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

Performing arts ākonga tell the story of Kirikiriroa to local primary schools

Thursday, 15 December 2022

Wintec | Te Pūkenga School of Media Arts Performing Arts students presented Te Awa – The Untold Pakiwaitara o Kirikiriroa at Wintec's Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa marae recently.

This ākonga performance is an outcome of the School of Media Arts rangahau kaupapa to share some of the pūrākau connected to Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa, established in partnership with Tōia Mai.

The show toured 11 local primary schools in September and presented this encore performance at Te Kōpū Mania o Kirikiriroa, where the project began.

Produced by second-year Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts ākonga and tutor Jane Leonard, the show tells five pūrākau (stories) about Waikato Te Awa, Kīngi Tāwhiao, Hotumauea, Karutahi, and Little Shrub. It uses a mix of waiata, haka, dance, and theatre, and includes plenty of interaction for the young audiences it was designed for.

Nick Braae, Performing Arts Degree Coordinator at Wintec, said the highlight of being involved in this project was bringing together lots of different people from lots of different backgrounds and seeing them all work collaboratively in different ways to be able to produce this show.

“For ākonga it has demonstrated to them that it’s a privilege to be able to tell other people’s stories. Furthermore,performing and telling those stories involves a particular process defined by a collective kaupapa.

“We have to give a big mihi to Jane Leonard, the lead tutor for this rangahau, who helped the students shape this show. We all really hope that the relationships that have been established through this will continue to grow and provide opportunities for future ākonga.”

Wintec Performing Arts student Michael Kerei, an actor, singer and aspiring playwright, said the highlight for him was being able to portray the second Māori King and play a part in the writing of the story.

“It’s cool to take not so well-known stories and share them to rangatahi so they can continue to share them in years to come. I love that we are celebrating our culture more and more.

“We all had a hand in writing each piece, and it’s really funny. A lot of the stories weren’t super suitable for kids, but we managed to work around that. I want to encourage more Māori and Pacific to get involved in musical theatre, diversity is needed more than ever. We are in a good spot, but we need to keep the movement going,” he said.

Megan Bowden, third year Spatial Design student, got involved with this performance as part of her Capstone Project, a capstone project encompasses a real-life working culture which aims to install a set of specific skills that are both highly valued by employers.

“I thought about how I could get involved and thought maybe telling the stories through screens could be a way to do that. So, I used them to represent maunga, awa and whenua to mirror the stories that were being told.”

Megan said she took inspiration from modern sculptures like Michael Parekowhai’s Tongue of the Dog when creating her screens to help tell the stories of Kirikiriroa.

Megan had done a history degree in the 1980s at the University of Waikato and said that helped prepare her for helping create the screens for this performance.

“The history of Hamilton and that name only goes back 150 years and there’s a lot that came before it was called that.”

Events

Ramp Gallery |Thought Crimes
02 May 2024
Join us on opening night to celebrate McClure’s new work in his solo exhibition with Ramp.
Ngā Rā Tūwhera | Open Day
30 Aug 2024
Explore your future options at Ngā Rā Tūwhera | Open Day! This whānau-friendly experience is the perfect opportunity to meet our teams, discover course options, and get a sense of what study is all about.