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27 January 2021

Whitireia and WelTec leadership programme helps young woman grow confidence through volunteer work

At the beginning of 2020, Roseline Enoka, who was born in a refugee camp in Kenya, moved from her family home in Australia to Wellington to live with her sister. Roseline wanted to study social work... read more

20 January 2021

WelTec graduate gets dream engineering job straight out of course

Philip Moore has long loved learning the mechanics of how things work, and as a child was always taking things apart and putting them back together. When he completed his engineering degree at WelTec... read more

12 January 2021

Quick online pivot from Whitireia and WelTec keep relationships in China strong

While some tertiary institutes are worried about coping without the normal enrolments from overseas students with borders still shut, Whitireia and WelTec have kept the relationship with Chinese... read more

Courtney Russell daughters and June Mongomery

7 January 2021

Whitireia and WelTec on-site childcare supports Mum through studies

There was a big focus by the Government in 2020 to financially support New Zealanders who want, or need, to gain skills-based qualifications as pathways to employment in the wake of Covid-19 - but... read more

8 December 2020

First graduates from WelTec’s new IT degree set to enter booming IT market

The first cohort of students to complete the new cutting edge Information Technology degree at WelTec are heading out into the workforce, confident and excited about what the industry has to... read more

26 November 2020

New scholarship helps Māori and Pasifika students tell Aotearoa's stories

In partnership with the Graduate Diploma in Publishing at Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd, Penguin Random House New Zealand is delighted to announce a new publishing scholarship for Māori and... read more

23 November 2020

WelTec graduates prove wahine can pick up tools and build back better

Construction has been traditionally a male-dominated industry, but WelTec graduates are doing their part to strike a gender balance in the trades, proving wahine have plenty of opportunity to help... read more

18 November 2020

Whitireia 'returns' nursing students to whānau in Powaiwai pre-graduation ceremony

Te Atamira Dakin’s journey to become a registered nurse is as much about other students, as it is about her own.On Friday 20 November, Te Atamira along with 12 other Māori students, will celebrate... read more

12 November 2020

New Zealand’s Wellington Institute of Technology students build Ceph proof of concept with help from SUSE

A team of students at the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) is developing a proof of concept that involves implementing a software defined storage solution for campus-wide staff and student... read more

5 November 2020

Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services

Latest Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services carries added significance in year of the pandemicThe November release of the Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Service... read more