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Bachelor of Nursing
This programme uses theoretical and clinical learning experiences designed to educate and support students to become a New Zealand registered nurse, capable of working in a range of multicultural settings.
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Bachelor of Nursing Māori
This programme uses theoretical and clinical learning to support Māori students to become registered nurses, capable of working in numerous multicultural settings.
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Bachelor of Nursing Pacific
This programme uses theoretical and clinical learning experiences designed to educate and support Pacific students to become a New Zealand registered nurse, capable of working in a range of multicultural settings.
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New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living for Supported Learners (Level 1)
Study in Petone or Porirua. Gain skills to be independent, improve communication and plan for the future. Students will be learning under a 2:16 tutor to student ratio. Learn life skills with this programme that brings students together, yet focuses on individual development.
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New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support) (Level 3)
Learn essential skills such as reception duties, shampooing, applying treatments or colours under supervision, and styling. You’ll also be introduced to cutting. Develop experience working as a team member in our salon. Work backstage on the World of Wearable Art Awards Show and take the opportunity to work on other productions and high fashion events.
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New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 3) - Support Work
Be a caregiver or support worker. Focus on support work to help those who need assistance in independent day-to-day living. Gain work experience in hospitals and rest homes.
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New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4) [Mental Health and Addiction Support]
Foster hope, support recovery and build resilience. Focus on mental health and addiction issues. Learn about interventions and treatments, building relationships and developing wellbeing. Understand relevant legislation and the role of support workers. Designed for those working in the sector.
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New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Peer Support) (Level 4)
Foster hope and build resilience, self-determination and autonomy. Focus on peer support tools, communication strategies, developing leadership, and the power of own story and how this can be shared in a safe and professional way to support peers and whānau who are experiencing distress.
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Your Guide to Foundation Level Study
Foundation courses are designed to give new students an introduction into an area of study. They give students an easy and accessible way to get started on a new path either straight out of high-school or as someone studying after years of working. You might often have ambitions to get a new job, earn a new qualification or increase your income but the path to achieving these ambitions can seem unclear and sometimes daunting. Foundation courses remove the uncertainty and give you a clear path wh...
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Which jobs are in demand in New Zealand?
New Zealand’s current economy is strong, and with an unemployment rate of just 4.2%, the demand for new graduates is high. Booming industries aren’t able to tap into the current labour market to fill new and vacant positions and therefore look to employ new graduates who are jumping into the job market for the first time. There are many reasons why certain jobs may be in high demand, and some are not. In some sectors the workforce is reaching natural retirement age, so a new workforce is n...
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Is polytechnic or university right for you?
One decision students are often faced with is should I study at a polytechnic or a university? This is a question that many students ask themselves before they take the next step in their education. There can be many deciding factors to consider such as the learning environment, the teaching methods, work prospects, income levels, study options and so on. Before you make this decision it is important to have a really good understanding of the differences regarding polytechnics and universiti...
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Whitireia 'returns' nursing students to whānau in Powaiwai pre-graduation ceremony
... throughout the first year of her return to studies, but it was during Covid-19 that she had a group of 17 first year students from the programme. "It started off with two, and they invited two and then it just grew," she says.Peer mentoring is part of the student support approach at Whitireia, and in the Bachelor of Nursing (Māori) programme, all akonga are introduced to practices relative to the concept of tuakana or teina. There is an expectation that, if they are able, senior akonga will as...
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Young WelTec carpentry graduate aims to inspire more wahine into the trades
WelTec carpentry graduate, Sarah Clark, wants to start a company that champions female tradies.Sarah is currently employed by Tonks Residential, a local construction company, as an apprentice builder.Sarah was introduced to the company while she was completing her Level 3 carpentry programme at WelTec in Lower Hutt, as part of her Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTTS) scholarship. The scholarship supports students from entry into study, right through to employment, and an important part of...
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Charter Flights Under Consideration For International Students
The international study sector is valuable to the local economy. In 2017, Wellington’s 8504 international students spent $390 million on tuition and living costs and $20 million on student tourism in Wellington during 2017/18, supporting 3750 jobs.An additional $40 million was generated by friends and relatives visiting students in Wellington, supporting a further 540 jobs.WellingtonNZ General Manager David Perks says border controls introduced by the Government during the Covid-crisis turned...
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New Zealand’s Wellington Institute of Technology students build Ceph proof of concept with help from SUSE
The proof of concept project came about as WeITec staff and students were handling virtual machines (VMs) stored on local drives in each individual Windows client-based PC which required users to copy their VM from one PC to another across the network if they choose to work at a different station. In order to overcome this inundated task, the team at WeITec chose Ceph as their vendor and has been impressed with its technical capabilities. Ceph is a highly-resilient software defined storage offe...
