Te Ruru Light Festival is a one-of-its-kind event, held annually in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. Inspired by similar light-based festivals around Aotearoa, Te Ruru was founded by Wintec Luke McConnell and Jason Long, and Wintec graduate Jeremy Mayall.
When Raglan Area School wanted to develop an engaging, dynamic and safe outdoor education programme, they turned to Wintec and the results are getting a big thumbs up from their adventurous rangatahi.
Wintec's recent appointments of a new Pouārahi Māori - Executive Director Māori, TeUrikore Biddle and six staff in kaihautū, Māori leadership roles, were welcomed onto Te Kōpu Mānia o Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton.
Four Pacific health students with a passion for social justice are the recipients of the inaugural Leaupepe Elisapeta (Peta) Karalus Scholarship at Wintec, Hamilton.
Wintec third year Communication students run an ‘agency’ and work on projects to help business and community projects grow. This year, they are working alongside Hamilton-based Kete Kai.
Wintec academics Sarah Munro and Gail Pittaway have published a mesmerizing new book, Lines of Flight which combines the mythological world of poetry with ethereal watercolour paintings of birds.
Soda Inc., New Zealand’s business growth and support network, is on the lookout for New Zealand’s next big business ideas for its quarterly Seed Grant Competition.
Demand for practitioners with a Level 6 massage qualification has resulted in a collaboration between Wintec and Toi Ohomai which has doubled enrolment by putting learners at the centre.
An eLearning project focussed on enhancing science teaching to Year 10 students in the Pacific Islands is being piloted this year through an MFAT funded programme involving partners Catalpa, Nanogirl Labs and Wintec.
Twelve carpentry apprentices who are studying at Wintec Centre for Trades will compete in the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) association’s annual Apprentice Challenge’s Waikato heat.
Six Māori psychiatric assistants are now studying their way to a degree-level nursing qualification at Wintec thanks to a new partnership with Waikato DHB developed to help upskill the Māori health workforce.
The sound of chainsaws cutting into the gnarly old pines by the beach is a sign the Arboriculture Level 3 class is getting a practical lesson at Wintec's newest delivery site in Whaingaroa, Raglan.
