The International IIHM Young Chef Olympiad global culinary event which took place in India has finished with young Wellingtonian and Whitireia and WelTec | Te Pūkenga student finishing 5th out of 50 contestants, and with three special awards. As… read more

Max Stockley, has always had an interest in Japan, starting with Japanese pop culture when he was growing up in Hamilton as a teenager - now, in the final year of his degree, Max has secured an internship in Japan, as part of the Prime Minister’s… read more

Tongan IT student, Donald Nolo, will graduate with a Bachelor of Information Technology after facing various obstacles throughout his study journey.  read more

Building on a relationship of over 10 years, Whitireia and WelTec | Te Pūkenga and Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa have reaffirmed their partnership by renewing a memorandum of understanding between the two organisations. “This establishes the framework… read more

Recently, we raised the pride flag at both Petone and Porirua campuses in celebration of Wellington’s two-week Pride festival. We were honoured to have Rainbow Rendezvous, an LGBTQI+ group at Whitireia and WelTec, join us for the occasion. We spoke… read more

Oliver Ho, a senior academic staff member in the built environment programmes at Whitireia and WelTec | Te Pūkenga, has been made chair of the newly created Emerging Wellington Hub of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). read more

Miss our 2025 Graduation ceremonies? Watch the replays below. read more

On 5 April, Whitireia and WelTec | Te Pūkenga will hold two graduation ceremonies at Te Rauparaha arena in Porirua to celebrate 668 students graduating from diplomas, degrees and postgraduate programmes spanning Health and Social Practice, Creative… read more

On the eve of its formal graduation ceremonies this week, Whitireia and WelTec | Te Pūkenga recognised the success of Pacific learners with its signature Pacific Graduation Celebration event, held at its Porirua campus. read more

At high school in Wellington Jes Howes was struggling to flourish and fast losing self esteem. By Year 13, Jes decided it was time to move on and find a different pathway. With encouragement from her parents, who knew she had a passion for cooking… read more