“It’s never too late to learn” – Turning your passion into a profession
Samoan born and raised Lite Elisara graduated from Unitec with a Bachelor in Automotive Engineering in 2015 with his three years of study funded by New Zealand & AUSAid scholarships....
Pacific acting alumni star in Young Rock TV series
Performing and Screen Arts (PASA) alumni, appear in Young Rock, inspired by the early life of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Build a career with Unitec
How Cole turned is passion for building and carpentry into a full-time job.
Championing diversity and inclusion through HR
An aspiration to move from Recruitment to Human Resources saw Nanna Scrafton join Unitec’s Diploma in Business, majoring in HR. Now National HR Manager for HEB Construction, she tells us...
Growth mindset took him to places
John Aranui’s decision to leave school in Sixth Form an sign up to a degree at Unitec turned out to be a good one. After working in Australia for a...
Turning his hobby into a career
With a lifelong interest in electronics, Jonathan Slessor turned his passion into a career path by completing a New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) at Unitec. He’s now part of...
Building is his life's business
Cedric Folaumoetui completed a Certificate in Applied Technology- Carpentry (This programme is replaced with New Zealand Certificate In Carpentry) at Unitec in 2019, becoming the first Pasifika winner of the...
Unitec’s partnership with digital engineering experts, asBuilt
asBuilt ‘brings the built world to life’ through digital services and complementary software products. We spoke to the company about its relationship with Unitec and the benefits this brings on...
A business built on love
When Kirsten Unger and partner Dave Harris started an organic bakery, she signed up for Unitec’s Bachelor of Business. Fast forward 20 years and Bakeworks is one of New Zealand’s...
Growing New Zealand’s cybersecurity talent
The partnership between Spark and Unitec helped increase the pool of cybersecurity talent in New Zealand. We spoke to Spark’s Security Awareness & Operations Planning Chapter Lead, Carl Ling, about...
