Bobby Hung and the art of public spaces

Dr Bobby Hung will be speaking about his work and career at Tū Arotake on 7 July To his students, Dr Bobby Hung is a visual arts lecturer in Unitec’s School of Design and Creative Arts, but for more than 20 years he has also operated under the graffiti artist pseudonym, Berst. As a teenager… Read more »

Unitec hosts Polynesian Panthers to mark 50 years of social justice movement

Unitec’s School of Healthcare and Social Practice hosted an event at Te Rangimarie, Waitakere campus on 17 June to mark the 50-year anniversary of the founding of the Polynesian Panthers social justice movement. The anniversary coincided with the government’s announcement it would make a formal apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids at a commemoration event… Read more »

Lifting your capability at work: Workshops for all staff – register now

Our talented HR and Learning and Development teams have been offering the very popular ‘People Development’ workshops for almost a year, using their expertise to give advice and tips to over 550 staff on topics ranging from Managing Difficult Conversations and Speaking Up to Linked In and Academic Career Progression. What’s on offer? Check out… Read more »

Early Career Researchers developing exciting research with real world impact

Tūāpapa Rangahau – Unitec’s Research Centre, recently held a three-minute ‘Research Spiel’ competition. Dr Kristie Cameron, Chair of the Unitec ECR forum and Senior Lecturer in EAS shares her experience as well as information on becoming an Early Career Researcher at Unitec… The ‘Early Career Researcher Research Spiel’ Competition To me, being an Early Career… Read more »

Darlene Cameron appointed Te Pou Manawa o Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka

Unitec’s devoted and tremendously energetic Darlene Cameron (Te Rārawa) has been appointed Te Pou Manawa o Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka. Her new role will keep her embedded as a key member of the Maia whānau and provide her with the ability to focus further on enhancing wraparound support for teams responsible for the manaakitanga… Read more »

Te Pūkenga Kōtui Kōrero: watch the recorded session

  Te Pūkenga held a session on Monday with around 200 staff in Ngākau Māhaki (our wharenui), disussing progress on the Operating Model and the eight service concepts they’ve developed. They invited feedback on these concepts. If you weren’t able to come along, the session was recorded and is shared in five parts below. Te… Read more »

Te Pūkenga Consultation: Academic Regulations

Te Pūkenga recently released the latest draft version of their proposed Academic Regulations. These Regulations will apply to all teaching, research, learning, and support activities delivered by and on behalf of Te Pūkenga and applies to all learners, staff, and contractors of the institute. This means that Unitec will be required to adopt these Academic… Read more »

Dr Samantha Heath awarded prestigious MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship

Dr Samantha Heath, Senior Lecturer and Research Leader, School of Healthcare and Social Practice, has been awarded the MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship. The Fellowship is administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for the New Zealand Government. Unitec is the only ITP among the 30 Fellowships awarded. Samantha was awarded $320,000 for her research project… Read more »

Ngā Wai a Te Tūī celebrate arrival of Marsden fund recipient Dr Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu

Dr Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu (Kanaka ‘Oiwi Hawaii) proudly exudes an enduring passion for her culture, her whakapapa, her whenua and her tūpuna. The globally respected scholar of Critical Pacific and Indigenous Studies is one of the newest members of the whānau at Ngā Wai a Te Tūī. “I am kanaka Maoli and my whenua is Moloka’i… Read more »

Fun and whanaungatanga: The secret ingredients for Fanau Whānau Day

Māori fry bread, Samoan Koko rice, toast, spreads and cereals were on the menu for Unitec’s first Saturday trial of Fanau Whānau Day, along with a fun game of breakfast bingo. The breakfast was a great start to the day, says Falaniko Tominiko, Director of Pacific Success; and really enjoyable for the families and students… Read more »