OER Knowledge CloudWeb ArticleMackintosh, WayneThe roles of New Zealand’s UNESCO Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER) and the Open Source Technologist supporting Open Education at Otago Polytechnic were terminated on 19 December 2025 following the decision to disestablish the OER Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting the implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation. This truth-to-power post documents the factual record of events, providing a public account dedicated to educators worldwide who continue to advance the goals of open education despite the increasing precarity of those serving the public good.20262026/01/09EnglishNew Zealandhttps://openeducation.nz/?p=55OER Foundationopen educationinstitutional managementhttps://openeducation.nz/?p=55New Zealand, Oceania