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News

18 September 2018

Media Statement: 18 September 2018

The Council of Whitireia Community Polytechnic and the Wellington Institute of Technology notes the Minister of Education’s announcement today that he intends to appoint a Commissioner upon... read more
05 September 2018

Te Hononga Stakeholder News September 2018

Our September 2018 Te Hononga Stakeholder News is now available. read more
23 August 2018

Media Statement: 23 August 2018

The Council of Whitireia Community Polytechnic and the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) welcomes the capital injection of up to $15M from the Crown for Whitireia Community Polytechnic... read more
22 August 2018

Football Fan and WelTec Grad Joins the ‘Nix’

Graeme Davidson is the newly appointed Events Manager for the Wellington Phoenix.
A self-described football fanatic, who has played ‘the lovely game’ since he was four, Graeme can’t think of a better... read more
15 August 2018

Student Team Wins Medals at National Culinary Competition

A team from the Wellington Institute of Technology has taken out two golds and a silver medal at the prestigious annual Nestlé Toque d’Or student culinary competition.
Culinary students Varun Yadav... read more
09 August 2018

Wellington ITPs Launch Business Qualification

On Thursday evening WelTec and Whitireia announced the delivery of a refreshed business degree at a business gathering hosted by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. read more
05 July 2018

Awesome Hair and Makeup by Creative Students

Students from five different programmes did the Institute proud at the inaugural Artisitic Wearable Expression (AWE) show held at Aston Norwood Function Centre in Kaitoke, Upper Hutt on 30 June. read more
29 June 2018

Rimutaka Prisoners earn new Tiling, Plastering Qualifications

Twenty six men at Rimtuaka Prison are the first to earn new industry-recognised trade qualifications that could help them into employment on release. read more
27 June 2018

The Summer of 2017: How Festivals in British Columbia Minimised their Environmental Impact

WelTec senior lecturer, Joany Grima, based in New Zealand, has completed a study investigating waste minimisation, and other “green” practices, at festivals in British Columbia (BC). read more
07 June 2018

MBIE Procurement Graduate Programme

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) offers a programme which sees talented graduates taken on each year and given the opportunity to be part of a government-wide team of... read more

Events

01 January 2019

Calendar & Key Dates

Academic Calendar and important institute dates.
20 February 2019

Te Matatini

Whitireia and Weltec are excited to be taking part in this year’s Te Matatini festival.