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A career in nursing was never on the cards for Whitireia graduate Nikki, but one day that all changed.

Nikki’s children faced serious illness at a young age, her son experiencing his first stroke at… read more

As part of the transition to Te Pūkenga, Whitireia and WelTec will take on the Te Pūkenga logo, while retaining the Whitireia and WelTec identities.

From early Haratua (May), the co-branding logos… read more

Lisa Fuemana-Foa'i has been awarded the 2022 Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship thanks to a collaboration with Whitireia Community Polytechnic Limited and Penguin Random House New Zealand… read more

Whitireia and WelTec have developed an innovative new approach to support ākonga Māori and Pacific ākonga, the first of its kind at a polytechnic.

The institutions have launched a new framework of… read more

Having started with delivering only eight packages at the start of March, WelTec are now in week four of delivering over 35 kai (food) and care packages to isolating WelTec ākonga (students) and… read more

WelTec’s free New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE) provides work-ready graduates to resource local infrastructure projects.

Chief Executive of the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce Patrick… read more

Whitireia and WelTec Chief Executive Mark Oldershaw is encouraging school leavers to ‘learn local’, and consider the benefits of vocational or degree-level training in their region.

“With NCEA… read more

With ākonga numbers growing daily for programmes starting in early 2022, and the ongoing priority to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of our Whitireia and WelTec whānau, it has been decided… read more

Later this month Wellington Institute of Technology Ltd (WelTec) student Sian Davis will represent New Zealand in the 8th annual Young Chef Olympiad (YCO) event.

YCO is the biggest culinary event in… read more

The Ministry of Immigration lists Information Communication Technology (ICT) as one of the major areas in which New Zealand is experiencing a significant skills shortage. Whitireia and WelTec has… read more