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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 Pasifika students.Called the Penguin Random House Māori and Pasifika Publishing Scholarship, it aims to reduce barriers to equity and diversity and to increase inclusivity in publishing in Aotearoa, by funding one Māori or Pasifika student to study the Graduate Diploma in Publishing at Whitireia Comm...
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Young Whitireia Graduate Becomes Essential Service Provider
Having graduated with a New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering (Level 3) from Whitireia at the Porirua campus, and then snapped up by electrical company, Paradise Power, to work as an apprentice, Cori spent the COVID-19 lockdown providing emergency electrical services to families in the Hutt Valley."Ovens, hot water cylinders and lights break all the time, even when the country is in lockdown", says Cori. “So we were pretty much run off our feet the whole time. It was quite stressfu...
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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 so she could get a job helping children and refugees. She set her sights on getting a social work degree at Whitireia, and as a stepping stone enrolled in the Whitireia Certificate in Study and Career Preparation - Social Science (Level 3 and 4).But the move to Wellington to study for Roseline’s dr...
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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 New Zealand build (literally!) back better post-Covid.According to an announcement made by the Minister for Education, Hon Chris Hipkins, in November - female apprentices have more than doubled in a year, increasing from 845 to 1785 across all sectors.WelTec graduate Keijahan Ranginui and Milika Moceva...
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WelTec Offer Two-Year Youth Work Diploma As Need For Experts To Grow In A Post-COVID World
“One of the biggest, and somewhat unknown knock-on effects we could face as a result of isolation due to COVID-19 is mental health impacts,” says Carmel Haggerty head of Whitireia & Weltec’s School of Health & Social Services. “Added to this will also likely be significant financial hardships for many. “One in eight children in New Zealand already currently live in poverty and research shows these children are more vulnerable to mental health issues. The highest rates of suici...
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WelTec and Rimutaka Prison Team up to Build Social Housing
The houses are being built by students undertaking the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) Carpentry.The students at Rimutaka are close to finishing one house, four will be completed on the WelTec campus and two on the Whitireia campus. Nine students will be graduating from the programme in Rimutaka, 71 from Petone and 31 from Whitireia.Neil McDonald, Head of School Construction and Engineering WelTec and Whitireia, explains how late last year a five-year agreement was...
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Student Support
Contact us for more information:Learner Support ServicesPhone: 0800 141 121Email: LSS@wandw.ac.nz
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Student Support Services
Student support and assistance lss@wandw.ac.nz or phone 0800 141 121 Counselling support Vitae Counselling on 0508 664 981 or Piki Counselling COVID-19 Helpline 0800 358 5453 International students: Auckland international students international.support.auckland@wandw.ac.nz or call +64 9 379 4666 Wellington international students international.support@wandw.ac.nz or call +64 4 920 2505 Immigration New Zealand (for visa queries) 0508 225 288 (within NZ) or +64 9 952 1679 (o...
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International Student Support
... (Pastoral Care of International Students) Code of Practice 2016 (including Amendments 2019), Whitireia and WelTec have an important responsibility to ensure that our international students are well informed, safe and properly cared for.The International Student Support team can provide confidential assistance and advice on any questions or concerns you might have in adapting to study and life in New Zealand, including: Information and advice on accommodation options Coping with homesickness and...
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Māori & Pacific Student Support
We offer a range of support options to suit our students' needs. At Whitireia & WelTec, this means we focus on cultivating an environment and culture that supports the physical, social, intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of every student. We also have specific support services available to Māori, Pacific and international students. Māori Students Pacific Students Engagement Advisors Student advocacy Māori Students We have a long and honoured tradition in supporting...
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Student Resources
Contact us for more information:Learner Support ServicesPhone: 0800 141 121Email: LSS@wandw.ac.nz
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Timetables
Timetables are subject to change and you should check your timetable from time to time, especially in the last week before teaching starts. Viewing Complete Programmes: Click here to access the 2021 Whitireia and WelTec timetable From the main page go to the Programmes tab Use the Subject Area drop-down box to narrow your search to a specific subject area Select your student group from the Select Student Group(s) window (you must highlight your selection even if there is only 1 result) S...
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Library & Helpdesks
LibraryHelpdesks LibraryOur libraries provide access to high-quality resources through print and online mediums to support your studies and learning. This includes books, journals, magazines, e-books and online videos and peer-reviewed journal articles.You must have a current student identification card to borrow from our libraries and a Moodle login and password to access online databases and materials. We can help you with: Research support and online research databases. Finding...
