Rotorua's largest tertiary provider has had the highest percentage of Indian student visa applications in the country approved, even though almost half were declined.
Waiariki Institute of Technology had a 48 per cent decline rate in the last 10 months for Indian student visas, below the national average of 50.4 per cent.
Its merged partner, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic - which was still a separate entity at the time the figures were collated - had a 50 per cent decline rate, with 73 visas approved and 72 declined.
This comes off the back of news that nationally, more Indian student visas were declined than approved in the past 10 months, as Immigration New Zealand battles widespread fraud.
Figures show 10,863 of the 20,887 applications Immigration New Zealand received from applicants in India were declined. Of those, 9190 had been lodged by unlicensed education advisers, student agents and lawyers who are exempt from licensing.