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Story written by WITT and Taranaki Chamber of Commerce. 

The WITT Top Shop competition is back and nominations for the awards opened last week. The Top Shop awards run by the Taranaki Chamber of… read more

At the age of 13, Cabe Ihaia-Dean tried boxing and now he hasn’t looked back.While attending Marfell Primary School in New Plymouth, a local police officer offered him and a group of others an… read more

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) has partnered with Taranaki Steelformers Mountainairs, in a play that will allow players to pursue their sporting career while also prioritising… read more

This week WITT launched a new webpage called rainbow@witt marking a new era of inclusivity for ākonga and kaimahi. Dawn Marsh learning advisor at WITT has been in charge of this new project, which… read more

On Tuesday last week, we held a whakatau to welcome a new intake of students into the New Zealand Certificate of Pest Operations (Level 3). These students are rangers from six groups across the… read more

This week we welcomed students back on campus for 2022. While the buzz on campus had a new socially distanced look, this didn’t put a dampener on the first day excitement and nerves for some… read more

Infrastructure Senior Project Manager – Lead Dave Hudson has joined the WITT whānau to manage the new $1m Infrastructure Skills Park in Bell Block.The park, funded by New Plymouth District Council… read more

WITT has partnered with Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) in a move to make higher level study more accessible for people in the region. 

This exciting partnership now means that for… read more

Taking part in WITT’s Build a Bridge programme one day a week while at secondary school last year was enough to land ex Francis Douglas Memorial College ākonga William Faoagali an apprenticeship with… read more

You never know where a WITT qualification will take you.The latest WITT alumni to pop up in our newsfeeds is Paul Quin who began his culinary journey in our very own training kitchens here at WITT in… read more