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IT Services and Information
Come in and use our computers, printers and photocopiers. Connect to free Wifi. We have ICT Service Centre staff at each campus too if you have any problems or questions. Set up your accounts Student login Student email Register your account WiFi Office 365 Online Flexible Learning: Moodle Printing, photocopying and scanning Loan a Laptop Set up your accounts Log in to a computer on campus Change your password Setup your email here using your Whitireia or We...
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Support Services
Contact us for more information:Learner Support ServicesPhone: 0800 141 121Email: LSS@wandw.ac.nz
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Privacy statement
... on your information to other organisations for their marketing and communication purposes. Who has access to it and where is it stored?We keep your information safe by storing it securely and only allowing access for the purposes of enrolments and student support. Personal information collected using the online application form will be held in the student administration database.Our staff will have access to your personal information where they have a genuine need to do so.There are circums...
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IT Student Projects
Welcome to the compilation of capstone project synopses. These projects are undertaken by WelTec and Whitireia Graduate Diploma in IT and final-year Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) students at the School of Business & IT. The synopses briefly capture the compulsory 450-hour capstone projects component that is available in both of these programmes. The project experience provides industry, non-profit organisations and businesses the opportunity to support the development of a deg...
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HSPC Current Projects
IPAWS StudyThe International Paramedic Anxiety Wellbeing and Stress (IPAWS) longitudinal study is designed to map psychological wellbeing among an international cohort of paramedic graduates over a five year period. IPAWS will be the first longitudinal study to explore the cumulative impact of trauma on paramedic mental health against occupational experience. Baseline measures will be obtained in the final year of the participant’s tertiary qualification, enabling the psychological health and...
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Student Streaming Service
Team Ben Pickering Cris Amara Prakash Chhetri Linus Sison IntroductionStudent Streaming Service is a web-based stream selection application that enables students to choose their courses and streams(classes), then view their timetable. This removes the burden of tedious manual data entry, saving both time and money for the Wellington Institute of Technology. The stream selection application also ensures that students are enrolled with the correct number of courses for the trimester whilst eli...
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Student Streaming System
Data Import Utility to get Excel into DB Team Mohammad Ansari MJ Choi IntroductionCurrent WelTec timetable system does not provide options for users to explore timetable combinations or to check remaining stream capacity. The system also displays other courses irrelevant to an individual student’s study programme.Student Streaming System is a dynamic web application that allows users to experiment with course selections without having to log in. Selected courses will then be displayed in...
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Software Defined Storage
Team William Edmeades Jesse Beatty-Ward Vincent Cherry IntroductionThe Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) has an opportunity to improve storage availability and access for students and staff. WelTec wants a solution to better manage the current storage situation within the B-block of the Petone Campus. Currently student storage is local to each machine within the B-block, this causes drawbacks to students that must work on different workstations as files are not accessible unless co...
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RDANZI Web & App System
Team Piyush Sharma Chandan Waila Uriah Twohill Gautam Mehta IntroductionRoller Derby Association of New Zealand Incorporated (RDANZI), is the organisation responsible for organizing Roller Derby events throughout New Zealand. The goal of this project is to create a web-based application for event booking system that allows users to assign, create and manage roller derby events, rosters of volunteers for the events, and User Game Histories.Currently, there is no booking or roster system for RDA...
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Smart Service Booking
Team Keval Dankhara Vinith Deepak Kevin Tamakuwala IntroductionCurrently, there are many websites or applications for driving booking services available. For example, ‘Uber’ and ‘Easy Booking’. These websites do not provide appropriate disability service or a pre-booking service. In comparison, ‘Smart Service Booking’ has a focus on the user or customer and a driver’s flexibility.Smart Service Booking will have some supporting services for customers such as email confi...
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yourlife Life Insurance and Facebook
Team Olga Korotkova Project ScopeThe project investigated the issue of deficient user engagement on the official Facebook page of YourLife Ltd – where it has a low number of likes, comments, and shares per post. The research was undertaken due to host wanted to identify and better understand the benefits of Facebook marketing.The objective of this project is to compare Facebook marketing tactics of 10 life insurance agencies in Australia and New Zealand to identify, which Facebook posts will...
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Wellycon
Project Team Allen Shelly Dhvani Patel Amanpreet Singh Pavel Klimov IntroductionThis project was initially focused as a database design project when it was handed out. However, after the initial meeting with the client the scope of the project was totally changed from database design to a website design project. The exponential growth of Wellycon has created administrative challenges. A series of methods have been utilised to manage administration that includes the spot meetups and regist...
