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Visual Arts Graduates Thrive in the Industry
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:49 am | Whitireia Polytech
Whitireia visual arts students only graduated in December 2008 but are already making a name for themselves in the industry. More >>
Pioneer s recognised with Honourable Award.
Friday, 23 January 2009, 4:12 pm | Whitireia Polytech
Dr. Margaret Southwick has been paving the way in education and health for Pacific Island students at Whitireia Community Polytechnic since 1986. Her contribution and dedication was recently acknowledged with a Queens Service Medal for her contribution ... More >>
Whitireia Performing Arts Move to the City
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 12:19 pm | Whitireia Polytech
After eight years hidden amongst abandoned buildings at the Kenepuru hospital grounds the Whitireia Stage and Screen Arts programmes are moving to a new home in the old Wellington Performing Arts building on Vivian Street, in Wellington CBD. More >>
Whitireia Summer School at Kapiti Campus
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 12:00 pm | Whitireia Polytech
Summer School at Whitireia's Kapiti Campus is taking place again this January, providing the enthusiast with inspiration, new techniques and skills from local and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists. More >>
NZ's first graduates with new qualification
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 11:56 am | Whitireia Polytech
Fourteen Whitireia students were the first in New Zealand to graduate from the Diploma in Mental Health Support Work. The students graduated on 15 December, with a much anticipated qualification that has been in the pipelines since 2002. More >>
Purchase of Wellington Performing Arts Centre
Monday, 22 December 2008, 10:54 am | Whitireia Polytech
Chief Executive Don Campbell announced the purchase of Wellington Performing Arts Centre (WPAC) today, with its existing programmes to be run in conjunction with Whitireia stage and screen acting programmes in the Wellington Performing Arts Centre building ... More >>
Whitireia IT graduates in hot demand!
Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 10:17 am | Whitireia Polytech
Whitireia IT graduates are in hot demand! In fact, they are in such hot demand that they are being employed at Whitireia before they even graduate or get snatched up by other businesses. More >>
Industry connected IT Qualification At Whitireia.
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 2:27 pm | Whitireia Polytech
IT programmes at Whitireia are a long way from the secondary school notion of IT – which consisted of little more than word processing and spreadsheets – students are now learning how to create software, install networks and setup servers. IT ... More >>
Whitireia Student Wins Top Journalism Award
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 2:19 pm | Whitireia Polytech
WHITIREIA’s Jenny Meyer has won the Statistics NZ best journalism student award for 2008. More >>
Whitireia Graduation a First
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 1:17 pm | Whitireia Polytech
A brand new purpose-built atrium, a beautiful location on the shores of Porirua harbour and a myriad of excited students and staff. The perfect ingredients for the first ever, graduation day for all faculties, onsite, at Whitireia Community Polytechnic. ... More >>
Whitirieia Gains New Forklift Instructors
Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 10:06 am | Whitireia Polytech
Whitireia has received approval from the Department of Labour for four people to be trained as OSH Forklift instructors. The approval couldn’t have come at a better time, with demand high and students keen. More >>
No Rules: Rediscovering Embroidery Exhibition
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 12:19 pm | Whitireia Polytech
No Rules: Rediscovering Embroidery, opened on 14 November and will run till 20 December, featuring Rosie White; renowned New Zealand artist and Whitireia graduate. More >>
A music student to watch.
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 12:16 pm | Whitireia Polytech
Lauren King is a Whitireia music student to watch. Her experiences range from choir to Rock bands, soundtracks to Shakespeare; she has her own band, Mama Tilly. Not bad for a girl from the Kapiti Coast! More >>
Bachelor of Nursing Maori – Fills a Niche Market
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 12:09 pm | Whitireia Polytech
In July 2009 Whitireia Community Polytechnic will become one of only two educational institutes to offer a Bachelor of Nursing (Māori). Whitireia is already a leading provider of undergraduate and postgraduate health programmes, including a Bachelor ... More >>
‘4th Floor’ Literary Journal Revamp
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 12:00 pm | Whitireia Polytech
The 4th Floor online literary journal is back with a new look and the latest and greatest kiwi writing from students of Whitireia Polytechnics Creative Writing Programme. More >>
Student wins scholarship to the Sub-Antarctic
Monday, 20 October 2008, 1:15 pm | Whitireia Polytech
Whitireia student Bill Nelson has won an 'Enderby Trust - Sub-Antarctic Islands Scholarship 2008'. He will travel to the 'Galapagos' of Antarctica from 27 November until 9 December, on board Heritage Expeditions Polar Research vessel Spirit of Enderby. More >>
Whitireia Hosts Aotearoa Arts Forum
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 5:43 pm | Whitireia Polytech
The first week of October saw Whitireia’s Kapiti Campus host the third Aotearoa Textile Forum. The forum, run out of Australia and hosted in New Zealand by Whitireia has now become an annual event at the Kapiti campus. More >>
Educating the teachers of the World
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 4:42 pm | Whitireia Polytech
A signing of a five year memorandum of intent, took place with Jambi educational representatives on October 7. The formal arrangement has allowed for academic staff from tertiary institutions in Jambi to study in New Zealand for four months to upgrade ... More >>
Whitireia Student Wins Katherine Mansfield Award
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 1:53 pm | Whitireia Polytech
Whitireia writing student Joseph Ryan has been awarded the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Novice Writer award, for his story, Stranger Than Beautiful. The awards were held 2 October at Te Papa Museum in Wellington and are one of New Zealand’s ... More >>
Education Forum gets political!
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 1:45 pm | Whitireia Polytech
A new group, the Porirua Education Forum, seeking to provide more support for and better overall co-ordination in the Porirua Education sector, is holding a public Education meeting with candidates for Mana and Te Tai Haurauru at Whitireia Community ... More >>
