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WITT Te Pūkenga painting and plastering tutor Ben Stiglmayer says he has more employers looking for staff than students. He’s on a mission to change this and the way the industry is perceived, which… read more

Giving everyone an ‘equal bite of the cherry’ is what drives Wayne Samways in his new role as Accessibility Coordinator at WITT Te Pūkenga.

The accessibility role sees him support ākonga and kaimahi… read more

Art and Design kaiako at WITT Te Pūkenga have always fostered connections with fellow tutors around New Zealand but they don’t often get the opportunity to exhibit their work together.

“Our teaching… read more

WITT Te Pūkenga business management ākonga Hannah Bryan and Megan Dodunski will be spending Christmas in China thanks to each winning a Prime Minister's Scholarships for Asia (PMSA). 

The… read more

There aren’t many courses that have a near 100% employment rate, but the WITT Te Pūkenga New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Scaffolding) (Level 3) does and what’s more, it’s the… read more

Making a portable fish smoker has helped land a job for Year 12 Spotswood College ākonga Luke Sowman who took part in the WITT Te Pūkenga ‘Build a Trailer’ Engineering (Level 3) Trades Academy… read more

There were offers galore to help deliver a recent series of Infrastructure Training short courses which was no surprise to WITT Te Pūkenga Short Course and Programme Manager Jan Kivell as the course… read more

Having strong connections to local industry is a source of pride for kaiako at WITT Te Pūkenga, and if they don’t come straight from the workplace into a teaching role, they actively make connections… read more

With a goal of business ownership in the future, Year 13 Sacred Heart Girls’ College ākonga Demi Hudson is enrolling in the New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy Level 4 next year to start laying… read more

As the nation celebrates Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language week), waiata can be heard coming from the Ngāmotu and Te Hāwera campuses at WITT as ākonga (learners) and kaimahi (staff members… read more