Budding chefs handle the heat
The heat was on at the biggest culinary competition in New Zealand when 500 secondary and tertiary students took over Wintec’s Centre for Hospitality kitchens during the 2018 Waikato Culinary Fare.
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Sharing aroha during Matariki
In the true spirit of Matariki, a team of Wintec staff volunteers prepared and delivered a memorable dinner to around 40 people at Hamilton’s night shelters last week.
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Students to broaden their horizons in China
Six Wintec students will experience a trip of a lifetime when they fly to China in September as part of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia.
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Global creative visionaries line up for Spark festival
Just weeks away now, Spark International Festival of Music, Media, Arts and Design at Wintec promises a dynamic experience of creative visionaries from New Zealand and around the globe.
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Pioneer sows the seeds at Wintec for New Zealand arboriculture training
He pruned trees before chainsaws were widely used, played rugby against Italy and even dropped tree paint in Lord Jonathan Guinness’ eye, but the memory Martin Herbert is most fond of is his role helping to grow arboriculture education in New Zealand at Wintec.
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Wintec curator brings artists together to explore the magic of making art
Curator Wendy Richdale is an expert at bringing people together to produce new, creative and engaging experiences. We talk to Wendy about Wintec's current exhibition and the role Ramp Gallery plays in art education at Wintec.
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From Canada to Wintec to study for a career in sport
Sport has always been a dominating force in Lydia Tuaiti’s life. She says "sport has the power to bring change. The reason I chose to study sport was to support kids like me, to achieve and go as far with their sport as they want.”
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Initiative lands Wintec design student life-changing internship in Sydney
Wintec School of Media Arts design student Mata McKay spoke up, took initiative and landed an exclusive overseas internship at Sydney based design studio, Formist.
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Wintec students get real-world experience at Fieldays
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fieldays and Wintec is at the forefront in the celebrations. To commemorate the event, Wintec has published a 50-page exclusive magazine and Wintec students are onsite reporting live from Fieldays.
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New nursing education promises a better future for Kiribati
The Pacific nation of Kiribati is often described as the poster child of climate change, and as the tides continue rise on the people of Kiribati, a team from Wintec is working to upskill nurses to future-proof their careers.
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Māori culture meets IT to tell waka story
A Wintec music student is working with traditional Māori music specialist Horomona Horo to create compositions where contemporary expression of taonga puoro (traditional Māori music) will become part of an app for the Matariki Interactive Waka Sculpture Project.
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New exhibition celebrates Matariki themes at Wintec
This year a Wintec student exhibition will celebrate Matariki from Wednesday 13 - 20 June. The students have created video, graphic design and garments inspired by the cultural traditions of Matariki.
