A supportive employer has made all the difference for Powerco’s Engineering Services Coordinator Trish Mouton as she completes a New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology (Technical Support) Level 5 at WITT Te Pūkenga and psychology and… read more

There are few trees in sight for forestry graduate Brandon Andrews in his first job in the industry. Working at the very end of the forestry process, Brandon is a General Hand Marshaller with port logistics company ISO Limited helping process logs… read more

Experienced paediatric intensive care nurse and educator Jacqui Quinn has joined the WITT Te Pūkenga School of Nursing as an Academic Lecturer and will be sharing her extensive clinical experience and knowledge teaching new and current nursing… read more

14 February 2023 Update Our New Plymouth and Hāwera campuses will be open tomorrow (Wednesday 15 February) as usual. We have assessed our campuses for damage and thankfully no serious damage has been sustained. If circumstances mean you are… read more

WITT Te Pūkenga is proud to acknowledge the graduating ākonga (students) of 2021 and 2022 at a combined graduate celebration 3pm Friday 17 February 2023 at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth. “Graduation is one of the highlights of the academic year and… read more

Ballance Process Operator Melanie Megaw has just bought her first house at 25 years of age, thanks in part to her step up into an operator role in the energy industry three years ago.Initially, Melanie capitalised on her interest in science and… read more

Two WITT Te Pūkenga Construction Management ākonga have been selected for three-week internships on stage two of Project Maunga.Stage Two is the continuation of the Taranaki Base Hospital Redevelopment and will see the construction of the new East… read more

In the latest intake of new nursing staff at Te Whatu Ora in Taranaki WITT Te Pūkenga nurses make up 85% of the new nursing employees.“We’re particularly proud of this cohort of nurses as they have navigated their entire degree around the… read more

A new enrolled nursing programme is kicking off at WITT Te Pūkenga in July this year which will help to address the national shortage of Registered Nurses.  “The Director of Nursing at Te Whatu Ora in Taranaki reached out and asked us to run an… read more

Former fitter-welder Jeffrey Ireland used the opportunity to retrain as a process operator at WITT Te Pūkenga as an opportunity to return to his hometown of Taranaki and get a job in the energy sector. “I was a FIFO worker in the mines in Western… read more