As you head towards Wintec’s Rotokauri campus, you can’t help but see the big red Makita signage that has become part of the Wintec landscape. The signage acknowledges the power tool manufacturer becoming a preferred supplier to the Wintec trades programme, giving Wintec trades ākonga access to a whole range of top-quality tools.
Last week, Wintec hosted its sixth annual Wāhine in Trades and Engineering event at its Rotokauri Campus. The booked-out event was an opportunity to shine a light on wāhine working across trades and engineering, and to show the next generation just how many career pathways are out there.
More than 400 aspiring chefs and hospitality students, from 20 schools across the Waikato and beyond, put their culinary skills to the test as the Waikato Culinary Fare returned to Wintec for its 21st year, reaffirming its place as New Zealand's largest regional culinary competition.
Hamilton businesses braved yesterday’s wet weather to come together at Wintec to connect over steaming hot hāngī and celebrate Matariki. The lunchtime event welcomed around 100 members of the Hamilton Central Business Association to Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa marae at Wintec’s City Campus.
Next-generation marketers and communication professionals are putting their skills to the test, supporting Hamilton’s Pasifika community.
Each year, more than 3,000 international learners choose Wintec - studying either in Waikato or through one of the institute's education partners overseas. Of those choosing to learn in Waikato, 14% travel from China.
A rich cultural experience, as much as a celebration of achievement, is the best way to describe the Wintec graduation 2026.
Not many Kiwis know where Maastricht is, let alone that a treaty founding the European Union was signed here, but Gabby Rawhiti does.
Two armed guards stand tall with rifles in hand, watching over Wintec’s Rotokauri Campus as silent stewards of learning. The steel sculpture depicting ANZAC soldiers, carefully crafted by engineering tutor Peter Rameka, was ceremoniously unveiled recently.
No two days are the same for Morgan Ellis, whose career involves promoting some of New Zealand’s biggest stars and most exciting events. The Wintec alumna has worked with household names including Six60, Below Deck’s Aeesha Scott, and Laneway Festival in her role as lead publicist for Auckland-based public relations (PR) agency 818.
Placed around the edges of a memorial to a former culinary student who tragically died in a car accident are the flourishing seeds of a new campus project.
More than 240 secondary school entrepreneurs from Waikato, King Country, and Thames-Coromandel shared their startup ideas with local business professionals at Wintec this month.