2010 Press Releases

November

• Bringing Paris to Auckland - 2010 Wella Young Professional Stylist Showcase

  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.

• Towers of sugar take the cake

  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).

September

• Manukau Institute of Technology Delivers Best Overall Results in New TEC Performance Reports

  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.

July

• Innovating New Zealand Connects Businesses with Polytechnics

  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.

• The Sci-Tech Experience 6-8 July 2010

  From 6-8 July 2010, Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) will play its part in inspiring a future generation of engineers and scientists.

June

• Art Students Set Public Space on Fire with "Mura o te ahi" Exhibition

  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).

• New Course Puts Photographers in the Picture

  Aspiring professional photographers can now up-skill with the introduction of an industry-focussed qualification to a central Auckland location.

  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.

May

• New Zealand’s First Tertiary High School "Officially Opened"

  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.

• Pasifika Students Celebrate Success

  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.

March

• New Training Facility Helps Florists Blossom

  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.

February

• Tertiary Partnership to Benefit Pacific Communities

  Pasifika communities in New Zealand and the Pacific are set to benefit from a partnership between two leading tertiary institutions from Auckland and Wellington.