Orientation 2025
Join us this March for Orientation 25’ – this is an exciting experience not to be missed! This student event is a great way to get out, meet new friends, and have fun while experiencing different parts of Wintec.
Amenity Horticulture and Arboriculture
Do you enjoy working outdoors, love variety, and are passionate about the natural environment? Grow your green thumb at Wintec and develop the hands-on skills, as well as specific technical knowledge, to thrive in the primary industries sector.
Amenity horticulture offers opportunities to shape the future of green spaces, create vibrant city gardens, breathe life into parks, and craft eco-friendly landscapes. We follow the seasons and focus on innovative, sustainable approaches where your efforts can improve the wellbeing of people, communities, and the planet.
Wintec is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading training provider in arboriculture. As an arboriculture student, you will work on real projects, go on field trips, carry out pruning and felling operations, use small machinery, plant out vegetation, and learn all the rigging and tree climbing skills safely.
Explore our programmes below and transform your tomorrow at Wintec.
"I had heard Wintec was one of the best places in NZ to study to become an arborist, so I moved to Hamilton, and am now in my third year completing Level 6. The experience of all our tutors combined is awesome – I feel like I am in the best place in the country to study arboriculture."
