Captain Worth Nautical Trust Award for Overall Excellence in the 2026 Diploma in Foreign Going Master Programme, Charlotte De L’isle (L) and New Zealand Company of Master Mariners Prize for Overall Excellence in the 2026 Diploma in Nautical Science Programme, Isabella De Bruijn.         In Brief: For the first time in five years, both Overall Excellence [...]

In Brief: MIT and Unitec's Trades Academy is expanding, with funded places increasing to 1,587 (up 18%) across all campuses in 2027. Newly appointed Pathways Manager Rahera Tupaea is leading the expanded programme and exploring new opportunities at Mt Albert Campus. The expansion is being welcomed by partner schools and reflects growing demand from secondary [...]

In brief School of Sport alumni Missy Pelu completed Certificate in Exercise (Level 4) in 2025 and is now a junior coach at Brown Pride CrossFit South Auckland. Missy draws on his performing arts background to make exercise more engaging for young people across school, gym and community programmes. Missy Pelu is bringing together two [...]

Senior Lecturer Jone Tawaketini addresses Director Pacific Doana Fatuleai (seated left) and Bachelor of Construction alumnus James Kado (seated 2nd from left) as guests of honour at the kava ceremony for Fiji Language Week In brief: Fijian kaimahi ‘staff’ came together on Tuesday 6 October 2026 to celebrate Macawa ni Vosa vakaViti – Fijian Language [...]

In brief Around six hundred ākonga ‘learners’ attended the MIT and Unitec Summer Job Expo at Manukau campus. Thirty employers connected with students about summer work, entry-level roles and longer-term career pathways. The expo gave ākonga the opportunity to meet employers face-to-face, explore career options and build connections for their next steps. The turnout exceeded [...]

MIT and Unitec Level 5 Diploma in Cookery students, Craig Lucas, Head of School, Hospitality, Tourism and Service Industries (furthest right), with eight visiting chefs from Pacific nations and New Zealand chef Peter Gordon ONZM (sixth from the right) In Brief: MIT and Unitec cookery ākonga (students) worked alongside sixteen New Zealand chefs and eight [...]

In brief: NZMS celebrated its centenary on World Maritime Day 2026 at an event hosted with Maritime New Zealand. Established as the JW Keane Nautical School in 1926, the school has evolved alongside the country’s maritime sector over the past century. Today, the school combines maritime education with advanced simulation and practical training to prepare [...]

TechPark student Khalil Ahmadi on site, for Euroclass In brief Apprentice numbers across plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying have fallen 15 percent since 2022, highlighting the need to strengthen pathways into the workforce. MIT and Unitec's Industry Partnerships team connected Euroclass with pre-trade learners, leading to TechPark ākonga Khalil Ahmadi securing a role with the Auckland [...]

 The hairdressing competition was about encouraging students to be willing to try something different In Brief: Year 12 Trades Academy students from secondary schools across Auckland competed in an avant-garde hairdressing challenge at Ōtara campus. Ormiston Senior College student Tariau Tutakiau took out first place with a tropical-inspired hairstyle. The competition gave students [...]

A total of more than one thousand eight hundred visitors attended our recent Open Days Prospective learners and their whānau explored MIT and Unitec’s complete applied education offering at our major annual Open Day events. These took place over two weekends on Mt Albert and Waitākere campuses (Saturday 5 September) and Manukau and TechPark (Saturday [...]