Education

The husband-and-wife team behind popular mobile food business The Saucy Chook have taken over the main campus café at Southern Institute of Technology, bringing fresh energy and expanded menu options to the student hub. Emmanuel and Inov Listiarto have rebranded the café as Between Classes, introducing their signature chicken dishes

Science Minister Penny Simmonds will open the second annual Sustainable Solutions Symposium in Rotorua on Thursday, focusing on turning waste into valuable products. The event, hosted by the Bioresource Processing Alliance (BPA), brings together researchers, industry leaders, government agencies, start-ups and students to explore solutions to environmental challenges through circular

An Invercargill photographer has transformed her career into social work after completing her degree through Open Polytechnic's distance learning programme. Kayla Brady was the student speaker at Thursday's graduation ceremony at Wigram Airforce Museum in Christchurch, where 106 South Island students received their qualifications from New

Two of the South Island's major training providers have renewed their partnership to expand building apprenticeship programmes across the lower South Island. Otago Polytechnic and Southern Institute of Technology signed a new Memorandum of Understanding at SIT's Invercargill campus on April 15, building on their successful

Northland MP Grant McCallum visited Southern Institute of Technology last Friday to explore the polytechnic's flexible learning options as he works to secure NorthTec's return to independence by 2027. Mr McCallum toured SIT's School of Nursing clinical suites and examined the institute's

A Southland businesswoman who started her career as an auto-electrician has been appointed to the Board of the Tertiary Education Commission. Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds announced Michelle Findlater's appointment to the TEC Board, recognising her extensive experience in work-based training and the automotive industry. Findlater now manages

Southern Institute of Technology will offer 10 new scholarships annually to Aurora College students starting in 2027, providing debt-free pathways to tertiary education in Invercargill. The scholarships will cover any qualification from certificates to bachelor's degrees across all SIT faculties and continue for the full duration of each

Two Southern Institute of Technology students have landed apprenticeships with Stabicraft after impressing during a pilot work experience programme launched last year. Matthew Brown and Lily Crowley spent eight weeks at the iconic Southland boat-building company, working one day a week across different divisions including cutting and pressing, welding, finishing,