Internships

Employers are invited to participate in our media arts internship programme.

Students from the School of Media Arts are available to intern with employers who can benefit from their skills and talents. Areas of expertise include moving image, photography, graphic design, digital design, journalism, painting, sculpture, audio engineering, music, sound design, public relations and advertising.

What are internships?

Internships are 120 hour placements of Wintec students, offering a structured form of work experience that students receive course credit for.

How it works

Students keep a daily journal, build a portfolio and present a seminar and written report to their peers. The employer sets the student's tasks and projects, and completes an evaluation form on completion to provide feedback on the student's performance. Find out more about the details and employer benefits of internships in the FAQ section.

Further information

For further information contact the Internship director.

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Projects

New Wave publication project

A book put together by Media Arts staff and students records the journeys of 18 migrants who now live in Hamilton, but were born outside New Zealand. The New Wave: Hamilton’s Migrant Community, looks at the growing diversity of Hamilton’s population. While 70 percent of Hamilton is broadly defined as European, and 20 percent as Māori and Pasifika, there are also citizens from 160 ethnic backgrounds. Journalism tutor Charles Riddle says it is this last 10 percent of the city's population that is fascinatingly diverse and makes for interesting reading. Around 15 students worked on the publication under the expert guidance of editor in residence Aimie Cronin. The project team also worked closely with the Hamilton Migrant Centre and the Hamilton City Council. The book is the first phase in a two-year project which will culminate with an exhibition in the Waikato Museum.

New Wave Launch books Photo by Geoff Ridder

River City Sound sessions

A moving image student produced a multi-camera production making live videos for local bands.

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Matariki Interactive Waka project

The Matariki Interactive Waka Project is a multi-disciplinary project that aims to create an interactive waka sculpture that will sit beside the Waikato River at Hamilton’s Ferrybank Park and draw the people of the city back to the river.

It’s a community project lead by Media Arts tutor Joe Citizen with Wintec students in the areas of Trade, Engineering, Media Arts and Early Childhood acting as co-creators of the sculpture. We also have several Wintec staff members and independent researchers on board who are all working hard towards a final goal that benefits the people of Hamilton and visitors to this beautiful place. We are also working in partnership with Wintec’s Maori Achievement Office who are advising on tikanga, matauranga and whenua consultation.

Artist's impression of Tōia Mai, Hamilton’s new interactive waka sculpture to be gifted by Wintec.

Moving Image students profile Waikato Museum

One of Moving Image Production students assignments is a group client-based Documentary. This is the fourth year we have teamed up with Waikato Museum who has been our Client for two Museum staff profiles that share behind the scenes stories at the Waikato Museum. Over the last few years of this ongoing community project, Moving Image students have made an excellent range of videos highlighting a variety of Museum staff profiles: what they do, how they do it and why they like working at the Waikato Museum. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Waikato Museum again in the near future.

News

New York dancer looks for true love in Hamilton theatre

Thursday, 09 May 2019

Sweet Charity Director David Sidwell with cast members Scot Hall and Kira Josephson

Wintec Voice Specialist Scot Hall, who plays Oscar Lindquist, with lead actress Kira Josephson (Charity Hope Valentine) and Sweet Charity Director and Wintec School of Media Arts Team Manager, David Sidwell.

Legendary Broadway musical, Sweet Charity is set to open in Hamilton from 21 June – 6 July and the show is also a classroom for the first students studying Wintec’s new Music and Performing Arts degree.

Wintec students Jessica Ruck-Nu’u Malia Otukolo and Kartika Sulistiowati are getting some invaluable practical experience working with Sweet Charity Director, David Sidwell who also happens to head music and performing arts at Wintec’s School of Media Arts.

“Sweet Charity is a production where we are drawing on many skill sets required for producing top-end musical theatre and in real life, this is a great experience for our students and staff to work together on,” says David.

“The theatre is our ideal classroom and our students gain a lot more by working on and participating in a real production to develop their skills at a high level. It’s an environment where they are more comfortable.”

Sweet Charity is a Hamilton Operatic production. Six Wintec staff are also involved in various roles from musical direction, acting and marketing, while costume design is in the hands of two Wintec fashion graduates.

The Wintec lineup for Sweet Charity includes:

David Sidwell, Director (Wintec Team Manager School of Media Arts)

Nick Braae, Musical Director (Wintec Lecturer)

Scot Hall, Cast (Wintec Voice Specialist)

Kyle Chuen, Cast (Wintec Theatre Specialist)

Hannah McFarlane, Cast (Wintec Dance Specialist)

Ehsan Yaeghoobi, Marketing (Wintec Tutor)

Jessica Ruck-Nu’u, Cast (Wintec student)

Malia Otukolo – Johnson, Cast (Wintec student)

Kartika Sulistiowati, Orchestra-Violin (Wintec student)

Rose Sidwell, Costume Designer (Wintec alumni)

Brydie Senior, Costume Designer (Wintec alumni)

Sweet Charity is a brassy, Broadway musical set in 1969 that follows the romantic trials and tribulations of Charity Hope Valentine played by Kira Josephson. Charity is an ever-hopeful and often deceived hostess at a seedy dance hall in New York City. Charity’s hopeful romanticism and unfailing optimism lift her out of her circumstances when she meets Oscar (Scot Hall), and she gets a chance to find true love.

Charity’s adventurous journey towards love is marked by some of the best-loved songs (If My Friends Could See Me Now, There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I’m a Brass Band) and most iconic dance numbers (Big Spender, Rich Man’s Frug, Rhythm of Life) in Broadway history.

Find out more information on Sweet Charity and the characters here. Tickets for the Hamilton Operatic show are on sale now from $19.90 at Ticketek.

Find out more about studying a Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts at Wintec.

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