The world’s largest Māori and Pacific Island festival, the ASB Polyfest, ran last week at the Manukau Sports Bowl. Our presence at Polyfest and sponsorship of the cultural Diversity stage and a special chill-out zone, kicked-off one of our key focuses for 2019, community engagement. Polyfest provided us with a huge range of opportunities to… Read more »
Updated pic of the research house as at May 2019! Also learn more about the overall project and experiences for the staff involved, Yusef Patel, John Chapman and Semisi Potauaine, and our students, in this PrefabNZ Innovation Bites webinar – Collaborative innovation at its best, learn about the prefab project that is making waves in… Read more »
In late February we welcomed our new intake of international students. They were welcomed with a powhiri at the Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae, followed by Orientation and information sessions to help them get familiar with their campus, and all the support services and resources that are available to them. In week three, 120 of our… Read more »
Orientation is one of the key elements of our welcome programme aimed at creating connections for students with their peers, getting to know their lecturers and becoming familiar with their campus and the services available for study success. Welcoming our new students on campus has been a big job for our Student Success team who have been… Read more »
Artworks depicting tui in Unitec’s pā harakeke painted by artist and Maia Māori Centre lecturer Hohepa Renata, grace the walls of the newly-opened Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori Research Centre – B002. The name was gifted to Research Centre head Jenny Lee-Morgan and her team by Kaumatua Wairangi Dr Haare Williams, our former Pae… Read more »
Finn, the 11-month-old Whippet you may have seen trotting around the Mt Albert campus with owner Lauren Prior, School of Environmental and Animal Sciences Lecturer, has been selected as a finalist for the New Zealand Top Office Dog – People’s Choice Award! Finn is a regular fixture in the School of Environmental and Animal… Read more »
Each year we make time to review our performance during the previous year and plan ahead for the upcoming year. When thinking about performance there are four key elements to consider: Our goals: What we need to do and achieve to be successful in our role What skills we need to develop to deliver… Read more »
In the final edition of introducing our new Heads of School, we meet Head of Architecture, Peter McPherson and Head of Healthcare and Social Practice, Linda Aumua. Over the past few weeks we’ve profiled all of our Heads of School. Read our previous posts to learn more about Katie Bruffy, Dan Blanchon and Nick Sheppard; Christian Probst,… Read more »
Work has begun on a 65 square metre, two-bedroom modular ‘research house’; the elements of which are being built at the Unitec Workshop and then moved to a permanent site on Mt Albert Road. A group of third, fourth and fifth year Architecture students started work on fabricating the project last week which involves CNC… Read more »
Self-confessed ‘cycle-hater’ Paul Hays got into the spirit of the Aotearoa Bike Challenge by having a go on one of the Unitec e-bikes. Here’s his story… “I never got into cycling as a kid, in fact I really hated it. So getting me onto an electric bike took a LOT of persuasion by my colleagues,… Read more »
