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20 December 2019

Latai Sepi's Place to Call Home

The warm welcome and support Tongan student Latai Sepi Makasini received during her studies at Whitireia Community Polytechnic in Porirua more than offset adjusting to the capital's cooler climatet. read more
18 December 2019

Nursing students promote health careers to curtail rural health crisis

New Zealand’s health sector is nearing a service delivery crisis, and the already struggling rural areas could be the worst hit if more nurses and doctors are not trained up to work in rural... read more
18 December 2019

Whitireia students challenged to create colourful video advert for leading New Zealand company

Few first year students have the chance to make a multi-channel video advertisement for a leading New Zealand company, but next year’s intake to Whitireia’s New Zealand Diploma in Screen Production... read more
29 November 2019

Whitireia, Kites Trust offer first ever NZ qualification for peer support workers

Whitireia and Kites Trust offer first-ever NZ qual for peer support workers - recognising lived experience of mental health or addiction. read more
29 November 2019

Māori graduates seen as future of nursing

A fresh cohort of Māori nursing graduates hopes to transform the industry, which has not seen a rise in Māori nurse numbers for 40 years.Last week 16 Māori students graduated with a bachelor of Māori... read more
19 November 2019

Whitireia and WelTec students win International Student Excellence Awards.

Whitireia and WelTec were delighted to have four winners at the 2019 Wellington International Student Excellence Awards. read more
15 November 2019

Whitireia supports move to regulate paramedics to protect the profession and the public

Whitiriea strongly believes that paramedics must be recognised as registered health professionals in their own right. read more
30 October 2019

Whitireia Artists-in-Residence showcase work in Porirua ahead of international arts festival

Three Pacific Artists-in-Residence at Whitireia have been selected to represent Tokelau at The Festival of Pacific Art & Culture in Hawaii in June 2020.The Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture is the... read more
25 September 2019

Mental health, addiction, disability nursing brought to forefront at Te Ao Māramatanga – New Zealand College of Mental Health conference

Te Ao Māramatanga New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses will host its international conference ‘Weaving the threads of wellbeing together’ at Whitireia Community Polytechnic in Porirua on 1 to... read more
19 September 2019

Teaching staff changes confirmed

Whitireia and WelTec have announced changes to ensure their teaching staff numbers are the appropriate size to deliver programmes next year.“Like many other polytechnics, our student enrolments have... read more