Rebekah Harman knows the true impact of fast fashion and since 2010 the Wintec | Te Pūkenga tutor, postgraduate supervisor and researcher has examined ways to reduce the environmental footprint of the fashion industry through many different projects. This April 15 she will be hosting a workshop, Mending 101, as part of Waikato Environment Centre Go Eco’s Derailing Consumerism public programme.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga has achieved yet another win for diversity and inclusion, being awarded Rainbow Tick certification. The Rainbow Tick is an acknowledgement of an organisation’s commitment to embracing the diversity of sexual and gender identities.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga Bachelor of Communication graduate Jamie Batters finished her degree in 2022 and is already bringing social media knowledge and next generation insight into the workplace.
A collaborative partnership between Wintec | Te Pūkenga, Te Whatu Ora NZ and the Ministry of Social Development has seen the launch of a new project specifically for Pacific ākonga. The Wayfinder project, a Pacific workforce guided pathway with a focus on health programmes.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga, which last year was the first tertiary institution in Aotearoa to announce its gender and ethnicity pay gap information on the Pay Gap Registry, has made substantial progress in reducing both its gender and ethnicity pay gaps over the last 12 months.
A tutor introduced Bachelor of Design graduate Brogan Houghton to local business Mystery Creek Ceramics during her final year at Wintec. Now, thanks to that connection and her growing interest in clay, Houghton is employed there as a studio potter.
International Women’s Day was on Wednesday this week and this year’s theme was #EmbraceEquity. We're celebrating each day this week with a profile of a Wintec | Te Pūkenga kaimahi member or ākonga. Nima Riini is the Wintec | Te Pūkenga Industry Relationship Manager, her role keeps her busy helping our students, on top of which she is also studying towards her master’s degree.
International Women’s Day was yesterday, Wednesday 8 March, and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. We’re celebrating each day this week with a profile of a Wintec | Te Pūkenga kaimahi or ākonga. Bayley Wilkie is a fourth-year apprentice studying plumbing, drain laying and gas fitting at Wintec. Read on to learn why she loves the male dominated industry she has picked.
It’s International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. We’re celebrating each day this week with a profile of a Wintec | Te Pūkenga kaimahi or ākonga. Hiria Cameron is the Executive Strategic lead – Tōia Mai. Her role is to support and oversee the embedding of the Tōia Mai Excellence Framework to ensure Wintec | Te Pūkenga is moving towards tangible, system-wide change that fosters improved equitable outcomes for Māori, Pacific and all other learners, in the context of Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnerships.
It started off with a curiosity around seabirds. “They’re a great indicator of the health of the planet,” says Dr Vicki Kerr, co-creator of the exhibition titled Performing Nature Unnaturally. The new exhibition at Ramp Gallery in Hamilton explores overlaps between bird calls and human modes of communication through music and photography genres, open from 21 February - 17 March.
It's International Women’s Day this Wednesday and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. We’re celebrating each day this week with a profile of a Wintec | Te Pūkenga kaimahi or ākonga. Peony Smith is currently studying her final semester to gain her Bachelor of Applied IT in Software Engineering at Wintec | Te Pūkenga, as well as interning as a Junior Business Analyst at Spark.
This Wednesday, 8 March is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. We’re celebrating each day this week with a profile of a Wintec | Te Pūkenga kaimahi or ākonga. First up we have our Team Manager for Plumbing and Industrial Measurement Controls at our Centre for Trades, Amy Opperman.
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