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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” –Mark Twain
CONGRATS
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contents
6-11 12&13 14&15 Stacks of Graduation snaps - awww don’t you look nice.
Ha! you answered our silly questions.
Excuse me, Nurse? I’m interested in a 100% pass rate.
16&17 18&19 20&21 A typical student day, seem familiar?
Cor Blimey - did you say Civil Engineering and Sudoku!
Conquering cuticles & split ends every day.
22-25 26&27 28&29 A journey through the world of Art and photography.
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Practice to perfection in Kapa Haka.
5 things you need to know to survive in an office.
30&31 32&33 34&35 The Social Science & Journalism students get busy out and about.
2013 Certificate Graduation snaps & Taratahi.
Inspiration and celebration.
36&37 38&39 40&41 All those pics from 2013 you thought we didn’t have, but we do.
Business & Computing tell us how it’s done.
Name & Shame - funny things you told us at Graduation.
42&43 44&45 Mm mmmm Mouth watering delicacies from the hospo team.
The makers of this totally rad mag.
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GRADUATION
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Ben Pattison
Diploma Civil Engineering What will you be doing this time next year? Partying in Europe. How are you going to celebrate? Blind Spot music concert. If you were a car, what car would you be? New Skyline GTR.
Vanessa McFetridge
Bachelor of Nursing What will you be doing this time next year? Working. What would you do if you won $1million? Not work. After paying off my student loan I wouldn’t have much left! Room, desk or car, what do you clean first? Neither.
Angela Read
Diploma Professional Cookery Name your favourite coffee? Moccona. What is your future career ambition? To make my own cake shop. Batman or Superman? Superman!
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“If you hit the target everytime it’s too near or too big.” ~ Tom Hirschfield
7 days without ‘laughtermake
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~ Joel Goodman
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SCHOOL OF NURSING The graduating class of 2013 was a huge success. 44 of the nursing students who finished their Bachelor’s Degrees in 2013 all passed the Nursing Council State Finals NCNZ, which meant that WITT had a 100% pass rate compared with the national pass rate of 86%. The 44 students who graduated on 23 May 2014 were learning in a period of change as they were the last of the outgoing curriculum. With the changes there were also some staff retirements/replacements. Students always had the very best of lecturers available but at times a new face for a new course. The fact that the curriculum was changing spurred the nurses on to get the degree finished and because of the changes “the staff and tutors worked hard to make them feel special (as they truly are) and spurred them to stay on track” said Jessica Knight, Associate Head of Nursing. The School of Nursing is small compared to some and Jessica referred to it as a “Boutique Nursing School”. We have a great curriculum and facilities here and have the ability to tailor to meet student’s personal needs. “We have a big curriculum with the reflectiveness to be focused on the individual learner”. “The Nursing School may be small but it meets the national standards of NCNZ and NZQA. We have a very high calibre of students who are very dedicated”. As in most Nursing Schools there is a closeness and cohesiveness of nurses which Jess described as “a cohort or identity”. “The nurses share a lot of themselves which challenges them to explore their own values and belief systems and when you open yourself up you open up the potential for lifelong friendships”. The year 3 student nurses act as role models throughout the year for the year 1 and 2 nursing students and three afternoons a year are dedicated to a hui with shared kai to encourage and foster these relationships. “There is a hope that we have created critical thinking and empathic learners who through their learning journey have become the Registered Nurses and role models of the future” Twenty-two of the nurses have gone on to a Government funded programme at Taranaki Base Hospital called NET-P (National Entry to Practice) which supports Registered Nurses through two papers of the Master’s Degree. This gives the nurses a chance to study while they are working. Already 90% of the graduates have jobs which means that Taranaki nurses have a very high employment rate.
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“A HUGE SUCCESS”
VICTORIA HILL - National Champion of BMX What made you decide to do the degree? I liked the idea of helping people. What is your favourite WITT memory? Our class celebration after States. What subject did you like the most? Pharmacology What was the weirdest thing that you had to do at WITT? Working on placement definitely provided a lot of experiences I never though I would do. What were you doing this time last year? Training constantly for the 2013 World Championships and writing 3rd year Lit Review. This was the hardest time of my 3 years! How do you work your nursing and study around the BMC training? A lot of hard work. I made a lot of sacrifices to get where I am but I wouldn’t change it for anything as I’ve had some amazing experiences. What are you doing now and how has your life changed? I’m currently working as a Registered Nurse at Taranaki Base Hospital in Ward 4, the Medical Ward. It is part of the NET-P Post Graduate Programme which includes study as well. I’m training for my ultimate goal of the Rio Olympics. My life has changed this year as I have cut back on travelling in order to focus on my work and save money. Would you recommend the study at WITT? WITT ‘worked’ for me. Do you have any advice for recent graduates?If you want something bad enough do whatever you can to get it. How did you celebrate getting your degree? I bought myself some presents.
