Whitireia New Zealand

Whitireia New Zealand
Te Kura Matatini o Whitireia
Motto Leading and Illuminating
Established 1986 (as Parumoana Community College)
Academic staff
 399 FTE 2014
Students 4471 EFTS 2014[1]
Location Porirua, New Zealand
Affiliations TEI
Website www.whitireia.ac.nz
Te Kete Wānanga, Porirua Campus

Whitireia New Zealand, previously called Whitireia Community Polytechnic (Māori: Te Kura Matatini o Whitireia) is a government owned and funded tertiary education institute in New Zealand. It has grown since its establishment in 1986 on the shores of Porirua Harbour, to have student numbers in excess of 7,500 with campuses in Auckland, Wellington, Kāpiti and Porirua.

History

Whitireia was founded in 1986 in Porirua and was originally named Parumoana Community College. It was renamed Whitireia Community Polytechnic in 1989 and Whitireia New Zealand in 2010.[2]

Campuses

Whitireia operates six campuses in the North Island, including five in the Wellington Region.

Campus locations:

Faculties

Whitireia has five faculties:

Programmes

Programmes are offered in the following subject areas:

References

  1. ↑ Whitireia NZ Annual Report 2014
  2. ↑ "The task of rebranding Whitireia". Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2015

External links

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