Southern Institute of Technology has seen a noticeable increase in the number MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) scholarship students from Pacific Island nations choosing to come to the dee…

Southern Institute of Technology and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa ākonga (students) of Kawai Raupapa: Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Art have been on a rewarding journey in learning the traditional ski…

Exciting things are happening at Southern Institute of Technology School of Screen Arts; the creative work produced by Animation students is gaining regional and international attention. For the seco…

In what was a first for the School of Advanced Engineering at Southern Institute of Technology, six New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical) and Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical) st…

The well-known, popular SIT Kids’ Concerts which are on this week will bring SIT | Te Pūkenga celebrations for NZ Music Month to a close. Students from all three years of the Bachelor of Contemporary…

SIT | Te Pūkenga Cookery student Yari Mowatt and 29 of her fellow classmates had their hard work and dedication rewarded last weekend, as they worked under the guidance of some of the country’s best-…

SIT | Te Pūkenga year 3 Nursing students, Shannon Brooking and Caitlin Sullivan have recently completed a successful five-week programme on the West Coast, in a new opportunity to experience rural nu…

Southland’s top carpentry apprentice was decided recently at SIT when local carpentry apprentices pitted themselves against each other and the clock at the regional heat of the annual New Zealand Cer…

Nelson-based author, Annabel Schuler, has written a book about the life of little-known New Zealander Constance Barnicoat (1872-1922), a pioneering journalist and mountaineer. The book, A Cool Head a…

The SIT Hairdressing team are celebrating the launch of a brand new hairdressing programme introduced this year at SIT | Te Pūkenga, which provides a different pathway into becoming a hairdresser. 

T…

Southland Art Foundation (SAF) is pleased to have Auckland-based Artist, Nour Hassan, as the William Hodges Fellow Artist-in-Residence this year.

Ms Hassan, who arrived last week, will be completing a…

SIT* has great news about the Zero Fees Scheme; their distance learning faculty, SIT2LRN, will be able to offer the SIT Zero Fees Scheme to SIT Online ākonga (students), subject to terms and conditio…

SIT | Te  Pūkenga campuses around the south are once again buzzing with energy and activity as the summer break finishes and the 2024 academic year begins this week. 

The Invercargill campus welcomed …

Two SIT distance learners awarded the Prime Minister’s Scholarship, which provide educational experiences in Asia and Latin America, say the opportunity has truly been the icing on the cake from thei…

SIT | Te Pūkenga Programme Manager and Engineering Tutor Carlo Gabriel presented his research internationally when he attended the recent Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE) Conf…

Organisers of the annual Southern Institute of Technology | Te Pūkenga research retreat have expanded the event this year to include staff from Otago Polytechnic (OP).

SIT Research Manager, Dr Sally B…

SIT | Te Pūkenga Enrolled Nursing graduates are consistently among the best in New Zealand with the latest Nursing Council exam pass rates remaining high.

SIT Enrolled Nursing graduates had another s…

Telford’s 2023 graduates were the first to walk across the stage in their graduation ceremony at the recently completed Te Pou Ō Mata-Au - Clutha District War Memorial & Community Centre, in an after…

A waka ama pilot project trialled through SIT | Te Pūkenga this year is targeting the wellbeing of Māori and Pasifika construction ākonga | students.

The opportunity to gain funding for the four-week …

Murihiku Tertiary Academy topped off another successful year last week, with around 320 people attending the 2023 graduation in Hansen Hall at SIT | Te Pūkenga Invercargill Campus.

Up on last year’s n…