Open Polytechnic,

Did my degree through them, mainly because I could cross credit quite a bit from my diploma and because I was overseas for quite a bit of it and they were very easy to study with abroad. Plenty of people said that my degree wouldn't carry as much weight as had I done it with Massey which was the other option but I have not found that to be the case at all.

I found them easy to deal with, most of the tutors were fantastic and they are very flexible and understanding with timeframes etc.

The only negative is not having face to face contact with your tutors, but many courses did still have tutorial days throughout the country that you could go to.

Hope that helps.

Thank you both, that is really helpful to hear
Correspondence study is my only choice so I need to find a provider that can really present their stuff well to extramural students. I've studied extramurally before and prefer it, so I'm not to concerned about motivation.

I'm thinking of doing a BEd in Early Childhood. I'm going to be working full time at a centre next year anyway so there will be plenty of teachers to bounce off. MIL owns the centre, so I'm sure helpful advice will be available 24/7 lol

You're more motivated than me! I could never study unless I had someone face to face making me, I'm very unorganised like that