New Zealand Chinese Language Week is being celebrated across the motu from 31 August to 6 September 2025. It was launched in 2014 to increase Chinese language learning in Aotearoa by delivering fun and practical initiatives that assist Kiwis to learn Chinese. We are proud of our many Chinese kaimahi who work across the institution… Read more »
Brooke Wilson is in her first year of training to be an actor for stage and screen at Unitec. But on Monday, in front of friends, kaimahi and classmates, she broke character to shave off all her hair for Shave for a Cure, a campaign raising funds and awareness for those affected by blood cancers… Read more »
Five of our Bachelor of Applied Science (BASCI) ākonga recently presented their research at the New Zealand Biosecurity Institute’s (NZBI) NETS (National Education and Training Seminar) Conference in Palmerston North. The theme for NETS 2025 was Haumaru koiora kia pai āmua – Biosecurity for a better future and included collaborations between Unitec kaimahi and Auckland… Read more »
A research project by Director, Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, Deborah Heke, which aims to enhance Mana Wāhine wellbeing, was one of forty projects successful in obtaining grants from Health Research Council (HRC). HRC announced this week that it had invested $71.4 million in exceptional and innovative research to tackle a range of pressing issues… Read more »
Thirty ākonga from Hebei University of Engineering and Hebei Vocational University of Industry and Technology in China, got up close with Māori culture and applied learning during a week-long exchange with us from 25-30 August. During their stay, the students spent time with our MAIA and Marae team learning to weave, sing waiata, perform kapa… Read more »
The distinguished career of academic and researcher in computer engineering, Professor Hamid Sharifzadeh was celebrated at his Professorial Address on Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on Thursday 21 August. But seeing the success of his students is Prof Sharifzadeh’s proudest achievement. “I feel most proud about our students in this school and the way that they… Read more »
Twenty-three new kaimahi were welcomed into the whānau on Thursday 21 August. They were given a warm pōwhiri on to Te Noho Kotahitanga by our marae team with a number of senior leaders, heads of schools and support services present. Among those formally welcomed were our recently appointed directors Jeff Howe (International – Tāmaki), Fleur… Read more »
Manukau Institute of Technology and Unitec are preparing to welcome kaimahi and tauira Māori from across the motu for Te Toi Tauira mō te Matariki at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on 24-26 September 2025. This will be the 21st Toi Tauira, the annual national kaupapa Māori Wānanga-a-Tau established in 1999. MIT previously hosted Toi Tauira… Read more »
Unitec Pacific kaimahi at the 2025 APSTE Fono National Conference in Wellington Eleven kaimahi attended the Association for Pacific Staff in Tertiary Education (APSTE) National Conference in Wellington on 18-19 August. Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, nearly two hundred kaimahi representing 22 tertiary institutions from across the motu attended the annual event. APSTE is… Read more »
More than two hundred ākonga attended the Unitec Volunteer Expo on 12 August. Ten community organisations attended this year’s Expo at the Events Kitchen in Te Puna. Of the 221 ākonga in attendance, 161 (73%) were international learners. “We’re committed to providing opportunities for ākonga to connect directly with industry through on-campus events, and volunteering… Read more »
