2009 Whangarei Rest Home Olympics

Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 11:41 am | NorthTec

NorthTec Sport and Recreation students hosted the 2009 Whangarei Rest Home Olympics on at the ASB Leisure Centre this week. More >>

Clay artist at NorthTec's Kerikeri campus

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 1:50 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s Kerikeri campus is currently hosting clay artist Jim Cooper as part of its visiting educator programme.

Jim has just been announced as the joint winner of this year’s Portage Ceramic Awards and is currently in based at NorthTec’s workshop using the studio space to create work for a group exhibition at the prestigious Martin Browne Fine Art gallery in Sydney. More >>

NorthTec Arts students exhibit around region

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 1:36 pm | NorthTec

The Northland region will be treated to a diverse range of creative output from NorthTec students at exhibitions around the region in November and December.

Rawene and Whangarei-based students are hosting several exhibitions from the site specific one-day “Tauranga Tangata, Tauranga Toi” exhibition being held on Saturday, 14 November to the “Digital Stirfry” exhibition at ENorth from 23-26 November. More >>

NorthTec hosts international e-learning expert

Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 3:39 pm | NorthTec

More than twenty industry and sector stakeholders attended the Northern Regional e-Learning Symposium yesterday (subs 19 October) at NorthTec’s Interactive Learning Centre on the Raumanga campus in Whangarei. More >>

NorthTec programmes' work pathway for prisoners

Monday, 19 October 2009, 3:28 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s construction tutors are equipping prisoners at the Northern Region Corrections Facility at Ngawha near Kaikohe with real world skills to turn their lives around and to help those in need in the community as part of an agreement with the Corrections ... More >>

NorthTec innovation award recognises excellence

Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:34 am | NorthTec

NorthTec Chief Executive Terry Barnett presented NorthTec’s award for technology and innovation to Magnetism Solutions Ltd in front of an audience of key Northland business leaders at the 2009 Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards last Friday ... More >>

Renowned Māori academic to oversee NorthTec course

Friday, 9 October 2009, 10:05 am | NorthTec

Recently-appointed Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi academic and former Director of Auckland University’s Sir James Henare Research Centre Dr Te Tuhi Robust has been appointed to oversee the delivery of several postgraduate and undergraduate ... More >>

NorthTec To Host E-Learning Symposium

Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 9:25 am | NorthTec

NorthTec will host the Northern Regional e-Learning Symposium on 19 October at its Interactive Learning Centre on the Raumanga campus in Whangarei. More >>

Students poised to benefit from global partnership

Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 1:48 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s exciting collaboration with 3D visualisation company Nextspace is poised to benefit from the recent announcement that the Auckland-based company has been chosen as a global partner for leading visual enterprise solutions company Right ... More >>

NorthTec outstanding result in satisfaction survey

Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:07 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s results in the NZITP International Student Barometer for 2009 show that NorthTec’s international students are more satisfied than their counterparts in other institutions in 45 of the 56 aspects of international student life included ... More >>

NorthTec acknowledges National Social Workers Day

Friday, 25 September 2009, 3:20 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s Social Services programme area acknowledged National Social Workers Day on 23 September by hosting a breakfast for an invited group of social services sector representatives at NorthTec’s Whangarei campus. More than 20 people attended ... More >>

NorthTec graduate wins Kate Sheppard Award

Thursday, 24 September 2009, 5:19 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec graduate Bethany Edmunds (Ngati Kuri) is this year’s recipient of the Kate Sheppard Memorial Award. Bethany completed at Bachelor of Applied Arts at NorthTec in 2000. She specialised in personal adornment, wearable art and fibre design. More >>

NorthTec allocated 60 places on Guarantee Scheme

Thursday, 24 September 2009, 11:06 am | NorthTec

Media release: NorthTec allocated 60 places on Government’s Youth Guarantee scheme for 2010

NorthTec has been allocated 60 places on the Government-funded Youth Guarantee scheme for 2010.

Education Minister Anne Tolley made the announcement of how the 2000 places on the 2010 scheme were to be allocated earlier today. (subs 23 September). More >>

$500,000 grant from Encouraging Innovation

Monday, 21 September 2009, 4:41 pm | NorthTec

$500,000 grant from Encouraging and Supporting Innovation fund revolutionises course delivery for NorthTec students More >>

NorthTec’s Future Trades is turning blue

Monday, 21 September 2009, 4:35 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s Student Support Team and Health Centre staff and Placemakers are joining forces to hold a “Blue Wednesday” fundraising BBQ at NorthTec’s Future Trades campus at lunchtime on Wednesday, 23 September as part of “Blue September” – ... More >>

NorthTec hosts speaker on family discipline

Monday, 21 September 2009, 4:31 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec ‘s Social Services department is hosting a breakfast to acknowledge National Social Workers’ Day on 23 September. An invited audience of social services sector representatives will meet at NorthTec’s Interactive Learning Centre at the Whangarei ... More >>

Waka Ama hoe made by NorthTec students

Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:42 am | NorthTec

Some of the NorthTec students who are crafting hoe (paddles) for use in their Waka Ama competitions on the short award boat building courses at Future Trades will be using them at the world Waka Ama competition in New Caledonia next year. Parihaka ... More >>

Northec’s Future Trades facility hosts visit

Friday, 11 September 2009, 2:01 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec’s Future Trades will host its second schools visit on 18 September. The event follows on from the successful schools visit to Future Trades on 28 August which saw 45 secondary students from around the region participating in two trade ... More >>

Whangarei cross country champs a great success

Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 9:40 am | NorthTec

More than 1,200 year 4-8 students competitors make Whangarei cross country championships a great success More >>

Whangarei cross country championships a success

Monday, 7 September 2009, 5:35 pm | NorthTec

NorthTec Sport and Recreation students hosted more than 1,200 year 4 to year 8 students at the Whangarei Primary School Sports Associations’ (WPSSA) cross country championships at Barge Park, Whangarei on 4 September. More >>