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 students. Tuesday morning started with students being met… 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 includes creating a dedicated space rainbow students… 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 region, Te Kāhui o Taranaki, Haumanuhia te Hononga… 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 their education.The partnership includes three… 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 opportunity to try the sport. “Throughout those years I… read more

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 Commerce celebrate Taranaki’s Premier Customer… read more

On Saturday 9 April, campus life was busier than usual, with WITT hosting the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprenticeship Challenge for the Taranaki region.Michael Craig, a graduate of the New Zealand Certificate in Construction (Carpentry… read more

After growing up on a sheep and beef farm east of Stratford Hannah Slater, WITT’s new agriculture tutor found her passion and set her sites on becoming a shepherd.After taking every agriculture course possible in high school Hannah attended Lincoln… read more

Last week the ākonga from the New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living (Level 1) programme lent a helping hand to the New Plymouth RSA and placed a poppy on the graves of all the soldiers to commemorate ANZAC day.Helen Holswich Vice President of… read more

Ingrid van Amsterdam graduated from WITT in 2015 with the New Zealand Diploma in Creative Technologies and is now the proud founder of the locally produced magazine, BiograView.The BiograView magazine began online in 2019 and is New Zealand’s first… read more