Our Initiatives
Workhub Kaupapa
The Workhub exists to support industry, community and students in a professional manner to develop work-ready graduates.
UCOL | Te Pūkenga Matches Students to Employer
Architectural Designer, Phil Stanfield, believes UCOL | Te Pūkenga creates graduates who are well prepared and have good grounding for employment.
Street Art Papaioea
Throughout the Street Prints Papaioea Street Art Festival, the Pushing Arts in New Zealand Trust (PAINT) and PNCC collaborated with the UCOL | Te Pūkenga creative team to organise and create incredible murals around the city.
Sports and Exercise
Studying Exercise and Sport Science at UCOL | Te Pūkenga gave Raphael Sa’u the opportunity to learn by working with real clients and develop as a sportsman.
Rugby and Murals
With the UCOL | Te Pūkenga addition of the Workhub, creative students gain the opportunity to engage directly with clients in a way they couldn’t before.
Pūkaha Wildlife Centre Partnership
In 2022, we started two conservation programmes in partnership with Pūkaha Wildlife centre.
Pūkaha Wildlife Centre
In late 2022, the Workhub Creative team had the opportunity to work with Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre near Eketahuna.
Palmerston North City Council
Over the last four years, Creative Industry lecturers have been partnered with Palmerston North City Council (PNCC) to grow student knowledge in mural creation.
Inspired By Numbers
Christopher Adams is in his element when he is auditing a company’s assets and helping clients succeed.
Industry Honours UCOL | Te Pūkenga
New Zealand Professional Institute Professional Photography (NZIPP) honoured UCOL Te Pūkenga with the Photographic Industry “Silver Spool” Award in 2021.
Industry Connections
UCOL | Te Pūkenga engages with community and industry in many ways – when studying nursing, for example, students are required to complete placements.
Exercise and Sports
Grady Webb has taken a more interesting path than most people before deciding to study at the UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū campus.
Employing UCOL Graduates
Twenty one years in business, Kevin Bills ran a photography business with portraiture, wedding and commercial photography.
Chalk & Paint Street Art
The roads and streets of Palmerston North are becoming an artist’s playground. Having the freedom to work with industry by creating art around the city with the Council’s support is an illustrator’s dream.
Certificate » Diploma » Employed
Samantha Rauhihi wanted to upskill herself so she came to UCOL | Te Pūkenga and chose to complete a Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology).
Build Has Large Support Network
Talking to Jim Moffett, lecturer in charge of Manawatū students in NZ Certificate in Construction (level 3).
Artificial Intelligence Development
While working as an Insurance Consultant at Farmers Mutual Group (FMG), Matthew Christophers got to spend a day with the company’s software developers.
Internship with Advantage
Meet Tiger, a Chinese national who moved to New Zealand seven years ago to be closer to his mum.
Foodstuffs North Island
Whilst studying his Graduate Diploma in Operations and Productions, Manish Thapa took on an internship with the team at Foodstuffs.
New Zealand Red Cross
Bhavesh Patel, a UCOL Graduate Diploma in Operations and Productions student, completed his internship at New Zealand Red Cross.