Each year, more than 3,000 international learners choose Wintec - studying either in Waikato or through one of the institute's education partners overseas. Of those choosing to learn in Waikato, 14% travel from China.
A rich cultural experience, as much as a celebration of achievement, is the best way to describe the Wintec graduation 2026.
Not many Kiwis know where Maastricht is, let alone that a treaty founding the European Union was signed here, but Gabby Rawhiti does.
Two armed guards stand tall with rifles in hand, watching over Wintec’s Rotokauri Campus as silent stewards of learning. The steel sculpture depicting ANZAC soldiers, carefully crafted by engineering tutor Peter Rameka, was ceremoniously unveiled recently.
No two days are the same for Morgan Ellis, whose career involves promoting some of New Zealand’s biggest stars and most exciting events. The Wintec alumna has worked with household names including Six60, Below Deck’s Aeesha Scott, and Laneway Festival in her role as lead publicist for Auckland-based public relations (PR) agency 818.
Placed around the edges of a memorial to a former culinary student who tragically died in a car accident are the flourishing seeds of a new campus project.
More than 240 secondary school entrepreneurs from Waikato, King Country, and Thames-Coromandel shared their startup ideas with local business professionals at Wintec this month.
Wintec science students now have access to a newly redeveloped state-of-the-art chemistry laboratory on the polytech’s City Campus in central Hamilton.
From directing and composing to performing on stage and carrying out technical jobs behind the scenes, Wintec staff, students, and alumni are widely involved in the official opening of Hamilton’s newest arts attraction.
A collaborative pilot programme between Wintec and top Waikato manufacturers has helped address workforce demand, unlocking career pathways for 17 high school leavers.
The success and wellbeing of Maniapoto ākonga (students) and their whānau, hapū, and iwi is the foundation of a newly formalised partnership between Wintec and Te Nehenehenui, the post-settlement governance entity for Maniapoto.
A new Chief Executive and governance board has been appointed at Wintec as it embarks on an exciting new chapter. With its reinstatement as its own independent entity as part of the process of the disestablishment of Te Pūkenga, Wintec is now preparing to lead the way in vocational training with a bold new strategy and a new era of locally anchored leadership.