The first weeks of life on campus are all about getting to know people, building new relationships and growing a sense of whānau with your peers while you study. These are all important steps to creating the right environment for learning and setting up a clear pathway to success. Here at Wintec | Te Pūkenga we call this, whakawhanaungatanga and we do this through the Whakawhanaungatanga suite of activities.
After four years of postponements, interruptions and delays, the home of New Zealand Rugby will become the home of haka for what will be the largest festival celebrating te ao Māori, Te Matatini Herenga Waka 2023. More than 2500 competitors, from 45 kapahaka will perform over four days to represent their iwi, hapū and whānau. Amongst them, two kaimahi from Wintec | Te Pūkenga are preparing to take the stage.
Hohepa Mangu was inspired by Iron Man to study IT here at Wintec | Te Pūkenga. He is now a kaiako (tutor) in our Centre for Information Technology (IT). Hohepa is the third Māori IT tutor we have at Wintec, he speaks fluent te reo, he’s fifth generation Canadian and he had an epic self-discovery journey during the lockdown of 2020. Read on to be inspired!
Wintec | Te Pukenga International Student Services team held a fun and interactive event to welcome international ākonga (students) on campus, with 27 countries represented at the orientation session. Many international ākonga are new to not just Wintec, but also New Zealand, so the orientation session was social and engaging, using creative ways to help ākonga understand how things work at Wintec and connect them with all the support they may need.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga has been awarded 15 Prime Minister Scholarships for Latin America to students in the Te Pūkenga network throughout Aotearoa, including some Wintec students. The 15 students are heading off to complete a four-week Summer Programme in 2024 at the University of Santo Tomas, Chile.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga has awarded 10 Prime Minister Scholarships for Asia, to students in the Te Pūkenga network throughout Aotearoa, including some Wintec students. The 10 students are heading off to complete a six-week internship programme in Tokyo, Japan in 2024, with placements in accounting, human resource management, operations and production, supply chain and logistics, sales and marketing and strategic management.
Oldfield says that undertaking a Master of Arts at Wintec Te Pūkenga was about addressing unfinished business. Having completed her design degree at Wintec a year earlier she was ready to deep dive into developing the tools for designing her own garments.
Wintec’s prestigious Dr Hare Puke Māori Leadership Scholarship was awarded to two deserving recipients late last year. Nika Wallace (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Ruanui, Taranaki) and Cameron Nepe (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui) were jointly awarded the scholarship, with strong applications that highlighted their desires to continue to learn and grow Māori voice and equality.
The Future Leaders of Oceania (FLO) Scholarship is the first ever Pacific scholarship for Wintec kaimahi and Melisa Fotu, Kaiārahi - Pacific (community and partnership), is Wintec’s first recipient.
Sir Patrick Hogan, recipient of an inaugural honorary Wintec Master’s degree, sadly passed away earlier in January, aged 83.
The wait is finally over for NCEA results and it’s not too late to enrol for tertiary study in 2023. Wintec | Te Pūkenga has timed a series of free information sessions for people who want more information on their study options at Wintec campuses in Hamilton City, Rotokauri and Hamilton Gardens from today, 17 January until 26 January.
Katrina Rakena, 38 has just completed a Bachelor of Applied Management majoring in Strategic management. She is the first in her whānau to gain a bachelor’s degree and hopes her hard work will inspire her family and friends to study.
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