TRACEY ZEHNDER
What made you decide to do the degree? I wanted to upskill and have the variety that nursing provides. I wanted to help and empower people to control their own health. What is your favourite memory of WITT? The group presentations we had to do. We were given the freedom to be creative and entertain while portraying our own health message. It was fun working as a team with our group and aiming for the A+. What was the most difficult thing about being a student? Pushing through the stressful times when 2 or 3 assignments are all due within the same week and learning time management. What are you doing now and how has your life changed? I am now working as a registered nurse in the Emergency Department at Taranaki Base Hospital on the new Graduate NET-P Programme. Studying has empowered me to use my personality, skills and knowledge to my full potential to empower and care for the unwell. My life has changed because now I have a degree and a profession that I am able to use no matter which direction of health I choose to take. Do you have any advice for recent graduates? You are in control of your future and you have the skills. There is every opportunity to do well if you put in your all and set a goal.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF . . . OLIVIA NIELSEN
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Jake Pattison
Diploma Civil Engineering If you were a car, what car would you be? Nissan Safari 1992. What actor do you think you look like? Paul Walker. Room, desk or car, what do you clean first? The boat.
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HAIR AND Beauty 20
KNOTTY HAIR? APPLE CIDER VINEGAR IS A GREAT DETANGLER!
RUB COCONUT OIL INTO CUTICLES TO STRENGTHEN THEM!
FOUNDATION TIPS
USE A BRUSH TO APPLY! 1
MATTIFYING FOR OILY AREAS AND DEWIER FOR DRY SKIN AREAS
MIX & MATCH FOUNDATION 2 FORMULAS PREVENT CREASING 3 BLOT OFF EXCESS EYE CREAM OR MOISTURISER
COLOUR CORRECT DEEPER SKIN TONES 4 APPLY FOUNDATION EVERYWHERE! 5 TRY USING HIGHLIGHTER 6 UNDERNEATH FOUNDATION 6 FOR A DEEPER GLOW
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EXHIBITION - photograpghy
AMBER KENDALL
CANDRA THOMSON
CHRISTIE HOYLE
Insitu Exhibition 2013 Students: Natalie Waugh Samuel Harland Amber Kendall Candra Thomson Christie Hoyle Dominika Zielinska Eduan Van Der Watt Elise Greenway Lilly Chor Lydia Frere
DOMINIKA ZIELINSKA EDUAN VAN DER WATT
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EXHIBITION - ART
SAMANTHA HAYMAN
JARED HOWCROFT MORGAN HANCOCK
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SHANNON DUTHIE
ALASTAIR TATTERSALL
MATTHEW HARLAND MEGAN GIBSON
JOSHUA BRONS
ALEX DODUNSKI
Halcyon Exhibition 2013 Students: Holly Clarke Jared Howcroft Joshua Brons Layton Otene Matthew Harland Matthew Temperton Megan Gibson Morgan Hancock LAYTON OTENE
Samantha Hayman Shannon Duthie Taga Misikei Alastair Tattersall Alex Dodunski Ashley De Grey
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MAORI LANGUAGE& culture
WITT recently hosted the regional Kapa Haka competition (Te Whakataetae Kapa Haka a rohe o Aotea) at the TSB Stadium on 3 May 2014. The standard at the local Kapa Haka competition was exceptionally high with 3 out of the 4 Taranaki teams who had past and present students from WITT making it through to the Naional Kapa Haka Festival to be held at Christchurch on 4-8 March 2015. The National Kapa Haka competitions are the pinnacle - the competition of competitions with 42 teams from around NZ entering. WITT’s Kapa Haka group is nationally ranked. 34 students from WITT National Diploma in Maori Performing Arts 2013 graduated this year. Most start with the Certificate in Maori Performing Arts and then about 65% move on to the Diploma. Te Wananga Maori deliver this programme at nights and weekends allowing some of the students to teach Maori performing Arts in the schools during the day. Relationship building is an integral part of this Department’s philosophy. This has enabled high school students to follow on their education (providing a pathway) after high school onto the Certificate and/or Diploma in Maori Performing Arts. Staff are often sourced by the Department based on their skills and knowledge with the community and often work very closely with iwi, hapu and whanau so are well respected within their community and networks. Integrated courses suit the needs of the Taranaki Maori community as this enhances their responsibilities within their own iwi, hapu and whanau and their marae. Some people have never done performing arts when they come on the course and it can be a great confidence and self-building catalyst. Graduating students have either gone onto other courses within WITT or other educational institutions and some have gone onto teach performing arts in primary and secondary schools.
