Design Factory New Zealand (DFNZ) is now closed and is no longer a member of the Design Factory Global Network.
Wintec remains committed to embracing and encouraging innovation as a powerful tool through all of its programmes.
The end of Semester One 2025, saw the final in-classroom teaching for Wintec’s Design Factory New Zealand (DFNZ), following the decision earlier this year to close the programme. For eight years, Wintec has been a proud member of the Design Factory Global Network - a network of innovation hubs in universities and research organisations spanning five continents of the world.
Peony Smith-Tahere says it’s important to let failure guide you, to show up for yourself and keep pushing boundaries. In the second of Wintec’s four graduation ceremonies, students from Wintec’s Centres for Business and Enterprise, Information Technology, Sport Science and Human Performance, and Design Factory NZ took to the stage celebrate their graduations. Chosen to be the voice of her peers at this ceremony was Peony Smith-Tahere, who was graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Information Technology.
Making connections around the world was on the agenda for the Design Factory team members from Singapore Institute of Technology [SIT]. Drawn to Design Factory New Zealand's [DFNZ] focus on student-centred learning, their team from Singapore came together to connect and tour innovation hubs within the Waikato. Their first visit was with world-leading animal management and security company, Gallagher.
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