Two Māori ‘aunties’ are taking carpentry class to new levels
There's a different kind of buzz going on in one of Wintec’s carpentry classes where two 'aunties' have swapped their handbags for toolbelts.
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Future You takes the guesswork out of career decisions
Wintec has launched a new online careers tool to help with the biggest issue prospective students face - deciding what to study.
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International artists join line-up for Ramp Festival launch
Four international artists will join an inspiring line-up of creatives at the four-day Ramp Festival of music, media, arts and design next month at Wintec in Hamilton.
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What makes the perfect cricket player?
Scott Wrenn is going to great lengths to find out what makes the perfect cricket player. Scott has worked in professional cricket for seven years and has witnessed a lot of positive change both at domestic and international levels.
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Wintec trades students beautify Ward Street car park
If you’ve walked down Ward Street recently you may have seen some new additions to Wintec’s student car park – 24 planter boxes filled with greenery now beautify what was once a plain and industrial space. They’re the work of Wintec’s carpentry students.
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Cultivating the light of Matariki at Wintec
Wintec’s Matariki festival, Horahia Matariki 2019, promises a cultural, colourful and engaging experience with a stellar lineup of 20 events to celebrate the Māori New Year from 7 June – 28 July.
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Better health outcomes for Māori start with a culturally aware and responsive workforce
Creating educational programmes that ensure all graduates possess the knowledge and skills expected to engage effectively with whānau and Māori communities, is an important step towards reducing barriers and inequities for Māori in the health system.
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New teaching and learning approaches achieve results for nursing students
Blended learning and flipped classrooms are teaching terms synonymous with Wintec’s Ako Teaching and Learning Directions which have signalled a change in teaching delivery since 2017. But how are these approaches working with students?
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Who will be Waikato’s top performing secondary school athletes?
Wintec's Sport Science and Human Performance team is on a mission to find the most agile, powerful and fastest Waikato secondary school athletes to claim the Champion of the Codes title.
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People’s Choice winners steal the show at NZ Startup Bootcamp 2019
After 48 gruelling hours of innovation, hard work, many light bulb moments and countless coffees two teams came out on top of the NZ Startup Bootcamp, each taking home $10,000.
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From Hamilton to Bahrain – young chef shares his secrets
Joel Miller proves no dream is too big for an aspiring chef from Hamilton, New Zealand. He now cooks for the Royal family in Bahrain.
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Wintec nursing students at heart of exhibition in Hamilton’s CBD
Last month, Brave Hearts - The New Zealand Cardiac Story, was on display in Garden Place in Hamilton. Twenty-one Wintec nursing students were there too, running education sessions in the exhibition.