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15 September 2021

Whitireia and WelTec show support for ākonga and whanau through lockdown with kai packages

He aha te mea nui o te ao, he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata. The Tamaiti Whāngai team from Whitireia and WelTec teamed up with Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira to deliver… read more

30 August 2021

Connections with local enterprise driving students to automotive employment

Connections with local businesses are helping students develop the necessary skills and experience to gain employment in the automotive engineering industry. For more than ten years Tony McDonald… read more

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

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

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

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

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… 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

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