics BootcampPerception, control and simulation for machines that move.NZ$249See the bootcampData Science BootcampFrom messy data to a decision a business acts on, six times.NZ$249See the bootcampData Engineering with AI BootcampPipelines, warehouses and quality checks, with agents doing the grunt work.NZ$249See the bootcampData Analyst with AI BootcampSQL, dashboards and AI-assisted analysis that answer a manager's question with evidence.NZ$249See the bootcampAnalytics Engineer BootcampSQL, modelling and AI-assisted analysis that a finance team trusts.NZ$249See the bootcampCodex for Software Engineering BootcampBuild and maintain real codebases with Codex as the pair, from spec to release.NZ$249See the bootcampForward Deployed Engineer BootcampDeploy AI systems inside a customer's walls and hand them over running.NZ$249See the bootcampClaude Code for Engineering BootcampRun an engineering workflow where Claude Code writes, tests and ships under your review.NZ$249See the bootcampSoftware Engineering with AI BootcampShip a full-stack product with coding agents, then prove the defect is fixed.NZ$249See the bootcampLLMOps BootcampServe, observe and pay for LLMs in production without surprises.NZ$249See the bootcampLLM Evals and Reliability BootcampMake an AI system you can trust: evals, guardrails, monitoring, incident review.NZ$249See the bootcampCybersecurity BootcampFind the vulnerability, prove it against a withheld key, fix it.NZ$249See the bootcampAI Security and Red-Teaming BootcampAttack and defend LLM applications: prompt injection, data exfiltration, model abuse.NZ$249See the bootcampCloud Security Engineer BootcampSecure AWS, Azure and Kubernetes the way a cloud security team does: find it, fix it, prove it.NZ$249See the bootcampAI Automation Engineer BootcampReplace six manual business processes with agents and automation that keep running.NZ$249See the bootcampGTM Engineer BootcampBuild the outbound machine: data, enrichment, automation, CRM, attribution.NZ$249See the bootcampAI Sales Engineer BootcampRun the technical side of an AI sale: discovery, demo, proof of concept.NZ$249See the bootcampAI Product Manager BootcampDecide what an AI product should do, prove it with evals, and ship it.NZ$249See the bootcampAI Founder BootcampGo from idea to a launched AI product with paying users in twelve weeks.NZ$249See the bootcampCloud Engineer with AI BootcampDesign, deploy and run cloud systems with AI doing the toil.NZ$249See the bootcamp
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AI courses in New Zealand, side by side

AI courses you can take in New Zealand in 2026, with their length, how they are taught and the fee each provider lists.

AI courses in New Zealand, side by side
CourseLengthHow it is taughtFee
AI EssentialsUniversity of Auckland1 day (9 Nov 2026)Classroom (venue not listed)NZ$1,259 incl. GST
Disruptive Technologies micro-credentialacademyEX10 weeks, about 15 hours a weekLive online, a weekly 90-minute sessionNZ$450 incl. GST, domestic
AI for Business Leaders micro-credentialOpen Polytechnic5 credits, Level 5Self-paced online$210 (GST not stated)
Applied AI in Healthcare micro-credentialWhitecliffe15 weeksSelf-paced online$200 domestic
Live AI bootcamps (27 tracks)Square1 Ai12 weeks, about 15 hours a weekLive online, weekday evenings from 8:30 PM NZ time and weekend daysNZ$249 (founding price)

Fees and lengths as each provider lists them on its own site, checked 29 October 2026. Ask the provider for the current intake before you pay.

Your options

Four ways to learn AI in New Zealand

Each fits a different person. The right one depends on whether you need a degree, a university name, a free start or a portfolio.

  1. Route 1

    A degree or master's

    Fits when You want a formal qualification in AI, or the theory in depth.

    Watch for Years of study and a large fee; check how much of it uses the tools teams work with now.

  2. Route 2

    A university or institute short course

    Fits when You want a known name on a short AI course, online or on campus.

    Watch for Most are a few weeks and teach concepts; ask whether you build and deploy something.

  3. Route 3

    A free or funded programme

    Fits when You want to try AI before paying for anything.

    Watch for Good for basics; nobody reviews your work, so you still need projects to show.

  4. Route 4

    A live online bootcamp

    Fits when You are working and want a job-shaped portfolio in twelve weeks, taught live on New Zealand time.

    Watch for Square1 Ai's bootcamps are new and not accredited: the first cohorts have not graduated, so there is no placement rate yet.

Questions

Questions people in New Zealand ask

Which AI course is best in New Zealand?

It depends on what you need. University of Auckland's AI Essentials lists NZ$1,259 incl. GST and academyEX's Disruptive Technologies micro-credential lists NZ$450 incl. GST, domestic; the table above lists each one's length and fee. If you are working and want a portfolio an employer can check, Square1 Ai's twelve-week live bootcamps are NZ$249 at the founding price.

How much does an AI course cost in New Zealand?

A Square1 Ai live AI bootcamp is NZ$249, the founding price until 1 December (the standard price is NZ$499), and a self-paced course is NZ$49. Other providers' fees are in the table above.

What does a solutions architect earn in New Zealand?

Payscale puts the median base salary for a solutions architect in New Zealand at NZ$140,500 a year, with the middle half between NZ$114,500 and NZ$151,100, from 60 salary profiles.

Can I learn AI online in New Zealand while working full time?

Yes. New Zealand students join the Australian cohorts: weekday evenings from 8:30 PM New Zealand time (6:30 PM in Sydney), with full-day sessions at weekends. The work between sessions is graded by Nova, Square1 Ai's AI tutor, whenever you submit it. Plan for about fifteen hours a week across the twelve weeks.

Is it NZQA approved, and do Fees Free or StudyLink cover it?

No. Square1 Ai is not an NZQA-registered provider and its bootcamps are not NZQA-approved qualifications, so Fees Free, StudyLink loans and allowances do not apply. You leave with 10 deployed projects and a recorded defence of your work.

Does the bootcamp guarantee a job?

No. No placement rate is published because the first cohorts have not graduated. You leave with 10 projects an employer can open and run, a recorded defence of your work, and a hiring plan worked through with your instructor.

How do I pay?

Reserving a seat is free and takes your name, email and country. Nothing is charged until the start date is confirmed and you say yes.

25 spots a cohort. Hold one on New Zealand time.

Pick a bootcamp, reserve with your name and email, and hear the start date first. Nothing is charged until you confirm.

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