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Wintec Nursing Students Excel In National Exams

Monday, 30 September 2024, 3:07 pm | Wintec

Nurse candidates, with Wintec students attaining an outstanding 99% pass rate compared to the national average of 93.2%. More >>

Kiwi Olympian Grabs Study By The Handlebars At Wintec

Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 12:24 pm | Wintec

Leila always had a strong passion for sport, which steered her choice to study sport and exercise science, however, her choice to train with Wintec was guided by the feedback of staff and students. More >>

Young Wintec Students Claim Top Prizes At National Youth Art Awards

Monday, 23 September 2024, 2:38 pm | Wintec

Among the standout winners were Wintec students Stevie Fiske and Olivia Connolly, both aged 20, who clinched top honours in their respective categories. More >>

Safety First: Wintec Works With NZ Police To Keep International Students Safe

Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:08 pm | Wintec

The sessions provided students with key information on how to keep themselves and their property safe during their time in New Zealand. More >>

Future Hospitality Hotshots Set To Take On Waikato Culinary Fare

Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 11:50 am | Wintec

Students from across the North Island are preparing to sharpen their knives and their skills at this year’s annual Waikato Culinary Fare. More >>

Century Old Harakeke Gifted To Wintec Māori Midwifery Students As Resource To Make Muka Pito

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 5:01 pm | Wintec

Left to right back: Alroy Walker, Faye Blossom, Janet Taiatini, Ada Te Huia, Rosemary Murray, and De Cleaver. Left to right front: Wintec Midwifery ākonga Sarah Richards and Hinemoa Mills. (Photo/Supplied) Muka Pito, an alternative and traditional way ... More >>

Shining A Light On Wintec Refugee Students For World Refugee Day

Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 3:43 pm | Wintec

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on 20 June and shines a light on the rights, needs, and dreams of those forced to flee. More >>

Wintec Students Collaborate To Educate The Community Around Diabetes And Fall-prevention

Thursday, 13 June 2024, 1:02 pm | Wintec

Another key objective of the service was to respond to the health needs of the community, providing a service that positively impacts the health status of those in areas where there is the greatest need. More >>

Award-winning Wintec Wāhine Plumbing Student Riding A Pipeline Of Success

Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:10 pm | Wintec

Maria is currently completing her apprenticeship at Morrinsville Plumbing and Gas Services (MPG). She wraps that up in August and from there will be set to graduate from Wintec next year. Along the way she has picked up several accolades and become ... More >>

Students Have Their Moment To Shine On Stage At Wintec Graduation Celebrations

Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:17 pm | Wintec

Wintec graduates from across all disciplines were encouraged to push boundaries, be authentic, better themselves, learn from failure and grab their dreams at the 2024 Wintec Graduation ceremonies. More than 2000 students graduated from Wintec ... More >>

Accolades Flow For Wintec’s Māori And Pacific Plumbing Kaimahi And Ākonga

Thursday, 8 February 2024, 8:14 pm | Wintec

2023 was a piping hot year for Māori and Pacific plumbing kaimahi (staff) and ākonga (students) at Wintec | Te Pūkenga, with a surge of accolades highlighting the calibre of Wintec’s plumbing whānau both on the teaching staff and in the classroom. A ... More >>

Poster Exhibition Gives Voice To Elders And Connects Students Across The Globe

Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 5:54 pm | Wintec

If you could give one piece of advice to the people of your city, in 20 words or less, what would it be? Design students across three countries proposed this question to elders within their community for a public good poster project called Hear Us ... More >>

New Research Out Of Wintec | Te Pūkenga Paving The Way For Ultra-marathon Performance

Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 10:37 am | Wintec

New research to support peak performance in ultramarathon running, conducted by Russell Best, Principal Academic Staff Member at Wintec | Te Pūkenga Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, and his international collaborators, is having ... More >>

Te Pūkenga Performing Arts “Nods And Winks To Old Shows” In Broadway Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone

Thursday, 16 November 2023, 10:35 am | Wintec

he Theatre stream of Wintec | Te Pūkenga Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts is getting ready for its end-of-year musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. The show brings together all ākonga from Year 2 and 3 of the degree under the astute guidance of ... More >>

Wintec Supporting Pacific Scholars To Gain Skills To Benefit Their Home Communities

Monday, 30 October 2023, 5:43 pm | Wintec

Pacific Short Term Training Scholarship (STTS) recipients are studying at Wintec | Te Pūkenga to gain skills they can take home to improve their local communities.  Pictured left to right: Back row - Robert (Solomon Islands), Brendon (Solomon Islands), ... More >>

Exceptional Adult Learners Recognised During Adult Learners' Week

Friday, 8 September 2023, 5:09 pm | Wintec

Wintec | Te Pūkenga celebrated the success of its top adult learners through the annual Adult Learners Awards. The celebration is a part of Adult Learners’ Week, He Tangata Matauranga, an initiative Wintec has been supporting since 2004. The Adult ... More >>

Coaching Special Olympics Athletes To Shoot For The Stars

Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 8:56 pm | Wintec

About 12 years ago Simone Kokaua’s nephew Richie, who has diverse needs, got into playing basketball and her sister asked her to drive the bus for the team one day. This experience led to her volunteer to coach one of the teams after witnessing how ... More >>

Wintec Celebrates 30 Years Of Ground-breaking Māori Nursing Programme This International Nurses Day

Thursday, 11 May 2023, 6:58 pm | Wintec

This International Nurses Day, Wintec | Te Pūkenga will be celebrating a major milestone for its Tihei Mauri Ora Māori nursing programme, which has been improving Māori health outcomes in the community for 30 years. On Friday 12 May, founders ... More >>

Wintec Boosts Census Numbers For Stats NZ

Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 1:21 pm | Wintec

Wintec helped Stats NZ give 2023 Census numbers a boost through their student hubs. With more 2023 Census forms to be returned to Stats NZ, and factors such as recent extreme weather impacting participation, Waikato Area Manager for Statistics New ... More >>

Wintec Committed To Transparency Around Pay Equity

Monday, 30 May 2022, 3:53 pm | Wintec

Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec), one of the Waikato's largest employers, has led the way by sharing its current pay gap figures and its commitment to transparency around pay equity. Wintec is the first tertiary institution in Aotearoa to announce ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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