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  • Wintec helping bring student-centred teaching and learning to the world

    A powerful new combination of micro-credentials and blended learning environments is helping Wintec’s Centre for Education and Foundation Pathways bring student-centred teaching and learning to the world. Wintec Team Manager and Academic Lead Adie Haultain, along with Professional Development & Adult Learning Kaiako Aidan Bigham, have recently returned from Nantong in China, where they have been helping practicing teachers learn the concepts of student-centred teaching and learning.

  • Wintec achieves near-perfect pass rates for nursing and midwifery programmes

    Wintec | Te Pūkenga is celebrating another year of remarkable achievements in the 2023 national exams leading to registration as a nurse or midwife in New Zealand. Achieving near-perfect pass rates across the nursing and midwifery qualifications, Wintec continues to break down barriers for those passionate about a career in nursing or midwifery.

  • Poster exhibition gives voice to elders and connects students across the globe

    If you could give one piece of advice to the people of your city, in 20 words or less, what would it be? Design students across three countries proposed this question to elders within their community for a public good poster project called Hear Us Out. Wintec | Te Pūkenga design tutor and researcher Luke McConnell says he’s been dreaming up this project for some time – looking for a non-commercial way to incorporate the art of poster design.

  • Preparing ākonga for the collaborative future of healthcare

    A newly built home for an ākonga-assisted health and wellbeing service has been officially opened at the Rotokauri campus of Wintec | Te Pūkenga. Te Kotahi Oranga | Health and Wellness Centre focuses on embedding interprofessional collaboration in training so ākonga can develop and hone their practical skills and experience.

  • Wintec | Te Pūkenga Performing Arts "nods and winks to old shows" in Broadway musical, The Drowsy Chaperone

    The Theatre stream of Wintec | Te Pūkenga Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts is getting ready for its end-of-year musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Billed as a “musical within a comedy”, this year’s offering promises to be a hilarious night out at the theatre. At its heart, The Drowsy Chaperone is an affectionate send-up of all the tropes and conventions of classic Broadway musicals.

  • Wintec School of Media Arts opens doors for another action-packed Creative Showcase

    Wintec | Te Pūkenga Media Arts ākonga are extremely excited to share their creative work this year. Graduating Art and Design, Communication, and Music and Performing Arts students will display their work at multiple events during 15-25 November. The showcase is a window into the creativity of Media Arts ākonga (students) from across the disciplines and these events celebrate this fresh talent and hard work in front of an audience of peers, whānau and the wider community.

  • Wintec researcher wants to know about your most loved and worn items of clothing!

    Rebekah Harman, Wintec | Te Pūkenga tutor and researcher has been researching ways to reduce the environmental footprint of fast fashion for over six years. She has launched “Worn well: sustainable clothing survey”, to better understand what clothing people love and hold onto for an extended period in the hope of reducing the environmental footprint of fashion and supporting designers to design for longevity.

  • Students lead the Diwali celebrations at Wintec | Te Pūkenga

    This year, the Diwali celebrations at Wintec | Te Pukenga City and Rotokauri campuses were completely ākonga (student)-led, making them even more special than usual. Although facilitated by the International Student Support team, the events were entirely hosted by ākonga, from the MCs to all of the entertainment.

  • Supporting Pacific scholars to gain skills to benefit their home communities

    After a three year break due to Covid, Wintec | Te Pūkenga is again home to a vibrant group of scholars from the Pacific Islands, thirsty for knowledge and skills that they can take back with them to improve their communities. The group of eleven scholars are here in New Zealand thanks to Short Term Training Scholarships (STTS) from the New Zealand Government. Supporting and nurturing them in this journey is key to their success.

  • Performance Art Week Aotearoa roadshow kicks off at Wintec's Ramp Gallery this week

    Performance Art Week Aotearoa (PAWA) kicks off at 5pm, 27th October at Ramp Gallery, Wintec | Te Pūkenga. With their first stop in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, PAWA are bringing two international artists and one local artist to present performances; enormousface aka Kalan Shh! (Cascadia/NYC), Tomasz Szrama (Poland/Finland) and Leafa Wilson/Olga Krause (New Zealand/Samoa).

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