To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Maori Language Week), PASA acting students will be performing kapa haka and waiata at Ngākau Māhaki, Unitec Te Kotahitanga Marae from 11:30am-12pm on Tuesday 13 September. Entry is free so come and support our ākonga. Also on Tuesday, Design & Contemporary Arts students (ākonga) and kaiako (teachers)… Read more »
Be kind, be open, be enthusiastic”. These were the words of advice that PwC graduate recruiter Dominique Herewini had for the prospective job seekers who attended last week’s careers fair at Unitec. PwC was one of 20 businesses that exhibited at Unitec’s Industry Connect event for Business and Computing and Information Technology students, designed to match students with employers… Read more »
Associate Professor Dr Peter de Lange from our School of Environmental & Animal Sciences recently travelled to the Chatham Islands for the Chatham Science Festival. As Peter is the Chair of the Chatham Islands Conservation Board and the board was having a meeting on 19 August, Peter was able to present that evening and minimal… Read more »
Earlier this year, two ākonga from Supported Learning: Finn Penny and Brennan Nicholls, wanted to gain work experience in Trades. As part of their second year of study, all ākonga on the New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living and Working participate in a course called Work-Based Learning where they gain practical experience… Read more »
Unitec welcomed a host of budding environmental scientists, builders, architects, nurses, robotics engineers, designers and more to its campuses for the annual Unitec Open Day on Saturday. The event at Unitec’s Mt Albert and Waitākere campuses marked a welcome return to an in-person Open Day after an absence of two years due to COVID restrictions.… Read more »
This week is Tongan Language Week and Unitec and MIT are running a joint programme. Click here for the full programme This year’s theme for Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week – is: Ke Tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tonga ‘i Aotearoa, which means Sustaining the Tonga Language in Aotearoa. Ke… Read more »
Unitec student nurses visited Rosebank Road Business District last week and over two days performed more than 110 health checks on local employees. Everyone benefited from the experience and we wanted to share the great feedback they got for their mahi. Thank you once again to all the Unitec Student Nurses and their administrators for… Read more »
Infrastructure work on the Carrington Residential development has begun across whenua previously owned by Unitec. 39.7 hectares has been transferred to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD) to establish what it is describing as “a new urban village of at least 4000 homes.” The homes will be a mix of terraced houses, walk-up… Read more »
In 2020, Courtney Willan was studying towards a teaching degree, but as the course progressed she realised it was a career path that didn’t suit her. Unsure of what to do next, her partner encouraged her to try a variety of courses, she says, so they signed up for a woodworking night class at a… Read more »
Investing in our relationships is one way to make it through these times. Relationships help us to share our challenges, see a path forward, provide empathy and remind us we are not alone. One of the many great things about being part of Unitec whānau is that there are so many ways to connect with… Read more »
