Departing research champion bestowed Emeritus Professor title

Over a hundred of his colleagues – including past and present kaimahi –  friends and family members, gathered at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae to celebrate a career spanning 36 years at Unitec, as well as more recently MIT and Te Pūkenga.

Long-time mentor, pioneering Māori broadcaster and educator, Sir Haare Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki), led the tributes describing Emeritus Professor Williams as “a strong advocate of Treaty principles” and a “significant figure in the development of Unitec’s founding document, Te Noho Kotahitanga”.

Doctorate in Computing launched to drive digital transformation for Aotearoa New Zealand

This marks a significant milestone for Unitec’s School of Computing, Electrical, and Applied Technology, expanding opportunities for advanced, applied research in the ever-evolving field of computing.

Exploring teaching excellence - Unitec | MIT Learning and Teaching Symposium 2025

An unmissable event for anyone keen to help shape up a new teaching excellence standards framework for Tāmaki Institute of Technology and Polytechnic (ITP's). You’ll experience excellent teaching and inspiring innovations, as we share ideas and insights about what excellent teaching should look like for a complex future, and how to embody it in a framework of standards. Register now.

Unitec celebrates Samoa Language Week – Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa 2025

The week will open on Tuesday, 3 June with a lotu (prayer) and pese (songs) in Te Puna, Mt Albert and Tapa and Samoan displays on the ground floor of the Waitakere Campus. During the week, the Pacific Centre has organised Talanoa (discussion) and debate sessions around Samoan culture, a fun quiz of history and general knowledge, a screening of Samoan short films at B108 and a special Samoan cultural dance performance by Unitec ākonga.

Passion project earns carpentry student place in national final

Zinnia, who’s currently studying for a NZ Certificate in Carpentry at Unitec, is using any spare time she has between now and the June final to prepare her presentation for the judges, including travel time between Waiheke Island, where she’s currently working, and her West Auckland base.

International data science joint programme established on foundation of people-to-people exchange

The degree gives learners the opportunity to complete the first three years of the programme in Hebei before sitting the final year in Tāmaki-Makaurau - Auckland. 

Graduates will concurrently earn two qualifications recognised in China and internationally. 

“We are delighted to see the programme gaining approval from China Ministry of Education,” says Unitec Executive Director Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga.

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