<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Manukau Institute of Technology RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2</link><description>Subcribe to Manukau.ac.nz Live News Feed</description><item><title>LEAD ARTIST APPOINTED</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Manukau Institute of Technology is delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew von Sturmer as Lead Artist for the Manukau Tertiary Centre project.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/research--and--initiatives/mtc/press-releases/news-items/lead-artist-appointed</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:33:22 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>AN EXCITING NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS FOR MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Construction is underway on Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) new multi-million dollar campus in the heart of Manukau City.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/research--and--initiatives/mtc/press-releases/news-items/an-exciting-new-way-of-doing-business-for-manukau-institute-of-technology</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:40:28 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW DEVELOPMENT</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) is pleased to announce the development of a tertiary centre in the heart of the Manukau CBD.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011/manukau-institute-of-technology-announces-major-new-development</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:21:24 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>NZ Harbours launch new training for pilots</title><description>&lt;p&gt;NZ Maritime School (NZMS) applaud the move to regulate licensing for harbour pilots through the Maritime Transport Act 1994, Part 90 Amendment 2010 which comes into effect 1 April 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/nzmaritime/media-centre/news-items/nz-harbours-launch-new-training-for-pilots</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>NZMS navigate portable technologies</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Its not just the unmatchable expertise and customer focussed approach that earns New Zealand Maritime School (NZMS) superior positioning in the Maritime training industry with a reputation for the providing the best customised training.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/nzmaritime/media-centre/news-items/nzms-navigate-portable-technologies</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>Maritime NZ introduces new training for pilots</title><description>&lt;p&gt;NZ Maritime School (NZMS) steps up to increased demand for pilot training required as a result of the changed licensing requirements for harbour pilots through the Maritime Transport Act 1994, Part 90 Amendment 2010 which comes into effect in April 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/nzmaritime/media-centre/news-items/maritime-nz-introduces-new-training-for-pilots</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>High rolling record breaker on high seas</title><description>&lt;p&gt;New Zealand ship navigation officer Catherine Williams can proudly lay claim to being the first and only female Chief Officer (second in command) in the more than 100 year history of Holland America Line (HAL) - one of the longest standing cruise-line companies in the world.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/nzmaritime/media-centre/news-items/news-item-for-testing-only</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>MIT PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS TAKE ON CLASSIC WEST SIDE STORY WITH SOUTH SIDE FLAVOUR</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) School of Performing Arts will showcase the immense talent of its students in their very first production this August, when they take on &lt;strong&gt;Arthur Laurent’s&lt;/strong&gt; 1950’s classic &amp;quot;West Side Story&amp;quot;. This Broadway musical, directed by David Coddington, is sure to please with performers fully embracing their characters with mature voices and a little added South Auckland flavour.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/july/mit-performing-arts-students-take-on-classic-west-side-story-with-south-side-flavour</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Art Students Set Public Space on Fire with Mura O Te Ahi Exhibition</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Te Tuhi&amp;nbsp;Centre for the Arts and Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) School of Visual Arts will for the third year running, give four local art students the opportunity to experience life as professional artists when their work is exhibited in a well known public art gallery.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/july/art-students-set-public-space-on-fire-with-mura-o-te-ahi-exhibition</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>MIT's Faculty of Creative Arts Newmarket Campus Offers Free Scholarship Through Photography Competition</title><description>&lt;p&gt;MIT’s Faculty of Creative Arts is offering one free full scholarship to the MIT Certificate of Photography at the Newmarket Campus, to a budding photographer or enthusiast. The competition is open to all, with the winner receiving the free scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/june/mits-faculty-of-creative-arts-newmarket-campus-offers-free-scholarship-through-photography-competition</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>4177 Awarded at Manukau Institute of Technology </title><description>&lt;p&gt;It is a time of celebration for the communities of the Manukau district with two weeks of award ceremonies for more than four thousand students of Manukau Institute of Technology graduating this year. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/may/4177-awarded-at-manukau-institute-of-technology</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Manukau Institute of Technology to Assist with Training for Christchurch Restoration</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) has confirmed the addition of four certificate programme intakes in May, in order to immediately assist with the future demand of trained people to help with the restoration of Christchurch and to meet local demand. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/may/manukau-institute-of-technology-to-assist-with-training-for-christchurch-restoration</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Maritime NZ introduces new training for pilots</title><description>&lt;p&gt;NZ Maritime School (NZMS) steps up to increased demand for pilot training required as a result of the changed licensing requirements for harbour pilots through the Maritime Transport Act 1994, Part 90 Amendment 2010 which comes into effect in April 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/april/maritime-nz-introduces-new-training-for-pilots</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Culinary students get it ‘Wright’ on the first day of new launch</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The new “Wright Inspiration’ menu inspired from French café owner and chef, Simon Wright’s classic and contemporary French style was served up for the first time at lunch today by culinary students at the Palm Room restaurant at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT).&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2011-press-releases/april/culinary-students-get-it-wright-on-the-first-day-of-new-launch</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>International Maritime professionals choose NZ for training </title><description>&lt;p&gt;An international lighthouse for maritime training is what NZ Maritime School have become with a swelling number of maritime professionals from around the world travelling to New Zealand to be trained here.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/nzmaritime/media-centre/news-items/nternational-maritime-professionals-choose-nz-for-training</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>Towers of sugar take the cake</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Thirty litres of egg whites and over 200 kilograms of icing sugar is a foolproof recipe turning a baking school kitchen into a wall to wall edible exhibit of architecturally designed cakes and showpieces - the finale of a year of training for promising young bakers and pastry chefs at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT).