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Twenty one kaimahi are engaging with mātauranga Māori more confidently after completing new short courses introduced by the MĀIA centre this year.

These micro-credentials equip ākonga with practical and cultural competencies to engage confidently and respectfully with Te Ao Māori.

Twenty-year-old Ashley Cox juggles a busy week – working, commuting, cleaning her room, looking after the family pets and spending time with her boyfriend, Callum.

Unitec is celebrating the achievements of their Solomon Islands alumni and the contributions they are making in their home nation during the annual Pidgin Language Week celebration observed across Aotearoa from 22-29 November 2025.

Unitec has recently been strengthening its relationships with two tertiary institutions from the eastern province of Shandong.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with Shandong Polytechnic College, which will enable pathways for their graduating students to join our Bachelor and Postgraduate programmes in the School of Applied Business.

Unitec Bachelor of Computing students have built a website which is helping to break down barriers to education by making essential school items more affordable for families across Aotearoa.

Associate Professor Lefaoali’i Dion Enari, who was recently awarded the prestigious Le Moana Mua award, has acknowledged the support and input of his family and teachers as key contributors to his success.

Two short films made by our students are vying for the overall award at 2025 New Zealand Youth Film Festival, in Auckland on 15 November 2025.

That’s a wrap for the Social Eatery in 2025. The Whaikaha/Supported Learning Team served their final meals to nearly a hundred kaimahi and ākonga last Friday. But the good news is their student-led enterprise will return next year.

A new Samoan fale has been described as “a symbol of the spirit of collaboration (mahi kotahitanga),” between Unitec and Waitākere College, which will be treasured by the Pacific community for years to come.

The coming together of Unitec and MIT’s research community for the 2025 Three Minute to Impact (3MT) Competition has been a hailed an “uplifting and inspirational” success.

As Unitec celebrates Niuean Language Week with the rest of Aotearoa this week, our Niuean kaimahi have shared their stories of connection with their culture and language, and why it matters.

When Parul Sharma walks into the Emergency Department at Austin Health in Melbourne, she brings with her years of resilience, cultural wisdom, and the practical training she gained at Unitec in Auckland.

More than 300 students and forty-five businesses attended Unitec’s Industry Connect event for construction, engineering, architecture, trades and electrical students on 6 October 2025.

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture ākonga have showcased their responses to the risk of flooding in Tāmaki Makaurau at New Lynn War Memorial Library.The community will understand the importance of future professionals having a good working knowledge of this issue given the extreme weather events in early 2023.The design work by third-year students: Isabelle Cushman, Isaac […]

Fiji’s Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service (TSLS) on Monday 6 October as Unitec celebrated Fijian Language Week

Unitec’s inaugural Professorial Address Series concluded in September with friends, family and colleagues gathering at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae to celebrate the career of Professor Peter McPherson.

One hundred and twenty Chinese learners have been welcomed into a new Bachelor’s degree programme in Data Science and Big Data Technology jointly offered by Unitec and Hebei University of Engineering.

Associate Professor Lefaoalii Dion Enari has been announced as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Le Moana Mua award.

Associate Professor, Byron Rangiwai (Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Whare, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe) has received a significant allocation in research funding to support a study focused on Māori adults with ADHD.

Māori kaimahi work across Te Wananga o Wairaka at both our campuses, and at all levels of the institution.

As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of Māori Language Week, it is timely to reflect on the mahi of our kaimahi and ākonga who will be engaging in a number of activities across both campuses this week.

First year dance student Praise Tupa’i is one step closer to her dream career of being a professional dancer at Unitec.

Five of our Bachelor of Applied Science (BASCI) ākonga recently presented their research at the New Zealand Biosecurity Institute’s (NZBI) NETS (National Education and Training Seminar) Conference in Palmerston North.

Brooke Wilson is in her first year of training to be an actor for stage and screen at Unitec. But on Monday, 1 September, in front of friends, kaimahi and classmates, she broke character to shave off all her hair for Shave for a Cure, a campaign raising funds and awareness for those affected by blood cancers such as leukaemia and lymphoma.

A research project by Director, Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, Deborah Heke, which aims to enhance Mana Wāhine wellbeing, was one of forty projects successful in obtaining grants from Health Research Council (HRC).

At just 22 years old, Amy Gwynne is already making an impact on New Zealand’s environment

The 21st Toi Tauira, the annual national kaupapa Māori Wānanga-a-Tau established in 1999

The road to her degree was anything but simple

The distinguished career of academic and researcher in computer engineering, Professor Hamid Sharifzadeh was celebrated at his Professorial Address on Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on Thursday 21 August.

At just 21, Bodhi Driver has already worked full-time in the building industry for more than four years.“I’ve been with TJ’s Kitchens and Bathrooms since I was 17,” he says. “It’s my dream job.”Raised in Auckland, Bodhi loved tools and machines from an early age. He helped turn that passion into a career by completing […]

We will be the venue for next year’s Association for Pacific Staff in Tertiary Education (APSTE) National Conference.

For Madeleine McCarthy, it became the catalyst for a life-changing career shift

Twenty-one-year-old Hana Kurukaanga was inspired to become a film editor

Master of Applied Technologies (Computing) student Manochitra Loganathan has placed third in Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa

A new learner outreach project saw an eleven percent improvement in course pass rates

Unitec is celebrating a 100% pass rate for its graduates in the July 2025 NCNZ (Nursing Council of New Zealand) State Final Examinations.