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The opening of the revamped trades training kaimahi and ākonga lunchroom and gathering space caps off 18 months of investment in infrastructure for trades ākonga.

A tired tearoom and former trailer… read more

Bachelor of Engineering Technology ākonga Mikayla Mathys (Taranaki) remembers only too well what it is like to make decisions about what to study and where to study. As she finished off her final… read more

New kaitakawaenga Shelton Healey (second from left) may come from a whānau of educators, but his pathway into education has been an interesting journey featuring a representative sporting career and… read more

Friends Eliot (left) and Aliya (right) have stepped through their agriculture studies side-by-side since they were year 11 students attending Trades Academy one day a week alongside their secondary… read more

Busloads of Year 11, 12 and 13 ākonga (students) from schools around the maunga visited WITT Te Pūkenga recently (Friday 16 June) to get a taste of programmes on offer at WITT to help make an… read more

There’s one thing studying art and design and another thing showing the work you have created to others. But that’s just what the mid-year graduating class of NZ Diploma of Art and Design (Levels 5… read more

It’s common for our kaiako (tutors) to be actively involved with local industry and in the case of our Arts and Design kaimahi (staff) it’s also common for them to be exhibiting artists.  “Like any… read more

Hāwera campus ākonga Ash Garner (pictured left) is yet to finish her New Zealand Certificate in Exercise (Level 4) but already has a following in the exercise space thanks to documenting her personal… read more

Supporting the next generation of teachers is what drives kaiako Candice Bailey (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto). A primary school trained teacher herself, Candice joined WITT Te Pūkenga earlier… read more

Sharing a love of farming with her late father, agriculture ākonga Anahera Wanakore (Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Whatua) is gaining qualifications to carry on working in her… read more