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WITT nursing student Pravina Roberts navigates being a mum of eight with full-time study, leveraging her own academic ambitions to encourage her children to achieve at school. She is among the first… read more

WITT art and design students are opening their campus studios and exhibition spaces to the public with a special mid-winter Art Show Week, which includes talks and workshops as well as art for… read more

Deb Auckram (pictured above) and Lucy Taylor (below) are at different stages of their careers. Both have found new directions with the business knowledge, tools and insights they’ve learned through… read more

Who would want to put toilet cleaning and fly spray products into their body? Behind the fruity, confectionary flavours, that’s what you do when vaping, says the creator of smokefree science… read more

Students enrolled in Foundation Studies at WITT this year may be surprised to discover that one of their tutors has travelled a remarkable path - from the remote Nordic islands of Finland to the… read more

From coastal rubbish collecting to rocky reef protection on the South Taranaki Bight and innovative rat trap lures – Conservation Week provided an abundance of learning experiences and hands-on… read more

Women are turning to trades, and the Taranaki Women in Trades event on May 7 is aiming to inspire even more to pick up tools, drive a digger or wield a welding machine.
Women in Trades Committee… read more

Gaming and hairstyling don’t typically go together. But Taranaki-based international hair guru Patrick Cameron has just launched his world-first app designed to teach hairdressers by video – with… read more

‘An ancient atmosphere that touches people. A huge, prehistoric, Jurassic Park. A wet and scary place. Like the Amazon on top of the Himalayas’ - some of the vivid descriptions of remote Fiordland… read more

Alex McDonald is turning microgreens into a lucrative organic business. Shari Corbett-Dwyer has launched an innovative community garden support network to encourage more food growing and sharing at a… read more