NorthTec - Latest News [Page 10]
NorthTec ACE cheesemaking courses a real hit
Friday, 23 April 2010, 3:18 pm | NorthTec
Home cheesemaking is making a real comeback at the moment with people everywhere wanting to learn how to make more of the food they eat. More >>
Arts studies at NorthTec - award-winning careers
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 12:26 pm | NorthTec
A joint exhibition at Auckland’s Lane Gallery is the latest success in a string of achievements for a graduate and current student from Northec’s Kerikeri campus. More >>
Students use handcrafted Waka Ama hoe for comp
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 12:20 pm | NorthTec
Secondary school students from Te Wananga o Te Rangi Aniwaniwa in Awanui who crafted their own waka ama hoe at NorthTec last year used their hoe to prepare for an international Waka Ama competition in Rarotonga – with great results. More >>
Hearing assistance tech breaking down barriers
Friday, 26 March 2010, 2:43 pm | NorthTec
48-year old NorthTec Information Systems student Allan Tamati is taking to his studies with new enthusiasm thanks to a device which enhances his ability to hear his tutor. More >>
Hearing assistance tech breaking down barriers
Friday, 26 March 2010, 2:43 pm | NorthTec
48-year old NorthTec Information Systems student Allan Tamati is taking to his studies with new enthusiasm thanks to a device which enhances his ability to hear his tutor. More >>
Te Tai Tokerau students get a taste of tertiary
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:21 pm | NorthTec
More than 130 students from around the region attended two Te Tai Tokerau Tertiary Experience days at NorthTec this week. More >>
Abundant Life School students stay at Northtec
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:20 pm | NorthTec
Eighteen students from Abundant Life School in Kaitaia have spent this week ( subs 22-26 March) at NorthTec experiencing a range of subject areas including boatbuilding and automotive engineering and ‘living in’ on the Te Puna o te Matauranga marae ... More >>
Fourth WPSSA Summer Sports Day a great success
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 10:49 am | NorthTec
More than 1200 primary school students took part in the annual Whangarei Primary Schools Sports Association Summer Sports Day at Kensington Park, Whangarei yesterday. . More >>
Students and staff lend a hand at Tiria Falls
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 4:31 pm | NorthTec
Elementary Construction tutors Varron Armstrong (Kawakawa) and Peter Whitehouse (Rawene) and their students lent a hand to NorthTec ACE tutor Grant Steven’s ongoing project with the Moerewa community on a property adjacent to the Tiria Falls last week ( ... More >>
Top Award For NorthTec Design Student
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 1:29 pm | NorthTec
NorthTec student Katie Hilford has been named Ellerslie International Flower Show Student Designer of the Year presented by Yates. More >>
NorthTec graduation celebrates student success
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 9:41 am | NorthTec
NorthTec celebrated the success of more students than ever before at two graduation ceremonies last week ( subs 2 and 3 March) . More >>
Kaikohe youth empowered to get cars road ready
Monday, 1 March 2010, 2:39 pm | NorthTec
Kaikohe’s young people are being taught to get their own cars ready for the road in NorthTec’s newly-opened automotive workshop in the town. More >>
Five new PhD candidates from Te Tai Tokerau
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 12:54 pm | NorthTec
Five new PhD candidates from Te Tai Tokerau will be embarking on their studies with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in 2010. More >>
Northtec students adorn wharenui
Monday, 15 February 2010, 4:52 pm | NorthTec
Students on this year’s Certificate in Applied Arts – Māori Art and Design (Level 4 ) programme with NorthTec will be embarking on a powerful journey – they’ll be taught the skills needed to adorn NorthTec’s wharenui ‘Te Puna o te Matauranga’ ... More >>
Evening filmmaking classes
Monday, 15 February 2010, 3:46 pm | NorthTec
NorthTec will be running evening classes in documentary filmmaking at its Rāwene campus building on the success of its Flaxroots documentary filmmaking summer school last month. More >>
NorthTec enrolments up for first semester
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 1:38 pm | NorthTec
NorthTec is experiencing a large increase in enrolments for the first semester of 2010 compared to the same time last year. More >>
Pathway to arts degree at Hungry Creek
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 1:36 pm | NorthTec
NorthTec is offering its Certificate in Applied Arts at Hungry Creek Art and Craft School in the Rodney district for the first time this year – a move that could lead to students at the art school being able to complete their Bachelor of Applied ... More >>
NorthTec Student Gets Stuck In
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 12:27 pm | NorthTec
He may have only just turned 16 but Kaitaia-based NorthTec student Louie Taitimu is already impressing his tutors with his can-do approach. “He’ll go a long way,” says carpentry tutor Murray Smith. “He gets stuck in without having to be asked. ... More >>
NorthTec hosts region’s Chief Financial Officers
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 3:12 pm | NorthTec
NorthTec hosted a lunch for chief financial officers from key companies and organisations from around the region such as Golden Bay Cement, the Whangarei District Council, Winstone’s Aggregate and Top Energy last week. (subs Tuesday, 17 November). Key ... More >>
MP Heatley impressed by NorthTec’s facility
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 3:52 pm | NorthTec
Whangarei MP and Minister for Fisheries and Housing Mr Phil Heatley toured NorthTec’s purpose-built trades training facility Future Trades last week during an information evening that attracted a more than 30 prospective students and their families (subs ... More >>