Another network of the institute is International Pacific University, which was established in 2007 in Okayama, Japan.

IPU New Zealand mainly offers tertiary education of business (including accounting, finance, marketing and management), international relations, linguistics, environmental studies and tourism.

On 24 May 2013, the Manawatu Standard broke an article detailing the difficulties the reporter had getting information from the management staff as to the organisational restructure that was taking place.

Sources also revealed the extent of the institutions use of service as opposed to permanent employment contracts, and that "Management were reluctant to be upfront about the restructure because of cultural differences and the need to "save face.

[2]" President Wayne Edwards responded to the article more than a month and half later in an interview with the reporter,[3] stating that privacy concerns had prompted the College's extended silence on the issue.