This year, the Diwali celebrations at Wintec | Te Pukenga City and Rotokauri campuses were completely ākonga (student)-led, making them even more special than usual. Although facilitated by the International Student Support team, the events were entirely hosted by ākonga, from the MCs to all of the entertainment.
After a three year break due to Covid, Wintec | Te Pūkenga is again home to a vibrant group of scholars from the Pacific Islands, thirsty for knowledge and skills that they can take back with them to improve their communities. The group of eleven scholars are here in New Zealand thanks to Short Term Training Scholarships (STTS) from the New Zealand Government. Supporting and nurturing them in this journey is key to their success.
Performance Art Week Aotearoa (PAWA) kicks off at 5pm, 27th October at Ramp Gallery, Wintec | Te Pūkenga. With their first stop in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, PAWA are bringing two international artists and one local artist to present performances; enormousface aka Kalan Shh! (Cascadia/NYC), Tomasz Szrama (Poland/Finland) and Leafa Wilson/Olga Krause (New Zealand/Samoa).
Third year Wintec | Te Pūkenga Visual Communication student Carmin Erasmus has created the brand identity for a new Dress for Success clothing retail shop called Rosy in central Hamilton.
Sarah Munro’s solo exhibition Partners in Painting at Ramp Gallery (21 September - 18 October 2023) examines the painting process together with highlighting some ‘unseen and unheard’ characters in the New Zealand painting scene, through a selection of figurative watercolour works.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga celebrated the success of its top adult learners through the annual Adult Learners Awards. The celebration is a part of Adult Learners’ Week, He Tangata Matauranga, an initiative Wintec has been supporting since 2004.
Mechanical engineering tutors at Wintec |Te Pūkenga, Matt Foulkes and Joseph Gentilcore, have recently embarked on a multipronged mission to improve sustainability across the Wintec | Te Pūkenga campuses.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga educator and researcher Kent Machpherson is continuing his sound data research, this time examining specific Waikato sites impacted by human inhabitation. Macpherson has been researching in this area for thirteen years, but this project is the first time he has invited young school-aged ecologists, to help him gather the data.
Ngā Rā Tūwhera | Open Day 2023 is the perfect chance for you and your whānau to get a better idea of what life is like studying at Wintec | Te Pūkenga.
Centre for Health and Social Practice physiotherapy ākonga had a great opportunity to connect with employers at the Wintec | Te Pūkenga Rotokauri Campus, for the first ever Physiotherapy employer evening.
Mattanja Hiemstra, a year two Spatial Design student is set to travel to Canada to continue her study at Mount Royal University (MRU) on an international exchange for four months.
Simone started her learning journey as an adult student at Wintec | Te Pūkenga, firstly completing her Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science. Fast forward to now and Simone has just returned from Germany where she coached the Special Olympics New Zealand 3x3 Unified Basketball team.
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