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1 July 2022

Whitireia and WelTec to welcome 50 international students with focus on off-shore growth

With New Zealand borders opening to international students, Whitireia and WelTec are readying for a new intake of 50 students from overseas.

“While Covid-19 has had an impact on international… read more

23 June 2022

Whitireia and WelTec weave transition to Te Pūkenga into Matariki celebrations

Whitireia and WelTec’s Matariki celebrations have special significance this year, acknowledging the transition to Te Pūkenga, with a particular focus on the institutes’ existing partnerships with iwi… read more

14 June 2022

Top NZ paint company challenges Whitireia students to create colourful commercial

Few students have the chance to create a broadcast television commercial, but this year’s intake to the New Zealand Diploma in Screen Production (Level 6) will have exactly that.

Whitireia Community… read more

12 May 2022

“Nurses changed my life, so I became one”

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

5 May 2022

Media statement: Whitireia and WelTec take steps to co-brand with Te Pūkenga

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

26 April 2022

Pacific educator and author Lisa Fuemana-Foa'i awarded 2022 Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship

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

13 April 2022

Whitireia and WelTec implement new Māori and Pacific-led model to support student success

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

28 March 2022

WelTec teams up with Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa to deliver care and kai packages to students isolating with Covid

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

14 February 2022

WelTec offers free engineering diploma to fill job shortages

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

27 January 2022

Whitireia and WelTec provides local young people with wrap around support and continuity in a Covid world

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