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Media contact: Ali Ikram | Phone: 09 926 7850 | Email: ali.ikram@manukau.ac.nz
A first for MIT as carpentry student wins place in national final
Third year Carpentry Apprentice/student Daniel Smith has secured a place in the final of the NZCB Apprentice Challenge after his recent performance in the regional heats.
Serving up a storm in Dine
Our Food & Beverage students are getting valuable hands-on experience every Tuesday in Dine, our on-campus restaurant at the Ōtara campus.
Community support in action at Manukau campus
Business Manukau: Heart of the South brought its popular Safer Plates community initiative to our Manukau campus earlier in the week, offering car owners the chance to have anti-theft screws fitted to their license plates.
Pursuing excellence through culturally-centred qualifications
Tamara-Jane Anderson (Moata’a and Taufusi) and her ‘aiga left New Zealand for Queensland when she was five year’s old. Now she’s returning to Tāmaki Makaurau to play professional netball and take up a place in Manukau Institute of Technology’s Bachelor of Nursing – Pacific programme.
New pilot Hospitality programme for students with disabilities
Five students from Rescare Home Trust, the residential community for people with an intellectual disability, are joining our Level 2 Certificate in Hospitality programme this year as part of a pilot programme to give greater access to students with disabilities. School of Hospitality lecturer Dell Griffin, who developed the pilot initiative, met up with the five students at Pakuranga-based Te Tuhi Café in December last year, along with School of Maritime lecturer and co-ordinator for the School of Hospitality, Sandra Pearce.
Teaching continues as planned in 2024
Your programme of study will continue as planned in 2024 while we work through the details of the Government's recently announced intention to disestablish Te Pūkenga.
MIT hosts reigning NZ Barista Champion’s training ahead of World Barista Championship
MIT recently welcomed the Barista Champion of New Zealand 2024, Honoka Kawashima, as she prepared to compete in the World Barista Championship to be held on 1 May in Busan, South Korea.
Nautical students visit MS Noordam
Thirty students from the Certificate in Maritime Crewing and the Diploma in Nautical Science made a recent visit aboard the cruise ship MS Noordam, which was docked across the street from the Maritime School.
Break Time Nursing Scholarship winners
A huge shout-out to the winners of the Break Time Nursing scholarship for Semester 1, 2024 -- final year students Sisilia Tauataina (Bachelor of Nursing Pacific) and Coleene Rya Fronda (Bachelor of Nursing).
A taste of Equine Therapy for our Bachelor of Counselling ākonga
This is the second time miniature horses have been brought onto the Ōtara campus for our students to get an understanding of Equine Therapy. Equine Therapy is a specialist form of therapy popular in the United States, using the Eagala system - a global standard in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and has some established roots in New Zealand.
