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

Recent construction management graduates Cynthia Wang and Daniel Fernandes have gained an enviable start to their careers as Trainee Quantity Surveyor/Future Leader and Trainee Project Manager/Future Leader thanks to the relationship between WITT Te… read more

Recent WITT Te Pūkenga graduate Kamia Lewis has made the transition from student to employee without having to leave the campus. She recently moved into the the front-facing Information and Enrollments Administrator position where she puts her… read more

Hundreds of new and returning ākonga flooded the shared spaces at our New Plymouth and Hāwera campuses last week to take part in orientation events. Fun in nature, the purpose of orientation events is to prepare ākonga for their programme of study… read more

It’s not every day that you hear of people swapping urban San Francisco for Kakaramea, but recent WITT Te Pūkenga ākonga Ethan Elejorde did just that. With a Kiwi mum, New Zealand has always held some intrigue for Ethan and as soon as he could save… read more