The winner of this year’s BJ Hetet award, Joby Gavan (Ngāti Awa), left school at 16 and followed in the steps of a mate to do a 30-week pre-trade plumbing programme at WITT. Little did he know he would go on to win the prestigious BJ Hetet… read more

Three WITT ākonga have won a trip to Auckland in this month (March) to attend BuildUP24, a New Zealand Institute of Building conference, thanks to the NZ Institute of Building’s Charitable Education Trust and the eagle eye of their tutor Ethan… read more

It took more than the help of angels for four WITT art and design alumni to put on their first post-grad exhibition at Wanganui’s Space Studio & Gallery last month (February 2024). The exhibition, called 444x4, featured the work of Vanessa Erkes… read more

Footwear is an easy ‘tell’ as to what you teach at WITT and it’s no surprise to learn that Agriculture Tutor Adrian Edser is most at home in his Red Band gumboots. It wasn’t always the case for Adrian who grew up a ‘townie’ until the age of 12… read more

This story on our improved pass rates for Māori and Pasifika ākonga has attracted media interest.  Listen here to a korero on Radio NZ's Morning Report with two of our graduates and Kaitakawaenga Māori and Pasifika, Tuari Reweti. WITT staff are… read more

After a rewarding career in business, most recently as partner at Duncan Dovico Taxation Consultants for 17 years, Chartered Accountant Grant Hassall is bringing a wealth of experience to WITT to share with the accounting ākonga he is… read more

The ping of nail guns and the drone of handheld drills could be heard as busloads of young wāhine from around the maunga made their way around TET Stadium in Inglewood getting a taste of trade careers for the Women in Trades event. “We know women… read more

Being named Player of the Season for his cricket team is not the only reason WITT quantity surveying kaimahi Sudeha Hennayaka is on a good wicket. Sudeha, who won trophies for the most runs and wickets for the 2023/24 season last weekend and helped… read more

Scholarships offered by WITT to support those wanting to study of organic produce growing are now open for the second year. Five scholarships, valued at $3000 each, are available for people interested in learning about organic primary production… read more

Precision and attention to detail won the day for apprentice builder and WITT trades student Steven Taylor who took out the Taranaki heat of the annual New Zealand Certified Builders challenge. The challenge was hosted by WITT in one of the… read more