An MIT cookery student has been selected as a finalist in an Australasian mentorship competition with his Māori, Italian fusion entry. Hohepa Rameka is one of thirty-two apprentice chefs who will compete for a scholarship worth $10,000 as part Fonterra’s Proud To Be A Chef program. Mr Rameka at MIT’s School of Hospitality on Ōtara [...]

Manukau Institute of Technology celebrated a decade of teaching high school students vocational skills through its Trades Academy with a dinner at Dine Restaurant, Ōtara Campus on Tuesday 18 November. Secondary school representatives and students joined institute staff, both past and present, to recognise ten years of training delivered by the largest tertiary-based academy in [...]

David McCurdy delivered the third talk in the Xchange Series at Manukau Campus on Wednesday, September 22, 2025. In response to requests, Mr McCurdy repeated it online in October. The talk was titled “Addressing the Invisible Barriers: English Language Complications Faced by Technical Learners.” David explored how the historical layering and "fossil record" of the English [...]

Nataliya Sharma spoke eloquently about what she learned during the last two years at MIT A ‘Top Student’ award winner spoke about her journey as a woman in automotive at MIT’s Trades Academy prizegiving ceremony. Nataliya Sharma, a Year 13 student completing level 3 Automotive at TechPark this year, told the audience of ākonga, whānau [...]

The captain of an oil tanker has been judged best theoretical and best practical Master’s student at the MIT New Zealand Maritime School’s annual prizegiving. Sudershan Kant won both main awards for the Diploma of Foreign Going Master - Class of 2025 at the prizegiving held on Friday 17 October. Overall Excellence Award winners were [...]

An MIT researcher and a Unitec ākonga took out the two awards in the inaugural MIT & Unitec three-minute thesis competition. The Three Minutes to Impact Competition was held at Unitec’s Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on Wednesday 22 October. MIT and Unitec kaimahi and ākonga entrants in two categories had three minutes to articulate their research [...]

Visitors to the MIT Manukau (MITM) Campus may have noticed a revitalised atmosphere in one of our most cherished communal areas — the atrium. New furniture at Manukau Campus’s atrium After over a decade of use, the previous furniture had become worn, mismatched, and no longer reflected the professional and welcoming environment we strive to [...]

Two hundred graduands attended our three MIT certificate graduation ceremonies at Manukau Campus from 14-16 October. Audrey Tagiilima’s father, Vaitafa Paleono flew from Samoa to watch her receive a certificate in our second event of the week. Ms Tagiilima with her father Vaitafa Paeono (left) and uncle just after receiving her certificate Ms Tagiliima was [...]

Dr Abann Yor escaped a civil war in his native South Sudan, was detained in Syria before reaching safety and a new life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Now CEO of Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition (ARCC), Abann was recognised in last year’s King’s Birthday Honours list. He says education gained through both MIT and Unitec playing [...]

Hadleigh Ford is now CEO of SwipedOn Hadleigh Ford’s journey to owning a multi-million-dollar tech company started when he saw an ad for a scholarship to MIT’s Maritime School. In 2013, years after completing his study at the Maritime School, Hadleigh created the SwipedOn app, which provides a platform for signing staff and visitors on [...]