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‘Movement is medicine’ is WITT graduate Rocki Robinson’s mantra in her new role as a Green Prescription Advisor at Sport Taranaki. And movement doesn’t have to be a marathon. It could be a simple… 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… read more

New scholarships offered by WITT will fund the study of organic produce growing with the aim to transform the food landscape in Taranaki.
Five scholarships, valued at $3000 each, are available for… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… read more

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… read more