ACC claims for gym-related injuries have soared to 52,964 in 2017 from 17,694 in 2011. These figures, recently reported in the media, are alarming and there are calls to investigate the claims, improve public awareness and regulate the sports industry in New Zealand.
Four extraordinary, entrepreneurs and global innovators who share a belief in challenging the status quo will judge this year’s Soda Inc. Innes48 Start-up Competition at Wintec.
In a Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival first, one performer is involved in five separate events, four of which he is producing.
Wintec business student Jannaha Henry is packing her bags for Poland as the only New Zealand student selected for the Erasmus student exchange programme this year.
Stamping their mark on the art world, Wintec staff, students and graduates have all been selected as finalists in the 2018 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award (NZPPA).
A unique vocational education partnership between Wintec and Hamilton City Council will be expanded in 2018 to give horticulture students greater opportunity to learn at and contribute to one of Hamilton’s most visited sites.
After completing Wintec’s Bachelor of Media Arts degree, Ruth Swartzberg joined Hobbiton as an assistant painter. She shared with us the story of her journey from Wintec to Hobbiton.
Do you have entrepreneurial tendencies or tendons, where it’s a part of your body and you can’t do anything else? On the drive home, buzzing after last year’s Soda Inc. Innes48 hour Start-up Competition, event MC and lifestyle entrepreneur Robett Hollis said just this.
Twelve students will study at universities in Japan and China in 2018 now that Wintec has been confirmed for two prestigious Prime Minister’s scholarships for Asia.
Wintec has launched new Bachelor of Design and Bachelor of Communication degrees for 2018 to prepare students for a rapidly changing workplace.
When six Wintec Māori and Pasifika engineering students volunteered for work experience at Longveld recently, they got to work on a very special project. Together they have made the framework for Hamilton’s Matariki Interactive Waka sculpture.
Fifteen people committed to building a better Hamilton, giving up their own time over many years to support a variety of communities and causes, received awards at Hamilton City Council's Civic Awards ceremony.
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