A team of our Information Technology lecturers is looking at how to use Artificial Intelligence to keep people safe in the water. Ganeshan, Farhad Mehdipour, Wa...
OPAIC students had the opportunity to connect and learn more about the Human Resources field in New Zealand today. Human Resources New Zealand (HRNZ) hosted an...
We’re welcoming another intake of students to Auckland City and Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus this week. We’ve held our Orientation events...
New Student Representative Paolo Duran has embraced the New Zealand culture during his time here. Paolo first came to New Zealand from the Philippines in 2018 o...
Construction students enjoy interactive guest lecture
Construction Students had a very interactive and informative guest lecture about Dispute Resolution for Construction Projects recently. Our Construction team in...
Our IT department had a visitor from Japan last week. Dr Farhad Mehdipour invited Dr Ari Aharari to visit OPAIC and explore opportunities for collaboration. Dr...
Master’s graduate Chengyun (Evan) Wang is loving his work as a Payment and Settlement Analyst at the Bank of China New Zealand. Evan came to New Zealand from...
OPAIC student, Mohammad Deljoo, has just taken out seven gold medals at the New Zealand Masters Games 2023. Mohammad was a member of the Iranian national swimmi...
Online Applied Management student Mahyar Bahrami hopes to one day run his own international extreme sports business in Iran. Mahyar has worked as a human resour...
Chun (Simon) Song got a job interview with a construction company the day after he completed his Bachelor of Construction with us and is now working as an Earth...
We’re welcoming more than 180 new students to the campus this study block. Last Friday’s Orientation had to be moved online due to flooding in Auckland. We...
Student Lloyd Anthony Aro has landed a job as Health and Safety Adviser for a major Auckland infrastructure project after starting out as a cleaner on the site....
We celebrated sustainable innovation at our inaugural Smart Aotearoa Sustainable Development Awards last night. The event was organised by a group of people fro...
Our Construction Team took students for a site visit to Britomart Station, the construction site for the City Rail Link project, this month. Mark Lampad who is...
Our students enjoyed hearing from a range of speakers including our own alumni at the Applied Management Industry Open Day yesterday. Our first guest speaker wa...
Our Head of Department for Information Technology gave a well-received presentation at Massey University recently. Massey’s Construction Department invited Dr...
Rajesh Bilur says OPAIC provided him with technical expertise, soft skills, and tools to get ready to work in his chosen industry. Rajesh came to New Zealand fr...
Sustainability on the agenda at first Green Office conference
We heard from a range of experts about the value of sustainability at our first-ever Green Office Toitū conference on Friday evening. Green Office Movement Coo...
Recent Bachelor of Information Technology graduate, Giang (Daniel) Tran, has landed a job as a software engineer at a fast-growing start-up in the Conversationa...
OPAIC helped Nikolai Kalininskii discover what he wanted to achieve in life. He gave the student address on behalf of OPAIC graduates at our Graduation last wee...
We celebrated success and resilience at our 15th Graduation ceremony at the Auckland Town Hall yesterday. A total of 149 graduates crossed the stage yesterday....
Three of our previous Online Student Representatives from different parts of the world are happy to finally be together on campus. Raul Penaranda, Kashmira More...
Erica Novianti loved the small class sizes and hands-on approach offered by OPAIC. She recently completed her Bachelor of Information Technology and was one of...
Hetaswi Patel was able to move seamlessly from her study into her construction internship thanks to the hands-on nature of her programme. Heta has just complete...
We welcomed students from more than 15 countries to the campus today at our final Orientation event for 2022. Our new students in this intake have come from Ind...
Delhi Real Estate Consultant enjoying the online experience
Offshore student Raman Verma has fond memories of a trip to New Zealand five years ago and hopes to return here to study and work. Raman lives in Delhi, India,...
Japanese Information Technology student Kazuhisa Kondo is excelling in his progamme and helping others to succeed. Kazuhisa has received four Excellent Scholar...
Nimisha Prajapati says she’s on cloud nine now that she’s back in New Zealand and resuming her study after more than two years stuck offshore. Nimisha wa...
Our Construction students have benefitted from a number of industry guest speakers over the past month. Last week students enjoyed an insightful and interactive...
