The company was formed in its present form in 2019 after the merger of South Seas Film & Television School, Animation College, Yoobee School of Design, AMES – The Institute of IT, and Design & Arts (Canterbury).
Yoobee is New Zealand’s largest specialized creative and IT provider offering a range of programs in Animation and game development, cybersecurity and IT, Graphic and web design, marketing and film and TV production.
[1] In 2007, Natcoll Design Technology was purchased by Renaissance, a New Zealand corporation which operated a number of lines of business under the "YOOBEE" branding.
[3] In 2019, Yoobee Colleges was created by the merger of South Seas Film and Television School, Animation College, Design and Arts (Canterbury), AMES – The Institute of IT, and the Yoobee School of Design under the unified brand forming New Zealand’s largest specialised creative and information technology provider.
[8] As of 2023, a $2 million facility at the Healthcare Academy of New Zealand, owned by Yoobee Colleges, has been unused as the school worked towards accreditation of its nursing program.