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The Whitireia Faculty of Health has been hosting nine students and two tutors from the nursing programme at Camosun College in British Columbia, Canada.
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A radio documentary produced by a Whitireia Diploma in Radio Journalism graduate aired on Radio New Zealand last night.
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Whitireia Applied Arts student Sam Notman has credited the tertiary institution’s music programme with helping him jump-start his career in the industry.
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Whitireia lecturer Tupe Lualua will showcase a new work this week during the Measina Festival, which opened on Tuesday at Whitireia Theatre.
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Whitireia Faculty of Health Dean Dr Kathryn Holloway has been appointed to the Expert Advisory Group assisting the Ministry of Health in the development of a draft refresh of the New Zealand Health Strategy.
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Whitireia journalism programme manager Bernie Whelan was recently awarded ‘best presentation’ at the 2015 World Conference on Media & Mass Communication in Beijing, China.
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A new Chief Executive has been appointed for the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) and Whitireia New Zealand. The Chair of the Combined Council of WelTec and Whitireia Hon Roger Sowry, today announced the appointment of Mr Chris Gosling to the position of Chief Executive of both polytechnics.
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Launched today is an ambitious plan to significantly lift the numbers of international students in Wellington.
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Whitireia Visual Arts and Design student Yvonne Tunnicliffe has won the Mana Zonta Supreme Design Award for 2014.
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Chinese lacquer painter Su Xing is bringing a selection of his art to exhibit at the Whitireia Porirua campus in November. This exhibition is coming to New Zealand with the backing of the Chinese Government and is an opportunity to showcase and share this unique art form with New Zealand as part of a cultural exchange programme.
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Tomorrow Whitireia will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Bachelor of Nursing Pacific programme.
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A report released today by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) shows Whitireia is among New Zealand’s top performing polytechnics.
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HOME, the end-of-year film by the 2013 intake of students from the New Zealand Film and Television School (the Film School), has been invited to screen in this year’s prestigious New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) in Auckland and Wellington.
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On Monday 16 June, at the Whitireia Kāpiti Campus, building and construction and engineering students from Whitireia and WelTec will meet employers from the M2PP Expressway project.
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Every Oscar-nominated movie in 2014 used one and now the students of the New Zealand Film and Television School have one of their own. It’s the Arri-Alexa digital movie camera and, according to the Film School’s Executive Director Sashi Meanger, it’s the equivalent of handing the keys to the latest ‘Ferrari’ over to a bunch of students.
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Whitireia Chief Executive Don Campbell has welcomed the Government's announcement of three new centres to focus on producing information technology graduates for employers and industry.
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Whitireia carpentry students are putting their building skills to the test as they get underway with the building of a residential dwelling on site at the Whitireia Industry Training Centre in Porirua.
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An agreement signed in Shanghai on Saturday will see significant numbers of international students coming to New Zealand to study at Whitireia.
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Whitireia performing arts programme leader, Tuaine Robati, has been selected as the Pacific Dance Artist in Residence for 2014.
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Roger Sowry, Chair of the Council of WelTec and Whitireia today announced the appointment of Antony Royal to the institutions’ governing body. “I am very pleased to announce Antony’s appointment and delighted he has accepted this new role,” says Mr Sowry.
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Tomorrow over 350 students will be graduating from their programmes of study at Whitireia, at a ceremony being held at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua City.
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Roger Sowry, Chair of the Council of WelTec and Whitireia today announced the appointment of Fran Wilde to the institutions’ governing body. “I am very pleased to announce Fran’s appointment and grateful to her for accepting this new role particularly given her busy schedule as Chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council,” says Mr Sowry.
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Nine students from secondary schools in the greater Wellington region were welcomed to Whitireia this week. These students were all recipients of 2014 Whitireia Secondary School Leavers Fee Scholarships.
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The New Zealand Film and Television School has turned out yet another winning film with Oscar being selected for screening at the 2014 Speechless Film Festival in Mankato, Minnesota, America.
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The New Zealand Film and Television School has turned out another winning film with ‘Entropy’ being selected as an ‘Official Selection’ to be screened at the 2014 Pasadena International Film Festival.
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Whitireia Visual Arts and Design student Natalie Smith has won the Mana Zonta Design award for 2013.
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Today the Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment announced a significant investment for the Wellington region by the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) and Whitireia New Zealand.
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The Whitireia Nursing and Health Journal turns 20.
