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Wintec gives a warm welcome to new international ākonga

20 Feb 2023

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.

Prime Minister’s Scholarships open up Latin America to Te Pūkenga students

16 Feb 2023

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.

Te Pūkenga students off to Japan thanks to Prime Minister’s Scholarships

13 Feb 2023

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.

Slow Fashion Masters Project: Hand Weaving Garments for the Modern World

09 Feb 2023

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.

Dr Hare Puke Scholarship recipients set to grow Māori voice and equality

09 Feb 2023

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.

Future Leaders of Oceania (FLO) Scholarship winner: Melisa Fotu

24 Jan 2023

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.

Wintec acknowledges the passing of honorary degree recipient and horse racing great

17 Jan 2023

Sir Patrick Hogan, recipient of an inaugural honorary Wintec Master’s degree, sadly passed away earlier in January, aged 83.

NCEA results are out and Wintec enrolments are open for 2023

17 Jan 2023

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.

Business student first to gain a bachelor’s degree in her whānau

16 Jan 2023

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.

Performing arts ākonga tell the story of Kirikiriroa to local primary schools

15 Dec 2022

Wintec | Te Pūkenga School of Media Arts Performing Arts students presented Te Awa – The Untold Pakiwaitara o Kirikiriroa at Wintec's Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa marae recently. This ākonga performance is an outcome of the School of Media Arts rangahau kaupapa to share some of the pūrākau connected to Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa, established in partnership with Tōia Mai.

Wintec students design cookbooks with Aotearoa flavour

08 Dec 2022

The brief to design a cookbook publication has been a fixture in the curriculum for many first year Bachelor of Design students at Wintec School of Media Arts, Te Pūkenga. But this year, with the intention of making the process more “real life”, tutors saw the opportunity to capture the experience of the school’s Matariki celebration where a hāngī is prepared and shared with staff and students at the campus marae, Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa.

International homestay hosts reap rewards

06 Dec 2022

Have you got a spare room? Want to learn more about another culture and maybe make a lifelong friend? Have you considered homestay hosting? The Wintec International Team is currently recruiting for new Hamilton-based homestay hosts to open their homes to students and scholars for 2023, for short or long-term placements.