Whitireia New Zealand, previously called Whitireia Community Polytechnic and Parumoana Community College (

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: Te Kura Matatini o Whitireia), is a government-owned and funded tertiary education institute in

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. It was established in 1986 on the shores of

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and today has 7,500 students, with campuses in

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and

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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. It then partnered with

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(WelTec), with the two organisations sharing a combined council. After running into financial difficulties, Whitireia was bailed out by the government with a

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15 million grant in 2018. Shortly afterwards, the combined board was sacked and replaced with a commissioner. Whitireia, alongside all other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) in New Zealand, was subsumed into the

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(NZIST) on 1 April 2020.

Management

Dr Tūroa Royal was the foundation principal and CEO of Whitireia Community Polytechnic from 1986 to 1996. He was succeeded by his deputy, Deirdre Dale, from 1996 to 2006. From 2006 to 2015, Don Campbell was CEO. When Chris Gosling, the current CEO, took over from Campbell in 2015, this was a combined role as chief executive for both Whitireia and WelTec. Mark Oldershaw is due to take over as chief executive from Gosling on 1 April 2020. The date coincides with Whitireia being subsumed into NZIST.

Campuses

Whitireia operates five

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es in the north island. Campus locations: * Porirua Campus, Wi Neera Drive, Porirua * Te Kahui Auaha 65 Dixon Street Te Aro Wellington * Hospitality 52 Cuba Street Te Aro Wellington * Petone (Weltec) 21 Kensington Avenue Petone * Auckland Campus, Queen Street, Auckland Image:TeWhareWikitoria_WhitireiaCommunityPolytechnic.jpg, Wikitoria Katene, Porirua Campus Image:E-Block_WhitireiaCommunityPolytechnic.jpg, E-Block, Porirua Campus Image:A-Block_WhitireiaCommunityPolytechnic.jpg, A-Block, Porirua Campus Image:TeOnepu_WhitireiaCommunityPolytechnic.jpg, Te Onepu, Porirua Campus

Schools

* School of Creativity and Hospitality * School of Business and Information Technology * School of Health and Social Services * School of Learner Journey * School of Te Wānanga Maori * School of construction and engineering

References

External links

Whitireia Community Polytechnic website
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