&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/november/towers-of-sugar-take-the-cake</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>Bringing Paris to Auckland - 2010 Wella Young Professional Stylist Showcase</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Cans of hairspray and brushes are at the ready for this week’s Wella Young Professional Stylist Showcase to be held at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) where apprentices from MIT’s hairdressing school will present their work for leading industry judges.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/november/bringing-paris-to-auckland-2010-wella-young-professional-stylist-showcase</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>Manukau Institute of Technology Delivers Best Overall Results in New TEC Performance Reports</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The Tertiary Education Commission’s report, ‘The Performance of Tertiary Education Organisations’ has given the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) the big tick for its overall performance in this highly competitive sector.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/september/manukau-institute-of-technology-delivers-best-overall-results-in-new-tec-performance-reports</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:06:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovating New Zealand Connects Businesses with Polytechnics</title><description>&lt;p&gt;New Zealand’s six Metro Polytechnics are today launching a collaborative new website to provide a range of services to industry - part of a wider initiative to increase collaboration between the tertiary education sector and business.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/july/innovating-new-zealand-connects-businesses-with-polytechnics</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:38:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>The Sci-Tech Experience 6-8 July 2010</title><description>&lt;p&gt;From 6-8 July 2010, Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) will play its part in inspiring a future generation of engineers and scientists.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/july/the-sci-tech-experience-6-8-july-2010</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:18:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Art Students Set Public Space on Fire with "Mura o te ahi" Exhibition</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Local art students will experience life as professional artists this July, when their work is exhibited in a prestigious public art gallery. The exhibition is part of an annual arts partnership between Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts and Manukau Institute of Technology’s School of Visual Arts (MSVA).&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/june/art-students-set-public-space-on-fire-with-mura-o-te-ahi-exhibition</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:15:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>New Course Puts Photographers in the Picture</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Aspiring professional photographers can now up-skill with the introduction of an industry-focussed qualification to a central Auckland location.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To meet a growing demand for its Certificate in Photography Level 4, Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), is bringing this popular programme to its new purpose-built Newmarket campus from 20 July 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/june/new-course-puts-photographers-in-the-picture</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:45:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Pasifika Students Celebrate Success</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Seventy-six Pasifika students adorned caps and gowns this week to celebrate the successful completion of their degree studies during Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) 2010 graduation ceremony.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/may/pasifika-students-celebrate-success</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:01 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>New Zealand’s First Tertiary High School "Officially Opened"</title><description>&lt;p&gt;New Zealand’s first Tertiary High School, the School of Secondary-Tertiary Studies, is to be officially opened on Friday, 21 May 2010, by the Hon Anne Tolley, Minister of Education and the Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/may/new-zealandas-first-tertiary-high-school-officially-opened</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>New Training Facility Helps Florists Blossom</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Budding florists now have a dedicated home in the heart of Auckland’s professional flower industry with the opening of Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) new floristry training centre.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/march/new-training-facility-helps-florists-blossom</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>Tertiary Partnership to Benefit Pacific Communities</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Pasifika communities in New Zealand and the Pacific are set to benefit from a partnership between two leading tertiary institutions from Auckland and Wellington.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/about-us/press-room2/2010-press-releases/february/tertiary-partnership-to-benefit-pacific-communities</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item><item><title>Te Ara Whakamana Programme Now Available</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The programme for &lt;em&gt;Te Ara Whakamana: Pathways, transitions and bridges to tertiary education&lt;/em&gt; is now available. This event is jointly hosted by Ako Aotearoa and Manukau Institute of Technology’s Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways, and is scheduled for 4 and 5 July in Wellington.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/csmp/media-centre/press-releases/news-items/te-ara-whakamana-programme-now-available</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:52:46 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>Update on Manukau Institute of Technology’s July National Symposium “Developing Pathways: Leading Students to Success”</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Thursday 23 June, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
Press Release: Manukau Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced the Keynote Speakers for the National Symposium, “Developing Pathways: Leading Students to Success” which will take place on July 18 and 19 at MIT’s campus in Otara, Auckland.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/csmp/media-centre/press-releases/news-items/update-on-manukau-institute-of-technologys-july-national-symposium-developing-pathways-leading-students-to-success</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>First national symposium hopes to improve student success through multiple educational pathways</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Press Release: Manukau Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) National Symposium, “Developing Pathways: Leading Students to Success” in July 2011 will invite educators and policy-makers to engage in conversation surrounding secondary/post-secondary transitions, receive an overview of what is already underway in New Zealand and enable participants to share responses to these over the two days.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/csmp/media-centre/press-releases/news-items/first-national-symposium-hopes-to-improve-student-success-through-multiple-educational-pathways</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +1200</pubDate></item><item><title>MIT Launches Innovative Centre to Improve Student Success</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Press Release: Manukau Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s no secret that New Zealand has a high rate of student disengagement from education. At least 20% of our young people are not involved in education, employment or training.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.manukau.ac.nz/csmp/media-centre/press-releases/news-items/mit-launches-innovative-centre-to-improve-student-success</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
