For years, Fijian Ilaisa Bale worked in the meatworks. His mum worked in IT which inspired him, but he never thought he would get there. Now he is almost ready to graduate from Wintec with a Bachelor of Information Technology.
A highlight on the Wintec calendar this week was the annual Adult Learner Awards, where six adult students with the drive to succeed in their chosen learning journeys were recognised.
A volleyball star from Kawerau has switched the volleyball court for the rugby field. Stacey Niao, a Wintec graduate, is now a rising talent in the Canterbury women’s rugby scene.
On 3 July 2021, a voice-activated accounting service, Tania.ai went live in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, a dream come true for a small Kiwi company and its employees, including Wintec IT graduate, Elysia Wanakore.
Wintec Culinary Arts and Hospitality team are using food cooked in practical cooking classes to feed to communities in need.
Dawei Wang has returned to Wintec from China as one of 1,500 international students invited to complete their study in New Zealand after 18 long months of waiting.
After a lifetime developing his skills as a player, a coach, mentor and co-author of coaching courses for World Rugby, Darryl Suasua shares why he is studying sport science at Wintec.
Whangārei writer Ataria Sharman is bringing her industry insights as one of Ramp Festival’s guest speakers, on August 6, at Wintec City campus in Hamilton.
Wintec Health Services in Hamilton is now home to two nurse prescribers, as nurse Jo Brown has recently become a designated registered nurse prescriber in community health.
Simone Kokaua is following her heart as a Special Olympics coach while also studying towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Exercise Physiology at Wintec.
Half price bus travel for Wintec students and staff kicks in from 2 August 2021, making fares as low as $1 and capping unlimited city travel at $9 per week.
When Design Factory NZ coach, Aidan Bigham was asked to create a design thinking course for global online learning platform FutureLearn, he was expecting some interest, but sign-ups to the free four-week course took him by surprise.
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