April 18th, 2025

Education

SIT staff, He Toki staff, students and whanau recently met with Awarua Rūnaka for a pōhiri at Te Rau Aroha Marae, Bluff, to acknowledge the start of the Ngā Puna Wai Programme, which will see Māori and Pasifika construction students work on a transportable building, destined to become an Education Centre at the Awarua Rūnaka Waituna Lagoon property.
Education
2 years ago

SIT construction trades scholarship to help build Awarua Rūnaka Waituna Lagoon Education Centre

Southern Institute of Technology’s Business Division, Te Pūkenga, has launched a new construction trades scholarship program for Māori and Pasifika students, according...

SIT International staff accompany their latest intake of international students, who are guided through a two-day orientation to help them settle into their studies and life in Invercargill. 120 students have arrived for the first intake of 2023.
Education
2 years ago

Southern Institute of Technology welcomes over a hundred international students from a dozen countries

The first intake of 2023 International students at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) – Business Division of Te Pūkenga, have arrived from around the...

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