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“I decided to pursue Maori Performing Arts to further my education and increase my knowledge of its experience. Also my children are a great inspiration as they enjoy Kapa Haka as well. I strive to be the upmost responsible role model for my tamariki. I started my certificate last year and received Aotea Utanganui’s Top Student Award and now I am currently pursuing my Diploma. Having these achievements has empowered me to reach for higher goals and it also helps me to become more confident within my work and everything I continue to do. The best thing about study was the awesome tutors and researching well known song writers only to find out they have a big criteria of knowledge not only in performing arts, but other areas as well. I am currently studying for my Diploma in Performing Arts. I have been opened up to more opportunities in the future and have proven to myself that I am able to succeed in all aspects and hope to excel in the future.” Raanga Walker - Aotea Utanganui Top Student Award 2013 (Certificate)
“I had completed the National Certificate in Performing Arts and really enjoyed it and thought why not take my study to a new level and do the Diploma as well. I had already started on a 3 year Degree in Maori Performing Arts as well as working. The Diploma has given me more confidence to be able to stand up and teach people of all ages and not to be so shy. I’m definitely learning a lot about teaching and a better way to structure practices. Right now I’m in the second year of a Degree in Performing Arts and have one more year to go until it is completed. It has definitely changed my life and I can understand more of a Maori perspective, rather than everyday lifestyle. “I decided to carry on with the Diploma as it was the follow on from my While studying I’ve been able to connect to my roots Certificate. It has helped me in more ways than one. I never studied Maori and learn a lot of history about my people through nor did I like Kapa Haka, but once I gave it a go and started studying the Kapa. Certificate I learnt heaps. The best thing I like was learning Kapa Haka from I would definitely recommend the Certificate basics and also learning the Waiata. It has opened me up to learning where I and Diploma - you have a lot of fun. It can be come from. challenging, but a good challenge!” Drew My life has changed and it has been an aewsome journey. Maori Performing Lawson, Tutu Kahika - Rua Tupua Top Arts is not just about Kapa Haka it’s also about learning different Waiata. Student Award 2013 (Drew is seventh If I could do the Certificate and Diploma again I so would. I have now joined from left in the front row) Kapa Haka with Aotea Utanganui and also Patea Maori Club. The tutors were totally awesome and I couldn’t have asked for better. Awesome work to the tutors.” Sharee Ross, Aotea Utanganui - Aotea Top Student Award 2013
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Five things you need to know to survive in an office... 1.
Shared fridges are where food goes to die.
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To climb the ladder you must master the negative
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If in doubt, speak faster. You’ll immediately sound
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Make friends with Accounting. They pay you.
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SOCIAL science Toni started the programme as an 18 year old and is now a professional young Social Worker
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“My hope is that when these graduates have those busy and difficult days as social workers - or people, they also realise how much happened in those seemingly quiet informal or inconsequential moments and thoughtful, engaging and fun class that taught them so much about working with people.�
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JOURNALISM What is your funniest WITT memory? A predictive text incident where I texted my tutor “I’m having a dick day” instead of “sick day”. Career ambition? To work for an amazing media organisation in an exotic location. Best tutor? Toss up between Robin Martin and Jane Hulbert. What will you be doing this time next year? Probably working at the “New York Times”. What movie star do you think you look like? A cross between Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle and Stef Steinbrenner from “The Goonies”. How are you going to celebrate Graduation? I ate heaps of deep fried food and drank beer. If you were a car what type would you be? 1969 Citroen DS21. Favourate coffee? Long Black. What would you do if you won $1 million? Pay off my student loan, fly to the US, rent a Winnebago and drive round some. Batman or Superman? Michael Keaton era batman. Room, desk or car, what do you clean first? I spend most of my time at work, so desk. Worst tutor and why? Toss up between Robin Martin and Jane Hulbert. Advice for fellow graduates? If the people in front of you throw their mortarboards in the air, cover your head. The person next to me got hit in the face. She was unimpressed! If you had to sum up being a student in three words, what would they be? Toil, perserverance, impoverishment. Is your career at ‘The Daily News” a good outcome for you after your course? It’s a fantastic outcome and a stepping stone to what I hope will be a long and successful career in Journalism.
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CERTIFICATE GRADUATION
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Theres more to life than
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With family and friends for dinner and drinks! Kendell Davison Nursing
Have a beer!
Wine!
Shelly Kelsen Diploma in Adult Teaching
Lance Haycock Diploma Civil Engineering
Graduating!
Alex Dodunski Diploma in Creative Technologies
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Bachelor of Applied Social Studies What would you do if you won $1million? Pay off my mortgage Favourite quote? I’ve learnt that people will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but they will never forget hoe you made them feel
Toni Salsano
Diploma in Professional Cookery What would you do if you won $1million? I would keep studying a Bachelor of Arts, Masters in Computing and invest the rest wisely so I don’t have to work anymore How are you going to celebrate? I’m going to dinner tonight with my wife and 2 sons
Chandeep Singh
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Name your favourite coffee? Cappuccino If you were a car, what model would you be? Audi, top model Advice for fellow graduates? Concentrate on study and work hard. Hard work is they key to success
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Diploma in Professional Cookery Favourite coffee? Latte with hazelnut shot Batman or Superman? Definately Batman
“The most
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Shilo Laffoley
Diploma in Cookery If you were a car, what type would you be? A BMW, they’re classy Favourite quote? Laughter is the best medicine If you had to sum up being a student in 3 words, what would they be? Crazy. Fun. Easy
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”This is my advice to people: Learn how to cook, try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun” - Julia Child
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“Cooking is like love, it should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet Van Horne
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With special thanks to Connor Smith and Veronica Andrews for your contribution to photography, Emma Smith, Alex Terweil and David Burroughs from Journalism and Olivia Nielson for ‘Day in the life of a student’. Additional thanks to many of the staff and students for your contributions.
THE FUTURE IS NOW