Architecture students shine in 2022 Student Design Awards

  Unitec School of Architecture ākonga were featured as finalists, with Keisha Rawiri awarded Highly Commended, in the 2022 Te Kāhui Whaihanga Resene Student Design Awards held by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. The programme brings together the top ākonga from each of New Zealand’s four schools of architecture: Waipapa Taumata Rau — University… Read more »

Video: Te Whakakotahitanga o Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka – A unified celebration of Unitec

Celebrating the students, the rich history and amazing people who’ve played a key role in shaping Unitec from its inception to the present day was a central focus at this year’s Staff Excellence Awards. Te Pou Manawa, Darlene Cameron led the celebrations this year as MC and worked alongside Creative Industries lecturer, Paul Young to… Read more »

Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga: new Executive Director of Unitec and MIT

With Gus Gilmore leaving on Thursday to start his new role at Te Pūkenga as Deputy Chief Executive Ako Delivery, Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga has accepted the role of Unitec and MIT’s Executive Director. He sent out this pānui on Friday:   Talofa lava I’d like to round off what has been another really big week… Read more »

Student Central gives back to the community

The Student Central team recently volunteered at ‘Eat My Lunch’. Below is their account of the experience, written by Fatin Elier and Pa Tere from Student Central…     “As our end of the year team building and venturing into the new year with a new team, we wanted to challenge ourselves, but at the… Read more »

Everything you need to know about the Staff Awards Celebration event on Thursday

Only two days until our biggest staff event of the year! It’ll be a day of celebrating our people and the exceptional work they’ve done to support Unitec and the success of our learners. In light of our move to Te Pūkenga, we’ll also be acknowledging Unitec’s journey so far – looking back as we move forward. Check… Read more »

Award-winning producer talks with Creative Industries Screen Arts students

Earlier this month, award-winning producer Jon Landau joined Creative Industries students for an hour-long conversation on producing and creativity. He spoke to the second and third-year Screen Arts students from Wellington, via Zoom, where he was busy putting the last touches to the upcoming release of the Avatar sequel The Way of Water. With long-time… Read more »

New Centre for Research in Education for Healthcare Professionals launches at Unitec

Unitec is celebrating the launch of a research centre dedicated to providing Healthcare Professionals with the best educational opportunities available. The Centre for Research in Education for Healthcare Professionals was underpinned by a $320,000  MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship., awarded to the new director, Associate Professor Samantha Heath, for her research project “Fit for the future:… Read more »

Congratulations to our new Professors, Associate Professors and Senior Lecturers

The Senior Academic Staff Appointments and Promotions (SAAP) process is an opportunity for our academic staff to apply to be promoted. Congratulations to Unitec’s four new Professors, five new Associate Professors and 10 new Senior Lecturers who were successful in the 2022 SAAP round. “The SAAP Committee was delighted at the high calibre of applications, strongly supported… Read more »

Unitec Library highlights Te Takarangi, a collection that celebrates Māori-led scholarship

Te Kohinga Māori, the Māori reference collection on Level 2 of Te Puna Library, is a taonga for our students and staff. The collection is filled with mātauranga Māori books, including most of the titles from a specially-curated list named Te Takarangi. The list of 150 titles in Te Takarangi was curated five years ago… Read more »