Associate Professor Byron Rangiwai has been featured by the Australasian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA) sharing aspects of his personal and professional journey as part of October’s ADHD Awareness Month. Read more
It’s been quite a year for respected Kiwi filmmaker and 2012 Unitec Screen Arts alumnus Arthur Gay with his award-winning short film When the Geese Flew, premiering in Cannes, France earlier this year before being selected for NZIFF 2025 and Show Me Shorts film festivals. Read more
Unitec’s Kura Pō co-ordinator Tama Nightingale-Pene talks to the NZ Herald about the boom in popularity of te reo classes with Unitec welcoming around 500 people each term for the programme. Read more
When Luke Bailey left Avondale College in 2015, he didn’t have a career plan. But since completing a Bachelor of Construction (Property Development) at Unitec, his career has taken off taking charge of multi-million dollar projects. Read more
Unitec and MIT are co-hosting Te Toi Tauira mō te Matariki Conference 2025 this week from 24-26 September at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae.The hui brings together tertiary educators to discuss good practice in supporting success for Māori ākonga engaged with the sector. Read more in Waatea News
Unitec engineering ākonga and former Student Council vice president, Emmanuel Simon, was interviewed by Radio New Zealand about Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week in Aotearoa. Listen to the interview here
If you’re an actor working in New Zealand, and especially if you’re Māori or Pacific, it helps to have a few strings to your bow, as Stacey Leilua found when she graduated from Unitec. Read more
Unitec has partnered with XPO Events since 2016, showcasing student-led design explorations through the practice of making. It’s an ongoing platform for students to engage with both industry professionals and prospective students. Read more
Associate Professor, Ngā Wai a Te Tūī and School of Healthcare and Social Practice, Lefaoalii Dion Enari has co-authored a story looking at the impact of Pasifika athletes switching loyalties and what this means for their sport. Read more in The Conversation
They graduated from Unitec in 2001. Eve Gordon co-founded The Dust Palace contemporary circus company while Tainui Tukiwaho co-founded Te Pou Theatre. They’ve reunited to bring their te reo Māori show to Rotorua. Read more
