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Wintec’s Council Members Announced

Thursday, 15 April 2010, 10:10 am | Wintec

As confirmed in a release from the Minister’s office today, the ministerial appointments for Waikato Institute of Technology’s (Wintec) council are: Gordon Chesterman (chair), Mary Cave-Palmer (deputy chair), Rahui Papa and Steve Tucker. More >>

Netball Waikato To Partner With Wintec

Friday, 30 October 2009, 1:50 pm | Wintec

Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) is to be the principal partner of Netball Waikato from January 2010. The partnership was announced at Netball Waikato’s Annual Volunteer Awards dinner this week. Waikato Region Manager Delwyn McCarroll said the ... More >>

Best business Paper for Wintec Student

Friday, 30 October 2009, 1:45 pm | Wintec

A combined effort between a Wintec student and a tutor saw a business paper take best student paper at the New Zealand Applied Business Educators conference in Rotorua recently. More >>

A Generation of Bhutanese in Exile

Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 12:16 pm | Wintec

A desire to tell the world about a seldom reported tragedy has shaped the past four years of Rituraj Sapkota’s life. Of Bhutanese Nepalese parentage and now a scholarship Honours students at Wintec in Hamilton, he is about to screen his documentary film. More >>

Wintec Masters Graduate Awarded Nurse Practitioner

Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 11:34 am | Wintec

One of three inaugural Master of Nursing graduates from Wintec has received Nurse Practitioner status from the Nursing Council of New Zealand. Anna Dawson is one of just 61 Nurse Practitioners nationwide. Ms Dawson completed her clinical Masters ... More >>

Waikato One Of Five To Establish Trades Academy

Thursday, 15 October 2009, 12:50 pm | Wintec

The Government has accepted a bid from a group of 18 Waikato education providers and industry organisations to open the region’s first trades academy. More >>

Finalists announced for 2009 National Cut! Film

Monday, 5 October 2009, 5:59 pm | Wintec

Finalists announced for 2009 National Cut! Film Competition Finalists have been announced for the annual national secondary schools Cut! Film awards run by Wintec’s School of Media Arts. The ten finalist’s films will screen on Sunday October 18th ... More >>

Hamilton Interfaith discussion part of documentary

Friday, 2 October 2009, 4:32 pm | Wintec

On Saturday 10th October at the Hamilton Gardens Victorian Glass House, a unique documentary film will be made by a Wintec post -graduate film student. Sri Lankan Honours student Chinthaka Senadeera. Graduated from the Loyola College, Hyderabad, ... More >>

China National Day Celebrations Broadcast live

Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 1:42 pm | Wintec

Wintec is to stream live from China, the footage of the country’s  60th National Day celebrations. More >>

Adult students make their mark

Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 12:40 pm | Wintec

Exceptional achievements by 17 mature students were highlighted recently during Wintec’s Adult Learners’ Week, with three taking away Adult Community Education (ACE) Adult Learners’ Awards recognising their efforts. More >>

Pilot encourages and supports Maaori innovation

Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 9:06 am | Wintec

A unique collaboration and relationship between Wintec, Te Waananga o Aotearoa and Waikato-Tainui, has resulted in a 35-week Maaori Trade Training Pilot which provides the opportunity for Maaori students to complete a modern apprenticeship in carpentry. ... More >>

3 Weeks Left For Young Filmmakers to Cut!

Thursday, 3 September 2009, 2:50 pm | Wintec

With three weeks to go until the deadline for the Cut! National Secondary Schools Short Video Competition, teenagers around the country are shooting scenes, tightening edits, animating models, and dreaming up titles as they finish their creations. Even ... More >>

Wintec Growth Leads To New Management Position

Thursday, 3 September 2009, 12:21 pm | Wintec

The growth of Wintec's internationalisation activities has resulted in the development of a new senior management position for the institute. More >>

Huntly student wins laptop

Monday, 31 August 2009, 3:28 pm | Wintec

Wintec’s “Huge Day Out” was held Tuesday 25th August with an estimated 1200 secondary school students attending from as far away as Kaitaia and Taupo. The “Huge Day Out” involved staff and students from all of the Wintec Schools and allowed ... More >>

Community Living Trust and Wintec

Thursday, 27 August 2009, 11:02 am | Wintec

This week Community Living Trust celebrates 20 years of success in supporting people with intellectual disabilities to meet their needs and live their dreams. Marese McGee, CEO of Community Living Trust said it was a good opportunity to announce the ... More >>

Wintec Reports Good Growth And Outlook

Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 4:55 pm | Wintec

Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) has reported growth of more than 12% in its provision in the Waikato region. Chief executive Mark Flowers said this represented around 400 more equivalent full-time students (EFTS) being taught on its Hamilton ... More >>

Russian cinematographer presents at Spark

Thursday, 16 July 2009, 10:23 am | Wintec

In the 1960s, Marina Goldovskaya became one of the then-Soviet Union’s pre-eminent cinematographers and documentary filmmakers. Everyone awaited the work of this seemingly fragile woman, who was filled with strong passion and determination, ready to walk ... More >>

Media Arts crew bring Beat Street to big screen

Thursday, 9 July 2009, 10:06 am | Wintec

A group of staff, students and graduates from Wintec’s School of Media Arts are involved in Hamilton’s upcoming Beat Street event, coordinating the onscreen elements of the night. Beat Street, happening Friday, July 10th at the Meteor Theatre, is ... More >>

Wintec Wins Three Categories In Tertiary Awards

Thursday, 11 June 2009, 11:08 am | Wintec

ITP New Zealand, the national association for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs), held its annual education awards last night, to  recognise excellence in the  sector. More >>

Saudi Govt to take Management Training at Wintec

Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 4:37 pm | Wintec

Wintec is to hold a training day for 20 executive staff from the Technical & Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday July 15. This follows a visit to Wintec earlier this year when a delegation identified Wintec as having ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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