Noa’ia ‘e mauri! This week take some time to explore the official language and culture of the small island paradise, Rotuma, with Rotuman Language Week, 10-16 May. Rotuma is located approximately 465 km to the north of the Fiji Islands (a Fijian dependency) and must be one of the smallest island nations with a… Read more »
A group of students from our Canine Behaviour and Training programme have shown it is possible to teach dogs – and their owners – new tricks. Throughout the one-year New Zealand Certificate in Animal Management (Canine Behaviour and Training), the students would usually bring their dogs to our Mt Albert campus twice a week for… Read more »
Last year we established the Unitec International Academic Excellence Scholarships, designed to motivate our International students to succeed in their studies. The Awards first launched in semester 1 2019 and had a really great response from students and positive feedback from the winning awardees. The semester 2 awards were announced in the International Community Newsletter… Read more »
Our whenua and Marae are a unique and meaningful part of who we are as whānau of Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka / Unitec. We’re lucky to have Te Noho Kotahitanga, our marae, as a place to call ‘home’ – it’s a place for all cultures to reside together as one at Unitec. It’s been… Read more »
Barbara ‘Taiha’ Molyneux joined us just a few weeks ago in the midst of lockdown. A challenging time for all but even more so when you’re new on the job and don’t get to meet your team in person or have any face-to-face interaction across the business. Taiha is however familar with our institution –… Read more »
Our School of Trade and Services recently filled their second Academic Programme Manager (APM) role, with the appointment of Bryan Davis, who was previously the National Service Operations Manager for Honda NZ. Bryan will be working alongside APM Jake Curran, who joined the School four months ago, returning to New Zealand from Australia, where… Read more »
At February’s all-staff Aronui-Focus 2020 event, all attendees were invited to make their own whiri (plait). Tanya White, our Kaitiaki – Taiao, Maia Māori Centre, who led the activity, collected the more than 400 whiri that the group made, and has spent the past few weeks completing the whatu (weaving them together) to create one large piece.… Read more »
We are very proud to have another generation of Tominikos on campus. Our Director of Pacific Success, Niko Tominiko, earlier this year, encouraged and supported his parents into fulltime study. A feat at any age to head ‘back to school’ but even more daunting with the move to online teaching due to the COVID-19 lockdown.… Read more »
The past few weeks have seen our Unitec staff and students make the transition to working and studying at home. Our teachers, supported by Te Puna Ako (TPA) and Te Korowai Kahurangi (TKK), have put in a huge amount of mahi to adapt to remote teaching delivery, and our support teams have adjusted to working… Read more »
Updated for 2021 We may be better used to the lockdown routine, but it makes it’s no less challenging to keep our kids entertained during long stretches at home, especially on rainy days. With schools closed, no visits to friends’ houses, sport or other activities in the daily schedule, parents and carers are having to… Read more »