OPAIC Employability Manager, Dani Mao, visited our industry partner City Forex recently and was impressed with the support they’re providing to our internship...
A passion for directing theatre led to an interest in management for student Kashmira Vikas More. Kashmira was involved in theatre from an early age. As a child...
Guillaume Mallet turned his life around by coming to New Zealand as an international student. He says his studies were “terrible” before he left France, and...
Yashraj Chhabra loved the practicality of his programme at OPAIC and is putting the skills he learned to use in his banking job. Yashraj came to New Zealand fro...
Raul Penaranda is excited to have finally made it to New Zealand where he can now meet his classmates and lecturers in person and explore all the attractions th...
Today we welcomed our first cohort of offshore students to the campus since the border closed more than two years ago. Many of those joining us in this intake w...
OPAIC graduate and former Student Representative Ishant Ghulyani is loving his role at the High Commission of India. Ishant began as Consular Executive in Decem...
This week’s graduation ceremony was an extra special one because of the challenges our latest batch of graduates have had to overcome in order to succeed. At...
Six students presented their research as part of the OPAIC Student Research Forum on Tuesday 24 May. This is the first time since the middle of 2021 that the st...
Qi (Joanna) Wang has gained valuable work experience, learned new skills, and expanded her understanding of sustainability during her internship. Joanna has b...
Our Green Office Toitū team held an event this week to celebrate the office and raise awareness of its work. The Green Office was launched last year to support...
A group of OPAIC students are taking part in our Advanced Wānanga Kairangahau Workshops, set up to help them take the next step in their research journeys. The...
Over the past two weeks, new OPAIC students have been invited to complete our First Impressions Survey. The survey helps us to see how new learners are settl...
OPAIC Employability Manager Dani Mao and Learning and Teaching Specialist Bruno Balducci presented at the 2022 Internship Summit organised by the International...
The first Smart Aotearoa - Sustainable Development competition event will take place this November. The event will bring together experts from a range of sector...
Mumbai mixologist enjoying online study experience
When offshore online student Mrinal Mahendra Govekar isn’t busy with his studies he can be found working as a bartender and mixologist in Mumbai, India. Mrina...
Master of Applied Management graduate Simranjit Kaur has landed a permanent full-time job at her internship company Cardinal Logistics. Simranjit spoke to our c...
Our latest Excellent Scholars awards ceremony was celebrated on-campus and online. At this week’s ceremony, Applied Management Head of Department Russell Harr...
It was great to be back on campus for Orientation today. Our last few Orientation events have taken place online due to Covid restrictions, but today we were ab...
Maimiti Manate says the opportunities provided at OPAIC allowed her to become a confident work-ready graduate. Students and alumni shared their internship exper...
A group of volunteers from the Green Office Toitū at OPAIC had a memorable time contributing to reforestation efforts in Waihi this month. Volunteer, Hallie Du...
Yindi Fu is excelling in his studies and puts his recent improvement down to the support he’s received from teachers and peers. Yindi came to New Zealand seve...
We’ve once again celebrated our high-achieving students at an Excellent Scholars Awards Ceremony. This week’s ceremony was a little different to past events...
A graduate and lecturer have teamed up to research how artificial intelligence can be used to improve health outcomes in New Zealand. Tavish Sehgal completed...
We’re welcoming our first intake of students for 2022 to OPAIC this week. Our new intake consists of onshore and offshore students from countries all over the...
An OPAIC graduate has put her passion for sustainability into practice during her master’s research in the area of construction. Tatiana Poletaeva worked as a...
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new journal Rere Āwhio – The Journal of Applied Research & Practice. This open access, peer-reviewed journal wi...
Student delighted to be back after 18 months offshore
What was supposed to be a quick trip home to New Caledonia turned into quite a journey for Bachelor of Applied Management student Margo Ballesta. Margo started...
Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus joined an international movement with the launch of our AIC Green Office Toitū yesterday. This new office will...
Head of IT, Dr Farhad Mehdipour, delivered a workshop on the challenges of online learning environments at the 7th Iran International Conference on Engineering...
Congratulations to the students who received Excellent Scholar Awards for top marks in their programmes during Study Block 4. The recipients were Wei Wei, Weifa...
