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Maori media course taught in te reo offered
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 11:00 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
A new Maori media programme at Manukau Institute of Technology is designed to give students a head start in their broadcasting careers, as demand for fluent te reo speakers rises in New Zealand. More >>
MIT champion athlete on a timetable to succeed
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:29 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Daniel Thompson is definitely going places – specifically to Canada for the taekwon-do world championships this month – but first he has to complete his assignments for Manukau Institute of Technology’s Diploma in Applied Sport and Recreation. More >>
MIT works at getting behind closed doors
Monday, 30 April 2007, 11:33 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Manukau Institute of Technology’s Social Sciences department’s new specialist papers on youth work and community development will offer students the opportunity to engage in real-world situations in an open and dynamic forum. More >>
MIT graduate lights up Bollywood
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 9:44 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
A Manukau Institute of Technology communications graduate is living the glamorous life as she embarks on her new career in Kollywood, a regional offshoot of Bollywood, the Indian film industry, which is the largest in the world in terms of the number ... More >>
Black Fern picks up her studies at MIT
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 1:12 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
MIT tourism student and world champion Black Fern picks up her studies and runs with them More >>
Tourism student and Black Fern runs with studies
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 11:20 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Black Fern Diane Maliukaetau discovered one of her two career paths as a child in Tonga, trying to fit in with her boy cousins and uncles by tussling with them in the rugby scrum. More >>
Language barriers complicate building licensing
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 12:20 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Construction workers who do not speak English as a first language are going to face tough challenges when it comes to meeting the licensing requirements under the new Building Act, according to director of Manukau Institute of Technology’s Department ... More >>
MIT pilots language and numeracy support
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 12:03 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Construction workers who do not speak English as a first language are going to face tough challenges when it comes to meeting the licensing requirements under the new Building Act, according to director of Manukau Institute of Technology’s Department ... More >>
New Otara health research findings
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 5:06 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Two senior lecturers from the Manukau Institute of Technology Department of Nursing and Health Studies, Fay Cobden-Grainge and Pat Walthew, have recently completed a history of Otara Health which charts the ongoing development of the organisation. More >>
MIT modern apprentice numbers on the rise
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 3:32 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Thursday, 29 March 2007 MIT modern apprentice numbers on the rise as industry backs scheme More >>
Top NY graffiti artist creates w MIT arts students
Friday, 23 March 2007, 12:33 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
American Eric Orr emerged from the subways of New York in the 1980s as a fully-fledged graffiti artist after his collaboration with pop artist Keith Haring. Now he is in New Zealand to lead a series of live painting collaborations, including the transformation ... More >>
Motor racing champs rev up study at new MIT centre
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:22 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
While many young men would have their heads turned by the thrill of success on the motor racing track, two students working towards Manukau Institute of Technology’s Certificate in Motorsport just want to get their hands dirty. More >>
Cross-cultural exchange aligns students, lecturers
Monday, 19 March 2007, 1:01 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Research into the barriers faced by migrants entering tertiary study has revealed that Indian students find mainstream integration and understanding what is academically required of them to be the major challenges. More >>
New purpose-built MIT construction school
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 9:35 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Manukau Institute of Technology will be building a new construction school which it plans to open next year. MIT will be using the newly purchased former Clydemore School site on Otara Road as the facility for the new school. More >>
Student helps streamline processes at TVNZ
Friday, 9 March 2007, 6:15 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Sharing information is at the core of the media industry, and nowhere is this more important than TVNZ. More >>
Programme addresses shortage of Maori nurses
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 1:48 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Manukau Institute of Technology is addressing the need for more Maori primary health care nurses in the Counties Manukau region in a new collaborative training programme. More >>
Iraqi refugee achieves international success
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 12:40 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Shams Al-Chalabi’s job search for her first professional role took a dramatic turn when she was head hunted by a Dubai-based public relations (PR) company. Just one week after two successful phone interviews, conducted in both English and Arabic, ... More >>
Cadet charts course to next high seas adventure
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 1:49 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Lounging back in a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and jandals, Tobias Forsyth can already see himself dressed in a smart white uniform, on the deck of the world’s newest luxury ocean liner, the Queen Victoria, as she embarks on her maiden voyage. More >>
Executive director awarded Fulbright scholarship
Friday, 9 February 2007, 12:56 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Educational commentator and MIT executive director of External Relations and Student Affairs, Dr Stuart Middleton, has been selected for the Fulbright New Century Scholars Programme. He will be taking his local experience to the global stage More >>
MIT’s academic year kicks off with Mighty Day Out
Friday, 2 February 2007, 5:16 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
A new and exciting free event will give prospective students one last chance to enrol at Manukau Institute of Technology before the academic year kicks off. MIT’s first-ever Mighty Day Out on Saturday, 17 February is an opportunity for future students and ... More >>