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‘You can be anything you want’ – Father’s words inspire Maaori nursing graduate
Mr Hellesoe in his role at the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit. Aarona Hellesoe (Ngaai Tuuhoe) cares for patients recovering from serious spinal injuries at a dedicated rehabilitation unit in south Auckland. “I love my job. People get some very bad breaks and I see them through the recovery. It’s the most rewarding job ever – [...]
Botany College twins win top secondary school cooking award
Twins Georgia and Kate Sole from Botany Downs College have been crowned the best secondary school chefs in Aotearoa. The pair beat seven other grand finalists from around the country at the National Secondary 篮球比分,篮球即时比分 Culinary Challenge at MIT’s ?tara Campus on Thursday 29 August. The winners get a hug from their mum while dad [...]
Bachelor of Nursing Pacific celebration event
Record pass rates and some emotional journeys were celebrated at a Bachelor of Nursing Pacific (BNP) programme event at the ?tara Campus on Tuesday 19 August. The pass rate on the programme from the July State Finals has more than doubled in two years to 83%. Anna Poe, who completed her degree in July and [...]
TechPark hosts national bricklayers’ competition
Three top apprentice brickies competed in the final of the Firth National Silver Trowel Award on Friday 14 August. All three did their block courses at MIT under Lecturer Warren Charlton. Jayden Huch was one of the finalists who worked for six hours to build a small wall with a design of their choosing. “I’m [...]
MIT managed apprenticeships taking care of construction talent
Carpentry apprentice Jiecong Feng is ‘unreal’ at his job according to supervisor Anthony Campbell from Legacy Construction. “He can do everything like concreting, internal lining work or running a small crew. ?He is very capable and positive with a great attitude,” says the site manager. Jiecong Feng is enjoying his job with Legacy Construction Mr [...]
‘We’ll just do it’: The 3Gs talk about the birth of MIT Trades Academy
(L-R) Graeme McClennan, Gaynor Matthews and Gil Laurenson The story of getting our trades academy up and going is one of schools and MIT working together with industry to ensure local young people have a strong pathway from secondary education to the workforce. It is impossible to tell without mentioning a trio known as the [...]
MIT and Unitec graduate talks technology at Cook Islands Māori Language Week event
An MIT and Unitec digital technologies graduate will explain how technology can help revive the Cook Islands language at an event in ?tara on 9 August. Marcel Teraimana, who also now works at MIT as a Student Life Guide - IT support at the Manukau campus library, will be one of three guest speakers at [...]
Government announcement on MIT and Unitec
We wanted to make sure you got to hear our big news! If you study or partner with us, please continue learning and working with MIT. More information on what being independent and local means will be shared as we go forward. For now, here are a few basics: ? What has been announced? Minister [...]
Navigation technology tested in NZMS Simulation Centre
New, high-tech digital navigation tools are being tested at New Zealand Maritime School (NZMS) in downtown Auckland. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Maritime New Zealand are working together to create high-tech digital navigation tools based on the global S-100 standard. LINZ and Port of Auckland were trialling these new tools at [...]
Degree and Diploma Graduation, a celebration of what makes MIT ‘unique’
More than 670 members of the Class of 2024 graduated in three ceremonies held over two days at Due Drop Events Centre, Manukau. Celebrations began with Tuku Taonga, a special annual recognition of the achievement of Māori graduates held at Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae, ?tara. “Many of us didn’t take the straight path,” student speaker [...]
