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4 August 2021

Whitireia and WelTec Open Days highlighting potential career paths

Whitireia and WelTec are opening up their campuses to future ākonga (learners) considering their next step in life.The first Open Day was held at the Porirua campus on Wednesday 28 July, and future... read more

Whitireia Bachelor of Nursing Maori Maia

30 July 2021

First-year Whitireia Māori nursing students connect with their community to make a difference

Whitireia is offering first-year nursing students in the Bachelor of Nursing Māori programme the chance to make a real difference and gain clinical experience within their community through hands-on... read more

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29 July 2021

Whitireia welcomes back first international student to return under border exception

After spending an unexpected 17 months in China when New Zealand borders closed due to COVID-19, Yongzhi Sun was met with a warm welcome upon his recent return to campus.Yongzhi was one of Whitireia... read more

21 July 2021

Whitireia nursing students undergoing immunisation training to help their communities fight COVID-19

As a result of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout increasing in New Zealand, Whitireia has embedded immunisation training as a focus in their nursing programmes.To ensure all communities have access to the... read more

21 July 2021

Call for abstracts open for 2021 ITP Research Symposium

Open Polytechnic together with Whitireia and WelTec will be hosting the national 2021 ITP (Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics) Research Symposium, which will be held on 25-26 November at... read more

12 July 2021

Whitireia tutor completes first of its kind study into Kiribati health practices

The theme of this year’s Pacific Language Weeks are all about strengthening our health and wellbeing. In celebration of Kiribati Language Week, we thought what better way to deep dive into the topic... read more

6 July 2021

WelTec tutor blends Māori with contemporary for creative tech students

Darren Ward’s (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki) third year students have just put the finishing touches on a wharenui (Māori meeting house), made to scale, as part of their Bachelor of... read more

WelTec Vet Nursing Katie Story SPCA story

2 July 2021

SPCA volunteer judged top dog

Animal lover Katie Storey has won an award for her commitment to vulnerable cats and kittens.Storey, an SPCA volunteer, won the charity’s Outstanding Young Volunteer award, announced last week to... read more

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29 June 2021

Gold for Wellington Trades Academy Student

Eight culinary students from the Wellington region have competed for a place in the National Secondary Schools Culinary Competition (NSSCC) Grand Final. The regional final was held at WelTec, Cuba... read more

22 June 2021

Separate but together - Māori, Pacific and nursing programmes at Whitireia link up to better share cultural and academic knowledge

The nursing programmes at Whitireia have created a framework to ensure equity between the programmes, to better collaborate, and to share knowledge and ways of working.The framework, Te Kawenata... read more