Thirty-six-year-old Sam Wade has done many things since he left school twenty-two years ago, but it’s his current role as an early childhood teacher that makes him realise he’s made the right step.

Ansh Dhot, a Year 13 student from Tauranga Girls’ College, was presented with a special award for Manaakitanga at the recent Race Unity Speech Awards national finals held at MIT’s Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae.

Early childhood education graduate Steffi Webb-Butler started her journey at MIT with a study and career preparation course in 2020. As a 17-year-old at the time, she had to get special approval to attend the course at such a young age.

Twenty-five-year-old Aarona Hellesoe, who is soon to graduate with a Bachelor of Nursing Maaori from Te Tohu Paetahi Tikanga Rangatira aa-Tapuhi (MIT), currently lives with his partner Lydia and their six-year-old son, Kingston, in Onehunga. He’s working as a graduate surgical nurse in the orthopaedic and spinal cord injury ward at Middlemore Hospital.

A Master of Cybersecurity student who has been awarded an elite international certification, says he owes his achievement to the support and expertise of his lecturer, Dr Sreenivas Tirumala.

Dr Sreenivas Tirumala, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cybersecurity lecturer at MIT, has been selected to join a global research team looking at using Quantum AI to combat cybersecurity attacks.

Third year Carpentry Apprentice/student Daniel Smith has secured a place in the final of the NZCB Apprentice Challenge after his recent performance in the regional heats.

Our Food & Beverage students are getting valuable hands-on experience every Tuesday in Dine, our on-campus restaurant at the Ōtara campus.

Business Manukau: Heart of the South brought its popular Safer Plates community initiative to our Manukau campus earlier in the week, offering car owners the chance to have anti-theft screws fitted to their license plates.