Open day at NorthTec
Source: NorthTec Anyone interested in studying at NorthTec in 2019 is invited to come along to an open day next week. The event will be held on Friday, 23 November, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Interactive Learning Centre (ILC) near Gate 1 in Raumanga Valley Road. Staff including tutors from the various subject areas […]
Read More →Hairdressing graduate heads off for cruise job
Source: NorthTec A NorthTec hairdressing graduate is heading overseas for the opportunity of a lifetime, working on a top cruise liner. Elamein Poutai, from Whangarei, will soon be flown to London for training, and then on to Miami, where the ship is based. From there, she will spend the next nine months cruising around the […]
Read More →Nursing students reunite after 30 years
Source: NorthTec NorthTec graduates from the School of Nursing enjoyed a special reunion to celebrate 30 years since completing their studies. Twenty members of the Bachelor of Nursing class of 1988 got together at the Raumanga site to catch up with a welcome on Te Puna o Te Mātauranga marae and a campus tour, followed […]
Read More →Tourism students prepare for Disney experience
Source: NorthTec Five NorthTec tourism students are preparing to head to Walt Disney World in Florida for a cultural exchange programme. The five female students will be travelling to Orlando in January for a six-month paid internship to the famous holiday destination. While there, they could be involved in a range of tasks including selling […]
Read More →NorthTec’s graduating artists join up for exhibition
Source: NorthTec Aki is the title of a joint exhibition by art students graduating from NorthTec’s Bachelor of Applied Arts (Digital and Visual) and Toi Te Wai-Ngārahu-Maunga Kura Toi (Bachelor of Maori Arts) programmes. It is the first graduate show held jointly by students of both degrees. Aki means to encourage, to challenge, to launch. […]
Read More →NorthTec students successful at WorldSkills competition
Source: NorthTec Three NorthTec apprentice students have excelled at the WorldSkills New Zealand national competition held recently at Wintec in Hamilton. Automotive engineering students, Morgan Lovelace and Scott Pattenden, gained silver and bronze medals respectively, while welding student, Justin Caldwell-Smith, also bagged a bronze. WorldSkills New Zealand is an independent, non-profit charitable trust founded in […]
Read More →Public invited to health and wellbeing information evenings
Source: NorthTec Potential students wishing to study nursing are invited to a series of special “health and wellbeing” information evenings at NorthTec’s centres around the region. The sessions, to be held in Whangarei, Kaikohe and Kerikeri, will also provide information about NorthTec’s programmes in social services and sport and recreation. There will also be a […]
Read More →Kerikeri Campus is relaunched
Source: NorthTec NorthTec is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Kerikeri Campus, after the site was temporarily rested in 2018. The relaunch is the result of a treaty partnership that has been developed between NorthTec Tai Tokerau Wananga, and local hapū, Ngāti Rēhia. This relationship was formalised by the signing of an agreement between […]
Read More →NorthTec and Sport Northland working together
Source: NorthTec Creating better lives for the people of Te Tai Tokerau through education, sport and wellbeing is the strategic aim of a Statement of Shared Objectives (SOSO) agreement between NorthTec Tai Tokerau Wananga and Sport Northland. Developing new local learners of sport and recreation and health and wellbeing, while improving quality employment opportunities within […]
Read More →Awards for five NorthTec students
Source: NorthTec Five NorthTec students who gained Kate Edger Charitable Trust Awards in 2017 were acknowledged at a ceremony at Government House at the University of Auckland in early August. The Trust gives out more than 100 awards every year to female students in tertiary education in Northland and Auckland, to help them achieve their educational […]
Read More →Shared objectives will benefit students and industry
Source: NorthTec A Statement of Shared Objectives between NorthTec and the Northland Chamber of Commerce will drive collaborative working for the benefit of students and industries across the region. The statement was signed on Thursday, 9 August at a ceremony held at NorthTec, by the respective Chief Executives, Mark Ewen from NorthTec and Tony Collins […]
Read More →Field Notes brings art and science together
Source: NorthTec The Geoff Wilson Gallery is hosting a pioneering exhibition, signifying the coming together of two NorthTec departments to produce an exhibition of student work that documents and interprets a variety of New Zealand native flora. Described as a “creative symbiosis”, the Field Notes exhibition consists of work by both arts and science students […]
Read More →Agreement focuses on shared objectives
Source: NorthTec A Northland School of Business and Talent Management Office supporting work experience opportunities and employment outcomes are just two of the initiatives Northland Inc and NorthTec will work on under a bilateral agreement signed yesterday. The Statement of Shared Objectives between Northland’s leading tertiary provider and the region’s economic development agency was signed […]
Read More →Collaborative project restores dune lakes
Source: NorthTec Three Far North dune lakes with ecological significance are being restored, enhanced and protected thanks to a collaboration between local iwi, government, and NorthTec. The two-year project is funded by Ministry for the Environment and Reconnecting Northland, involving a collaboration between Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust, and Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa and Te […]
Read More →Tough competition at hospitality championships
Source: NorthTec More than 70 hopeful young chefs sweated it out in the NorthTec kitchens when they took part in this year’s Northland Hospitality Championships. The Apprentice Restaurant at the Raumanga campus was a hive of activity all day, as the contestants from NorthTec hospitality, NorthTec Trades Academy and Kerikeri High School battled for supremacy. […]
Read More →NCEA art exhibited at NorthTec
Source: NorthTec – Press Release/Statement: Headline: NCEA art exhibited at NorthTec The touring Top Art exhibition, featuring some of the best high school artworks in the country, will be coming to NorthTec’s Geoff Wilson Gallery for the school holidays. The exhibition features a selection of NCEA Level 3 visual arts portfolios that achieved Excellence last […]
Read More →Nursing evening can answer your questions
Source: NorthTec – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Nursing evening can answer your questions Anyone interested in studying nursing at NorthTec can come along to special information evenings to find out more. Information sessions about the Bachelor of Nursing will be held at both the Raumanga and Kaitaia campuses, on Thursday, 10 May. The Raumanga event takes […]
Read More →Māori arts students win sculpture awards
Source: NorthTec – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Māori arts students win sculpture awards A pair of NorthTec Maunga Kura Toi – Bachelor of Māori Arts – students won two out of three awards at last week’s Whangarei Sculpture Symposium. Graham Nathan and Anthony Dunn, who are both in the final year of the degree programme, won […]
Read More →NorthTec graduates celebrate their special day
Source: NorthTec – Press Release/Statement: Headline: NorthTec graduates celebrate their special day Nearly 250 NorthTec graduates celebrated their special day with stirring ceremonies and a joyful march through the centre of Whangarei. Forum North was packed with the class of 2017, their families and supporters, and NorthTec staff at the two ceremonies held on Friday […]
Read More →NorthTec graduands prepare for big day
Source: NorthTec – Press Release/Statement: Headline: NorthTec graduands prepare for big day Nearly 250 NorthTec graduates will fill Whangarei’s CBD when they march through the town to celebrate their graduation on Friday, 9 March. All those graduating have successfully completed diplomas, degrees and graduate diplomas. There will be two ceremonies at Forum North, at 10am […]
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