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17 March 2021

Whitireia student wins inaugural Māori and Pasifika scholarship from publisher Penguin Random House NZ

Wellingtonian Luke Finnigan has been awarded the first ever Māori and Pasifika Publishing Scholarship thanks to a collaboration with Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd and Penguin Random House New... read more

5 March 2021

WelTec responds to need by offering evening classes for business students

WelTec School of Business has responded to student needs for flexible study by offering evening classes in Central Wellington for the New Zealand Diploma of Business (Level 5).“There are a lot of... read more

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23 February 2021

Whitireia offers nursing diploma as Government covers student costs

It will come as no surprise to hear that New Zealand has a shortage of nurses, with a particular need for nurses of Māori and Pacific descent.In efforts to bolster these numbers, Whitireia is the... read more

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15 February 2021

WelTec student placed third in the world’s largest digital culinary competition

WelTec cookery student, Jess Hoskins, has been placed third in the 7th annual Young Chef Olympiad 2021 (YCO) - a global culinary event.Jess competed against students from 49 other countries, over six... read more

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27 January 2021

Whitireia film school strengthens industry link with move to Avalon Studios

Starting this year, students enrolled in the screen production programme at Whitireia, will be learning in the heart of the production industry with classes to be fully run out of Avalon Film and... read more

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

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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