Te Pūtahi Auaha – the community-based graffiti pavilion developed by Unitec staff and students – is to be relocated to a permanent base in Henderson this month. Translated to mean The Meeting Place for Creativity, The Pavilion has been a collaborative, cross-disciplinary project between Unitec’s Schools of Architecture and Creative Studies, artists from the Avondale… Read more »
This year’s theme for ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani – Cook Islands Language Week is ‘Ātuitui’ia au ki te Oneone o tōku ‘Ui Tupuna which means, connect me to the soil of my ancestors. ‘Ātuitui’ia au ki te Oneone o tōku ‘Ui Tupuna reflects on the journey of Cook Islands peoples in New… Read more »
A dedicated team of researchers are combining their identity and expertise to champion the intelligence and innovation of an entire generation in the housing sector. Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, Unitec’s Kaupapa Māori and Indigenous Research Centre, has launched a research project that will investigate potential kāinga innovations to support intergenerational Māori housing aspirations. He tātai… Read more »
Thanks to a successful collaboration between IT, the Schools, Timetabling, TKK and TPA, the Virtual Desktops in our computer labs have had a technology refresh. The experience will be slightly different. Instructions on how to support learners are below. Background: A collaborative effort Virtual Desktops (VDI) have been successfully running at Unitec for five years.… Read more »
Building on its already strong research capacity, Unitec-Te Pūkenga has established two more Research Centres: Centre for Research in Education for Healthcare Professionals, led by Associate Professor Samantha Heath; Digital Heritage Research Centre, led by Associate Professor Renata Jadresin-Milic. “These new centres add to four other Research Centres and position Unitec as the leading provider of… Read more »
Our key indicator of student engagement, the Student Net Promoter Score (NPS), has recorded a return to its best-ever result of 43 for new students and 23 for returning students. (NB: Header Te Te Aka Kawerongo has error, these are the correct figures) Semester 1’s high result was particularly gratifying given the challenging disruptions of… Read more »
Unitec’s 20-year-old Samoan fale tele – or big house – has been reopened in a vibrant Pacific celebration marking its relocation to a new site at the heart of Unitec’s Mt Albert campus. A fale tele is known as the most important house in Samoan culture and traditionally serves as a meeting house for chief council… Read more »
Make sure you’re signed up for Your Voice. You’ll need to log into Your Voice to view the proposed structure Set up your log in now through this link: yourvoice.tepukenga.ac.nz. What can kaimahi expect in the Proposed Structure consultation? Consultation on the proposed Organisation Structure will open soon (date TBC). Kaimahi will be able to… Read more »
A morning tea was held at the Waitākere campus last week to farewell the Free4U Computing programme which has been running at Unitec since 2007, providing free digital upskilling classes to thousands of local adults. Around 30 current and past students and staff gathered to share kai, thoughts and laughs with Fi Hukui, the course… Read more »
We recently received the sad news that John Sutherland, the founding Head of School for the architecture programme at Unitec, has passed. John had an illustrious architectural career that spanned more than 60 years, and contributed to many aspects of the profession. He was made a distinguished fellow of the NZIA in recognition of his… Read more »
