Close to 600 ākonga, their friends and whānau packed the Due Drop events centre in Manukau last week for the annual Diploma and Degree Graduation ceremonies.

The bustling MIT Manukau and Tech Park campuses were recently transformed into a dynamic networking and career zone, thanks to the annual MIT Career Fest.

The first cohort of students on the inaugural New Zealand Certificate in Electric Vehicle Automotive Engineering started at MIT’s TechPark this week.

Thirty-six-year-old Sam Wade has done many things since he left school twenty-two years ago, but it’s his current role as an early childhood teacher that makes him realise he’s made the right step.

Ansh Dhot, a Year 13 student from Tauranga Girls’ College, was presented with a special award for Manaakitanga at the recent Race Unity Speech Awards national finals held at MIT’s Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae.

Early childhood education graduate Steffi Webb-Butler started her journey at MIT with a study and career preparation course in 2020. As a 17-year-old at the time, she had to get special approval to attend the course at such a young age.

Twenty-five-year-old Aarona Hellesoe, who is soon to graduate with a Bachelor of Nursing Maaori from Te Tohu Paetahi Tikanga Rangatira aa-Tapuhi (MIT), currently lives with his partner Lydia and their six-year-old son, Kingston, in Onehunga. He’s working as a graduate surgical nurse in the orthopaedic and spinal cord injury ward at Middlemore Hospital.

A Master of Cybersecurity student who has been awarded an elite international certification, says he owes his achievement to the support and expertise of his lecturer, Dr Sreenivas Tirumala.

Dr Sreenivas Tirumala, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cybersecurity lecturer at MIT, has been selected to join a global research team looking at using Quantum AI to combat cybersecurity attacks.

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.