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Great potential to reduce competition across the sector.Newstalk ZB has obtained memos between Tertiary Education Commission deputy chief executive Gillian Dudgeon and Education Minister Chris Hipkins.They reveal concerns about the financial position of the new national polytech body, formed by merging our 16 institutes.Tertiary Education Union president Tina Smith told Andrew Dickens something needed to change.“We had 16 competing polytechnics who were all competing for the same students, wasting millions of dollars on marketing budgets, just to get the same students. It was just ridiculous.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.