“It’s local, which is great.”
“I chose to learn the Tongan language because I grew up around Tongan all my life being half Tongan. I heard it spoken. I’ve seen it written down, I’ve sung songs but never really knew the language, and so I wanted to study it.
Opportunities where I’ve used my Pacific language skills are mostly in the classroom learning the speeches. I intend to do a speech at my father’s upcoming 75th birthday.
I enjoyed learning the culture and what things mean, I’ve grown up around terms and things that I didn’t really understand, and now I have an understanding of those.
I think it’s important to learn a language, if that is your culture, because it does teach you a lot about the culture, beyond the language. I think it’s also good to learn it if it’s not your culture too, because it gives you a broader understanding of other people.
I like studying at MIT – the facilities are awesome. MIT make it very easy to enrol and apply. The lecturers are really good and it’s local, which is great.”
Karena Maka
MIT graduate
“It’s a real strong community here. Anyone in this area should be studying at MIT.”
“I choose to study sport because it’s always been a passion of mine. It’s been something I’ve done since I was young and it has continued to stick with me. Sports has always helped keep me busy. I’ve made lots of friends through sport and it’s allowed me to travel both in New Zealand and throughout the world.
Studying sport has also helped me with my part-time job as a health and fitness instructor. I’ve learnt how to teach people effectively whether that’s correcting techniques, setting up machines properly or avoiding injuries.”
Dan Maireroa
MIT student
“MIT offered what I was looking for.”
“MIT offered what I was looking for, and the location made it more ideal as I work and stay in South Auckland.
At MIT you gain practical knowledge and as well as a qualification. I loved the approach of the tutors and lecturers as they were very experienced. The flexibility in studying was so great as I have a family and work. This has encouraged me to study more and enrol for other courses which will enable me be a logistics manager in the near future, and will help me financially as well.”
Umendra Lal
MIT logistics graduate
“What I enjoy most is MIT is local.”
“What I enjoy most is MIT is local. We literally only live a couple of roads down.
MIT’s hands-on learning has improved my overall growth and development as a person because I learn better hands-on, I don’t learn from a book.
The environment itself has a huge impact on our learning, just seeing it every day is what motivates us to actually do better for ourselves and our family.”
Sheridan Tohiniu
MIT social work student
“MIT has been an integral part of my journey.”
“MIT has been an integral part of my journey from certificate level to graduating with a business degree. It offered the qualifications I was looking for and the flexibility that enabled me to study while working full-time. I always felt supported and found the help I needed from classroom-based learning to online webinars.
The family vibe at MIT was important to me and with the ability to work and study in South Auckland made things simple and accessible.”
Zeena Khan
MIT business graduate
