Who we are and what we do
The Communications team provides communications advice and support to all staff at Unitec, with a focus on supporting the Chief Executive, extended leadership team and project leaders to engage our internal and external stakeholders.
Our relationships with stakeholders are essential to Unitec’s success. Our stakeholders include staff and students, industry partners and the wider community.
We are here to support all staff so please do get in touch if you a question about staff communications, the Nest, media enquiries or event management. Our key areas of responsibility are outlined below.
Media relations and enquiries
Internal staff communications
- Advice and guidance on communications to staff, including coordinating information from the Chief Executive and executive to all staff, creating campaigns to support announcements re new processes and systems, activities, training and events
- On campus alerts and incidents
- Manage content of the Nest – news, staff notices and events, and advice on design and content for team pages
- Creation of staff e-newsletters including Te Aka Kawerongo Weekly
Event management and support
- Staff events* including Staff Excellence Awards and ARONUI ∙ FOCUS
- Industry, commercial and stakeholder event support
- Responsible for managing access to event space at Te Puna – B180
Go to our Events page for information on booking event space, planning events, booking equipment and resources, and listing events on the Nest.
*Note: If you need help with Events involving students, please contact Student Success – Ruth Marsters.
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Our location
The Wagener – B110-1039. You’ll find us around on the right in the glassed-in space facing the courtyard, alongside the Marketing team.
Key contacts
> External and media:
Adrienne Kohler
Senior Communications Partner
021 586 747
Or email Communications – communications@unitec.ac.nz
Vivienne Merito
Director Marketing & Communications
021 575 108
> Internal communications:
Jody Bennett
021 564 617 | extn 7322
> Events:
Romy Sunny
021 960418 | extn 7797
Or email events@unitec.ac.nz
Or email Communications – communications@unitec.ac.nz
The Nest – Submitting content
> News, staff notices and classified
> ‘What’s on calendar’ – events and activities
We like to include pictures in your posts, but you may need to submit these separately to our general inbox – communications@unitec.ac.nz
Nest training
> Support, training and manuals
Our staff e-newsletter
Te Aka Kawerongo Weekly goes out on Monday and content is drawn from the Nest posts from the week prior. Contact Jody if you have a question or a suggestion for Te Aka.
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