Supporting the next generation of teachers is what drives kaiako Candice Bailey (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto). A primary school trained teacher herself, Candice joined WITT Te Pūkenga earlier this year to take on a new role overseeing ākonga… read more

Hāwera campus ākonga Ash Garner (pictured left) is yet to finish her New Zealand Certificate in Exercise (Level 4) but already has a following in the exercise space thanks to documenting her personal wellness journey online that’s culminated in a… read more

It’s common for our kaiako (tutors) to be actively involved with local industry and in the case of our Arts and Design kaimahi (staff) it’s also common for them to be exhibiting artists.  “Like any other programme at WITT, ākonga should expect that… read more

There’s one thing studying art and design and another thing showing the work you have created to others. But that’s just what the mid-year graduating class of NZ Diploma of Art and Design (Levels 5 and 6) are being asked to do. From the invite-only… read more

Busloads of Year 11, 12 and 13 ākonga (students) from schools around the maunga visited WITT Te Pūkenga recently (Friday 16 June) to get a taste of programmes on offer at WITT to help make an informed decision about their future. More than 300… read more

Friends Eliot (left) and Aliya (right) have stepped through their agriculture studies side-by-side since they were year 11 students attending Trades Academy one day a week alongside their secondary school studies. “We were complete strangers from… read more

New kaitakawaenga Shelton Healey (second from left) may come from a whānau of educators, but his pathway into education has been an interesting journey featuring a representative sporting career and work as a musician before he found his way to… read more

Bachelor of Engineering Technology ākonga Mikayla Mathys (Taranaki) remembers only too well what it is like to make decisions about what to study and where to study. As she finished off her final year at New Plymouth Girls High School, she was set… read more

The opening of the revamped trades training kaimahi and ākonga lunchroom and gathering space caps off 18 months of investment in infrastructure for trades ākonga. A tired tearoom and former trailer shed on WITT’s lower campus have been transformed… read more

The first group of WITT Te Pūkenga New Zealand Certificate in Light Automotive Engineering (level 4) ākonga have graduated with most going into apprenticeships or work in the industry. The level 4 programme was introduced directly in response to… read more