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 results out this week, school leavers are considering… read more

Automotive | Business | Carpentry | Creative Technologies | Electrical | Engineering | Hospitality | Information Technology | Mechanical Engineering Trades | Performing Arts | Plumbing | Professional Practice | Publishing | Quantity Surveying… read more

Travel and medical insurance are a New Zealand Government requirement and compulsory for all international students studying in New Zealand and enrolled for a course for two weeks or more, regardless of the type of visa held by the student. It is… read more

International Orientation is held before your first classes start and is compulsory for all new international students. Check your orientation offer of place to find out when you need to attend. At orientation you will meet the International… 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 their whānau  from Porirua through Upper Hutt and down… 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 support and learning development for ākonga Māori… read more

Rosie studied a Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) at Whitireia. Now working for Wellington Free Ambulance, no two days are ever the same for Rosie. read more

Inspired to become the role model she needed growing up, Arahina studied youth work at WelTec. Now a Project Manager at MWDI, Arahina is inspiring youth across Aotearoa to change their lives. read more

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 just nine-months old. His round-the-clock care… read more

Gareth studied our Certificate in Health and Wellbeing - Support Work. Now a Mental Health Support Worker, Gareth says the support he got at WelTec led him to the most rewarding career he's ever had.   read more