When it comes to Zoom etiquette, Wintec Ramp Gallery Manager, Holly Tawhiao isn’t afraid to get real. Here she talks about taking on a her dream role during Covid-19 and balancing that with creativity, study and being a mum.
Peter Rameka signed up for pre-trade TIG welding training at Waikato Polytechnic 20 years ago and found it “hard and culturally uncomfortable”. Now he is back, teaching engineering "next level pastoral style" and it's working.
A partnership between Wintec and Treescape in Auckland is a welcome relief to the arboriculture industry, where highly trained tree-care professionals are thin on the ground.
Wintec music students are releasing new music each week, with their music compilation Exposition.
Wintec third year design students have been working on a bilingual wayfinding project that is grounded in mātauranga Māori and responds to Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.
Wintec has been allocated $138,000 from the State Sector Decarbonisation Fund (SSDF) to install efficient lighting on its campuses in Hamilton.
Lili Dai has given up the busy schedule of being a doctor in China to study clinical exercise physiology in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Jessie Adamson’s desire to spend more time with her young daughter was the fire in her belly she needed to follow her dream to becoming an early childhood educator.
Wintec has been named as finalist in the 2021 HeadFit Awards, an event established to celebrate individuals, teams and organisations who demonstrate leadership in areas of workplace mental health.
Wintec graduate Roy Chou-Lee came to New Zealand from Samoa speaking no English. Now he's an HR Advisor, owns a successful dental practice, has a family of five and plays music at night.
A series of Covid-19 vaccination events at Wintec campuses in central city Hamilton and Rotokauri launch this week to create more opportunity for people to get vaccinated.
For years, Fijian Ilaisa Bale worked in the meatworks. His mum worked in IT which inspired him, but he never thought he would get there. Now he is almost ready to graduate from Wintec with a Bachelor of Information Technology.
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