The 2024 theme for Cook Islands Māori Language Week is ‘Ātui’ia au ki te vaka o tōku matakeinanga – connect me to the canoe of my tribe’ This theme derives from the overarching Language Week Series theme for 2024, ‘Sustainability’. Let’s celebrate the 2024 Cook Islands Māori Language Week (04 -10 Aug) by participating in the ‘Ei Katu’… Read more »
This week, Siddharth Pilli joins the communications team on work placement from the Whaikaha program. He will be sharing stories with you across Semester 2. Sylvie Hall is a student who has participated in Unitec for two years and is part of the Whaikaha program, which has helped her learn about and celebrate the cultural,… Read more »
Ngā Pū Kōrero o Āpōpō Tāmaki Makaurau- 2024 Whakataetae a Rohe, the regional te reo Māori speech competition is being held again this year at Te Noho Kotahitanga marae from 9am on Thursday 1 August This event is hosted by Tuia te Waiora, a Māori Womens Welfare League branch based at Te Noho Kotahitanga marae,… Read more »
We have just started a new round of membership sign ups for Semester 2. Below we speak to one returning member and one new member about their experience and reasons for joining. To find out more and sign up yourself, click here https://thenest.unitec.ac.nz/TheNestWP/services/sustainability/wellbeing/the-exercise-lab/ Angelina Wright, Supported Learning lecturer, is one of returning Exercise Lab members.… Read more »
Four acting ākonga from Unitec’s School of Creative Industries have returned from China after attending a three-week summer intensive at the Shanghai Theatre Academy(STA) in June, a longstanding partner of Unitec. This annual summer intensive attracts acting and drama ākonga from across the world, with the STA providing accommodation and food and covering most of… Read more »
Courtney Willan has been a trailblazer since embarking on her first carpentry course in 2020, starting with a woodworking night class at a local high school. She then advanced to a Level 3 pre-trade carpentry course at Unitec and is currently pursuing a Level 4 certificate in carpentry through an apprenticeship with Edgecity Builders. Over… Read more »
Dr Evangelia Papoutsaki from the Unitec Research Office has been offered a six-month research fellowship by the Japan Foundation from January 2025. She will be hosted by Hokkaido University and in collaboration with Dr Meng Qu, Vice Director at the Center for Advanced Tourism Studies (CATS). Evangelia will conduct a comparative project on “Mapping the… Read more »
Earlier this month, the Unitec ECR forum and Taupapa Rangahau held it’s third 3-minute Research Spiel competition and for the first time invited Emerging Researchers. At the event, researchers shared their work with a focus on Making an Impact! There were eight competitors from a range of schools across Unitec. These wonderful speakers included Laura… Read more »
The rain cleared and the stars came out to shine for last night’s Matariki celebration Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae. The Puna Kōrero project has been ongoing for the past nine months and culminated with a morning working bee in the puna, followed by the evening event, with the launch of a storytelling mobile app, the… Read more »
In 2023, our Unitec veterinary nursing team continued their amazing work in Tonga with our annual veterinary clinic. This clinic is run to support South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) and provide our veterinary nurse students with an incredible learning opportunity, alongside helping a community less fortunate than us here in New Zealand. In 2023, the… Read more »
