The student calendar includes important dates, a guide to semester periods, events, public holidays, and Wintec holidays. Please note, that the Wintec dates are a general guide, and some programmes have differing holiday dates. Please check with your centre for the specifics of your semester dates and holidays.
| January 2020 | |||
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| 1 | Jan | Wednesday | New Years Day |
| 2 | Jan | Thursday | New Years Holiday |
| 6 | Jan | Monday | Wintec services open:
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| 13 | Jan | Monday |
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| 27 | Jan | Monday | Auckland Anniversary Day (Wintec closed) |
| February 2020 | |||
| Semester 1 begins | |||
| 4-25 | Feb | Tuesday | International Student Orientation (City and Rotokauri) |
| 6 | Feb | Thursday | Waitangi Day (Wintec closed) |
| 10 | Feb | Monday | Wintec Health Services open (Rotokauri) |
| 10 | Feb | Monday | Welcome Pōwhiri (City) |
| 11 | Feb | Tuesday | Welcome Pōwhiri (Rotokauri) |
| 11-28 | Feb | Tuesday | Ramp Gallery Exhibition | Painting Encounters With The Land |
| 19 | Feb | Wednesday | Hamilton Gardens Art Festival |
| 24-28 | Feb | Monday | Student Orientation (City and Rotokauri) |
| March 2020 | |||
| 8 | Mar | Sunday | International Women's Day |
| 13 | Mar | Friday | Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa Marae Graduation |
| 14 | Mar | Saturday | Tinopai Tours - Coromandel trip |
| 16-19 | Mar | Monday | Wintec Graduations - Cancelled |
| 17-21 | Mar | Tuesday | Balloons Over Waikato - Cancelled |
| April 2020 | |||
| 3 | Apr | Friday | Open Day - Postponed |
| 10 | Apr | Friday | Good Friday (Wintec closed) |
| 12 | Apr | Saturday | Easter Day |
| 13 | Apr | Monday | Easter Monday (Wintec closed) |
| 13 | Apr | Monday | Semester 1 break |
| 14 | Apr | Tuesday | Easter holiday (Wintec closed) |
| 25 | Apr | Saturday | Tinopai Tours - Hobbiton and Mount Maunganui trip - Postponed |
| 27 | Apr | Monday | ANZAC Day (Wintec closed) |
| 28 | Apr | Tuesday | Semester 1 continues |
| May 2020 | |||
| 16 | May | Saturday | Tinopai Tours - Rotorua trip - Postponed |
| June 2020 | |||
| 1 | Jun | Monday | Queens Birthday (Wintec closed) |
| 10-13 | Jun | Wednesday | Fieldays - Postponed |
| Semester 1 ends | |||
| July 2020 | |||
| Semester 2 begins | |||
| 3-31 | Jul | Friday | Matariki |
| 8 | Jul | Wednesday | International Student Orientation (Rotokauri) |
| 9 | Jul | Thursday | International Student Orientation (City) |
| 20 | Jul | Monday | Welcome Pōwhiri (City) |
| 27 | Jul | Monday | Welcome Pōwhiri (Rotokauri) |
| 27 | Jul | Monday | Student Orientation (City) |
| 29 | Jul | Wednesday | Student Orientation (Rotokauri) |
| August 2020 | |||
| 28 | Aug | Friday | Open Day |
| September 2020 | |||
| 4 | Sep | Friday | Student Ball |
| 5 | Sep | Saturday | Tinopai Tours - Hobbiton and Mount Maunganui trip |
| 21-27 | Sep | Monday | Mental Health Awareness Week |
| 25 | Sep | Friday | Semester 2 break |
| October 2020 | |||
| 1 | Oct | Thursday | Chinese Moon Festival and celebrations (City Hub) |
| 12 | Oct | Monday | Semester 2 continues |
| 17 | Oct | Saturday | Tinopai Tours - Waitomo trip |
| 26 | Oct | Monday | Labour Day (Wintec closed) |
| 30 | Oct | Friday | Halloween (City Hub) |
| 31 | Oct | Saturday | Halloween |
| November 2020 | |||
| TBC | Nov | TBC | End of year BBQ (City Campus) |
| TBC | Nov | TBC | End of year BBQ (Rotokauri Campus) |
| 13 | Nov | Friday | Diwali (City Hub) |
| 14 | Nov | Saturday | Diwali |
| Semester 2 ends | |||
| December 2020 | |||
| 21 | Dec | Monday | Wintec Christmas holidays begin (Wintec closed) |
| 25 | Dec | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 26 | Dec | Saturday | Boxing Day |
| 28 | Dec | Monday | Boxing Day observed |
Are you curious about continuing your study at postgraduate level? Join us for a lunchtime information session via Zoom to find out what it is all about, how to get started and is an excellent opportunity to get any questions you may have answered.
Join us at Wintec for Semester 2 'O Week' - this is an exciting experience not to be missed! Check out the full itinerary here.
Join us for a day of fun! This Tinopai Tours trip includes a tour around the Hobbiton movie set and a trip over to see the beautiful sights of Mount Maunganui.
