Today, and over the next few weeks, we welcome many of our staff and students back on campus. For some, it’ll be the first time back since the August 2021 lockdown – welcome back! Following Gus’s earlier update, here’s a reminder on what the ‘Orange’ setting means for Unitec staff. What the ‘Orange’ setting means for… Read more »
Earlier this year, Unitec Creative Industries graduates Sheryl Campbell and Solomon Mortimer were announced as two of the three winners of the 2022 Aotearoa Photobook Awards. The award was designed to reward outstanding photobooks produced between 21 January 2020 and 17 January 2022 by New Zealand photographers. Photobooks have become a major phenomenon in art photography worldwide and… Read more »
Unitec School of Environment and Animal Science associate professor Peter de Lange and his team have been studying the effects of the the fungal disease myrtle rust for several years, but this week he spoke to Radio New Zealand about the potential benefit of the disease to rid the Chatham Islands of a noxious… Read more »
Unitec Screen Arts alumna Huhana Ruri-Panapa was the editor for Maori musician Troy Kingi’s Black Sea Golden Ladder: The Visual Album which won the Grand Winner and Best Oceanian Film awards at the recent Cannes World Film Festival: Remember the Future. Kingi’s thought-provoking visual album explores an existential life experience. Read more in the Creative Industries newsletter
The beginning of April saw the first house built by Unitec trades and Services students on the Mt Albert campus journey to become new homes for Gisborne whānau. The five-bedroom home left Auckland and was put onto a site in Lyell Road, Kaiti on Wednesday 6 April. The home is the outcome of a partnership… Read more »
Did you see the great coverage Unitec’s very own carsharing app received on last night’s Project? If you want to sign up for the trial, more details are below the video on how to do that. Over the next few weeks, many of us are returning to work on campus, but also having a bit… Read more »
Amy Tankard worked in Unitec’s HR team for three years before recently moving to focus on advocating for Passive House in Aotearoa. She is the CEO of the Passive House Institute New Zealand, Te Tōpūtanga o te Whare Korou ki Aotearoa (PHINZ) and is also overseeing the build of her family home to Passive House… Read more »
The Board met for the first time this year online. The meeting began with those present acknowledging the sad passing of Dame June Jackson and Dr Moana Jackson. This was led by Pou hautu Keith Ikin and Matua Vince Hapi who recognised the contribution both had made to Māori aspirations and Aotearoa as a… Read more »
A leading edge 3D-modelling project focused on capturing historical and heritage buildings by Unitec’s School of Architecture exemplifies collaboration between academia, community and industry and sets a new bar for the use of digital technologies in domestic conservation practice. The project involves the scanning (using LiDar and Photogrammetry technology) and 3D-modelling of Building One on… Read more »
Autism Awareness Month Autistic people all have different strengths and abilities and challenges which affect their lives in different ways at different ages and in different environments. Please join Access4Success Disability Service in celebration and appreciation of the many benefits neurodiverse people bring to our society. This year’s Autism Awareness Month theme is Inclusive… Read more »