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Te Ao Māramatanga, New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc, Wellington Branch was hosted at the Whitireia Porirua campus on Friday for a one day symposium.
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A graduate film from the New Zealand Film and Television School has won at the Indie Fest USA International Film Festival in southern California.
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The 2013 Australasian Nurse Educators Conference (ANEC) held recently at Te Papa in Wellington has been hailed as an outstanding success by Whitireia, a key host of the event.
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The Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation (formally Electrical Standards Industry Training Organisation) in conjunction with Whitireia provided a week’s taster course recently that saw secondary school students and Whitireia Electrical Engineering students attend and gain an insight into the industry.
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Whitireia and the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) jointly hosted industry stakeholders, local government representatives and major Kāpiti businesses at the Whitireia Kāpiti Campus on Monday evening. Invited guests had the opportunity of providing input into the direction of tertiary education training for the Kāpiti region.
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Following in the footsteps of the 2012 ‘Up Front’ with Barnaby Weir show, the 2013 Whitireia Faculty of Arts Music degree students will have three amazing musicians to assist them in their ‘Blues Express’ Thomas Oliver, Lisa Tomlins and John O’Connor will be performing with them this year at one epic show at The James Cabaret on Friday 20 September.
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Mitch Jago and Rayden Moore Feuu, have had their carpentry study at Whitireia recognised at a ceremony this week, when they were awarded the Randall Shaw Memorial Award. This award is given annually by the Rotary Club of Plimmerton, in association with Brights Mitre 10, Paramata.
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Whitireia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Child, Youth and Family relating to the provision of services and collaboration around the development of Pacific Social Work Models of Practice(s) that will provide best social work practices for Child, Youth and Family staff when working with Pacific families.
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Yesterday (Thursday 8 August) Labour Party leader David Shearer, accompanied by local MP Kris Faafoi, took a decent look at the Whitireia Wineera Drive campus, the new Health Simulation Suite as well as blocks of older prefabricated classrooms and the Whitireia Mohuia Industry Trades Centre.
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Radio Training School graduates have won again at this year's New Zealand Radio Awards. Gary Pointon has picked up the Best New Broadcaster – Promotions award while Laugharne Kemp has picked up the Best New Broadcaster – Creative + Technical award.
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Whitireia floristry tutor Megan Parker won silver for her exhibition in the Floral Art Individual category at the recent Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch. Up against 13 competitors in her category, Megan took away the highest award.
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Two graduates from the New Zealand Radio Training School are finalists in the 2013 New Zealand Radio Awards.
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Whitireia has received a significant increase in the latest funding round from the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF).
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Fifty Whitireia students were awarded 2013 Whitireia Foundation Scholarships at an event held earlier this week in the new Wikitoria Katene building at the Porirua campus.
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A very colourful Whitireia graduation ceremony took place at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua at the end of last week.
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The new Health education facility at Whitireia was officially opened yesterday by the Hon Tony Ryall, Minister of Health. The new building has been named Wikitoria Katene, the name gifted to the previous health building, by Ngāti Toa in 2008.
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Next week around 500 students will be graduating from Whitireia New Zealand.
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Three Whitireia Outdoor Adventure graduates have been successful in securing prestigious positions at Outward Bound in the Marlborough Sounds.
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Whitireia in Kāpiti has been operating from its new campus on the corner of Milne Drive and Kapiti Road for a year. February last year saw the official opening of the new start-of-the art campus which provides tertiary education study opportunities for students in the Kāpiti region.
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Week two into the new academic year has seen new and returning students impressed with the new health building at the Whitireia Porirua campus.
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The new multi-million dollar building, currently under construction at the Whitireia Porirua campus is set to impress Nursing and Paramedic students as they return to or start their study in February.
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New Zealand Film and Television School graduate Tusi Tamasese has taken away several awards at the inaugural Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards held in Auckland earlier this week.
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The Whitireia Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) degree has been accredited by the Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA), the peak body for ambulance services in Australia and New Zealand.
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Applications for Whitireia Foundation Scholarships are now open for 2013.
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In July 2009, Whitireia became one of two educational institutes to offer a Bachelor of Nursing Māori programme of study.
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From 1 January 2013, smoking will not be permitted at all Whitireia campuses in Wellington, Auckland, Porirua, and Kāpiti.
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On Friday 21 September, at 7pm, a graduation ceremony for Computer Power Plus students will take place at Rendezvous Grand Hotel in Auckland City.
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