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Award-winning Wintec wāhine plumbing student riding a pipeline of success

27 May 2024

Maria Contreras Huerta, 22, has always been intrigued by plumbing. Figuring out how water gets from one place to another and what systems are needed to make that happen fuelled her desire to get into the trade as an adult. Maria is currently completing her apprenticeship at Morrinsville Plumbing and Gas Services (MPG). She wraps that up in August and from there will be set to graduate from Wintec next year. Along the way she has picked up several accolades and become a speaker for women in trades.

Wintec ākonga develop student led advertising agency

22 May 2024

Wintec communication ākonga are developing industry experience through a student led agency connecting with real world clients. This year the team are running the agency under the name fortyone.

Students have their moment to shine on stage at Wintec graduation celebrations

20 May 2024

Wintec graduates from across all disciplines were encouraged to push boundaries, be authentic, better themselves, learn from failure and grab their dreams at the 2024 Wintec Graduation ceremonies. More than 2000 students graduated from Wintec for the year of 2023, with around 880 students crossing the stage in four ceremonies across two days at Claudelands Globox Arena.

Wintec Muslim community comes together to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

07 May 2024

On Thursday last week the Centre for Languages hosted a wonderful Eid al-Fitr celebration with our Muslim Community here at Wintec. There was a great turnout of Muslim kaimahi, ākonga and even some of the children from kidz@wintec.

Thai Delegation visit paves the way for future collaboration

07 May 2024

A high-level delegation from Thailand consisting of former ministers and high-ranking government officials visited Wintec last week to discuss future avenues of collaboration between Wintec and Thailand.

Myth, ritual and the personal: Mural specialist brings immersive exhibition to Ramp Gallery

01 May 2024

Craig McClure's new exhibition Thought Crimes, which opens at Ramp Gallery on 2 May, examines his personal story and experiences growing up in a brethren church and later leaving his faith in his late twenties through sculpture and painting with a rich yet restrained palette.

How studying communication and design at Wintec gave this creative storyteller the edge

17 Apr 2024

Annika van Driel is the Communications and Events Coordinator at Seed Waikato and believes that businesses and communities can benefit from good quality storytelling. A skill she honed at Wintec.

Gaining Global Insights and Connections: Aotearoa, New Zealand experience brings valuable learning back home to Singapore

20 Mar 2024

Making connections around the world was on the agenda for the Design Factory team members from Singapore Institute of Technology [SIT]. Drawn to Design Factory New Zealand's [DFNZ] focus on student-centred learning, their team from Singapore came together to connect and tour innovation hubs within the Waikato. Their first visit was with world-leading animal management and security company, Gallagher.

Ōtorohanga Mayor to welcome ākonga to Wintec’s first Certificate in Health and Wellbeing in the region

20 Feb 2024

This week marks an exciting milestone for the Ōtorohanga and King Country communities as Wintec delivers its New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing qualification for the first time at its regional hub in Ōtorohanga. Mayor of Ōtorohanga, Max Baxter, who will be addressing the first cohort of ākonga (students) on their opening day of the course said, “it is fantastic that Wintec has chosen Ōtorohanga as a campus to provide the opportunity for people in our district to study for a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing.”

Accolades flow for Wintec’s Māori and Pacific plumbing kaimahi and ākonga

08 Feb 2024

2023 was a piping hot year for Māori and Pacific plumbing kaimahi (staff) and ākonga (students) at Wintec | Te Pūkenga, with a surge of accolades highlighting the calibre of Wintec’s plumbing whānau both on the teaching staff and in the classroom.

Unleashing moments of creativity: Enriching the lives of young mothers and their tamariki

23 Jan 2024

Multi-disciplinary artist Emiko Sheehan has developed a community-based art collective for young mothers called Wāwāhi Tahā based around tikanga Māori. She is taking part in the summer residency at Ramp Gallery holding workshops and gatherings for the community.

Wintec helping bring student-centred teaching and learning to the world

16 Jan 2024

A powerful new combination of micro-credentials and blended learning environments is helping Wintec’s Centre for Education and Foundation Pathways bring student-centred teaching and learning to the world. Wintec Team Manager and Academic Lead Adie Haultain, along with Professional Development & Adult Learning Kaiako Aidan Bigham, have recently returned from Nantong in China, where they have been helping practicing teachers learn the concepts of student-centred teaching and learning.