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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
18 January 2022

Whitireia and WelTec vaccination policy keeps campus communities safe in 2022

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
10 January 2022

WelTec student represents NZ at biggest young chef competition in world

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
23 December 2021

Whitireia and WelTec preparing graduates to fill ICT skills shortage

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
13 December 2021

Māori and Pacific Publishing scholarship set to open doors for a second year

Applications are now open for the 2022 Māori and Pacific Publishing scholarship from Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd and publisher Penguin Random House (PRH) NZ.

The scholarship offers funding… read more
3 December 2021

Agreement between Wellington’s tertiary education providers will strengthen creative capability in the capital city

A new partnership between Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd (Whitireia) and Wellington Institute of Technology Ltd (WelTec) will significantly… read more

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