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Wintec honours its top adult learners

08 Sep 2022

This week, as part of Adult Learners’ Week, He Tangata Matauranga (1-8 September), Wintec, a business division of Te Pūkenga, celebrated the success of its top adult learners. The Adult Learner Awards are a highlight of the Wintec calendar and were hosted in the Atrium on Wintec’s city campus. Five exceptional adult learners were honoured and celebrated. All had embraced their learning with enthusiasm and a drive to succeed, challenged themselves and supported others in their learning journeys.

Wintec flooded with students for Open Day 2022

30 Aug 2022

Passing showers didn’t dampen the spirits of the floods of excited prospective students who attended Wintec’s annual Tōia Mai Open Day this year. Held at both Wintec’s City and Rotokauri campuses on Friday 26, August, this year’s Open Day saw hundreds of potential ākonga (students) and their whānau come along to see what student life at Wintec could be like.

Tailored innovative approach to build business leaders

25 Aug 2022

Foster Group is creating future leaders with the help of Wintec | Te Pukenga professional programmes. Chief Operating Officer at Foster Group Waikato and Bay of Plenty, Nigel Sun, says "I just think the relationship that we've built with Wintec | Te Pūkenga is exceptional. They made it so easy for us to deliver these programmes to our staff by coming to us onsite... facilitators get to see the business first-hand and experience the culture, which makes their delivery more tailored."

Finery wins RISE UP 2022!

22 Aug 2022

Finery founder Jane Allan has won Soda’s RISE UP competition, taking home $10,000 cash to boost her cocktail in a can business. Soda is a subsidiary of Wintec.

Experience Wintec at Open Day Tōia Mai 2022

16 Aug 2022

Open Day Tōia Mai 2022 is a great chance for you and your whānau to get a better idea of what life is like studying at Wintec.

Oire Pacific team win 'My Kuki-Are Rules' MKR trophy

09 Aug 2022

Wintec's Oire Pacific team participated in the MKR (My Kuki-Are Rules) cooking competition on Saturday evening at our Rotokauri Campus hospitality kitchens.

Trailblazing creatives invited to share stories of Home at Wintec’s Ramp Festival

01 Aug 2022

The highly anticipated Wintec School of Media Arts’ Ramp Festival 2022 brings Aotearoa-based practitioners and creatives to Kirikiriroa Hamilton, from 16th - 18th August 2022. Wintec School of Media Arts is pleased to present this year’s Ramp Festival as a unique platform to connect students with a range of creative practitioners, taking place across Wintec’s City Campus.

Emily Dickinson poetry inspires a new album by Wintec Academic Matthew Bannister

19 Jul 2022

Reading and memorising Emily Dickinson's poems provided Wintec researcher Matthew Bannister (Sneaky Feelings, The Changing Same, One Man Bannister) with the creative inspiration needed to get him through the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Wintec partners with University of South Pacific in Samoa for Horticulture programme

12 Jul 2022

Wintec has launched a 12-week youth horticulture training in Samoa, partnering with the School of Agriculture at the University of South Pacific Samoa.

Redesigning nursing curriculum in Kiribati

12 Jul 2022

The Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT) has a brand-new Diploma of Nursing curriculum thanks to the hard work and dedication of their School of Nursing and Health (SONH) team members, closely involved in the redesign process alongside Wintec kaimahi and an expert from James Cook University.

Wintec leading the way for Rainbow staff and students

30 Jun 2022

Wintec’s Rainbow Community has been building an alliance. It calls itself the Āniwaniwa Alliance. Since forming in 2020, the network has grown exponentially and has just employed the group’s first paid position - Rainbow Coordinator, a New Zealand Institute of Technology or Polytechnic (ITP) first.

Soda becomes Waikato's new Regional Business Partner

28 Jun 2022

Hamilton based business growth driver, Soda Inc., is expanding its services to support more businesses as the Waikato’s new Regional Business Partner (RBP).