'Fees Free' is a Government initiative available to any NZ student who is in their last year of tertiary study. It's only available for your first year. Zero Fees is an SIT initiative, only available from SIT. Zero Fees applies to almost all programmes (on campus and SIT2LRN Distance Learning). SIT is the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to all NZ students for study at all levels.