Sushant Kwatra’s internship with Cardinal Logistics is helping him gain the experience he needs to pursue a career in supply chain management. Sushant decided...
We enjoyed hearing from a range of speakers, including our staff and students, on the topic of sustainable development at two online events yesterday. First was...
An OPAIC student has been keeping busy this lockdown as an essential worker with one of the world’s biggest food and beverage companies. Christine came to New...
Supporting mental health treatment with virtual reality
An OPAIC graduate has co-authored a paper about the use of virtual reality in treating anxiety and depression. The paper titled Virtual Reality for Supporting t...
OPAIC master’s graduate Mickail Lim is making his mark in the ICT Project Management industry in New Zealand. Mickail currently works as ICT Project Manager a...
We celebrated the achievements of students who received top marks in their programmes last study block, in an online Excellent Scholar Awards ceremony yesterday...
We’re excited to welcome another new cohort of students to the OPAIC whanau this week. Today’s on-campus Orientation began with an introduction from our ICT...
Connecting with Microsoft for collaboration opportunities
Head of IT, Dr Farhad Mehdipour, and Student Experience Coordinator, Anastasia Timoshkina, met Microsoft’s Higher Education Industry Executive, Dimitri Mardas...
Vincent Zhang gave up an engineering job with Apple in China to come to New Zealand and start a new career in construction. He’d been working for Apple retail...
Our Student Representative, Chris William, attended an International Education Forum held by Education Minister Chris Hipkins this month. The minister spoke a...
OPAIC students have their say on study in New Zealand
Three Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus students took part in a workshop hosted by Education New Zealand last week. Chris William (from South Af...
Zhu Xiaowen is one of our offshore international students currently studying NZCEL (Level 4) from China where she lives with her family. Zhu studied the NZC...
All the experience Dixa Fulara gained during her time at OPAIC is paying off in her new job in the hospitality sector. Dixa’s uncle, who moved to New Zealand...
Information Technology student Earnest Surya has designed an irrigation system for house plants as part of his programme. The device detects when a plant is dry...
Myriah Hankins is one of our offshore online students studying the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Management. They live in Columbus, Ohio, USA and curre...
Suparajit (Gink) Laorutdecha says there’s never a shortage of work in the construction sector and that’s what makes it such a good industry to enter. “If...
Tianxiang (Shawn) Chen didn’t realise how much he was learning in his New Zealand Certificate in English Language programme until he began his master’s stud...
A team of our Information Technology lecturers is looking at how to use Artificial Intelligence to keep people safe in the water. Ganeshan, Farhad Mehdipour, Wa...
OPAIC students had the opportunity to connect and learn more about the Human Resources field in New Zealand today. Human Resources New Zealand (HRNZ) hosted an...
We’re welcoming another intake of students to Auckland City and Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus this week. We’ve held our Orientation events...
New Student Representative Paolo Duran has embraced the New Zealand culture during his time here. Paolo first came to New Zealand from the Philippines in 2018 o...
Construction Students had a very interactive and informative guest lecture about Dispute Resolution for Construction Projects recently. Our Construction team in...
Our IT department had a visitor from Japan last week. Dr Farhad Mehdipour invited Dr Ari Aharari to visit OPAIC and explore opportunities for collaboration. Dr...
Master’s graduate Chengyun (Evan) Wang is loving his work as a Payment and Settlement Analyst at the Bank of China New Zealand. Evan came to New Zealand from...
OPAIC student, Mohammad Deljoo, has just taken out seven gold medals at the New Zealand Masters Games 2023. Mohammad was a member of the Iranian national swimmi...
Online Applied Management student Mahyar Bahrami hopes to one day run his own international extreme sports business in Iran. Mahyar has worked as a human resour...
Chun (Simon) Song got a job interview with a construction company the day after he completed his Bachelor of Construction with us and is now working as an Earth...
We’re welcoming more than 180 new students to the campus this study block. Last Friday’s Orientation had to be moved online due to flooding in Auckland. We...
Student Lloyd Anthony Aro has landed a job as Health and Safety Adviser for a major Auckland infrastructure project after starting out as a cleaner on the site....
We celebrated sustainable innovation at our inaugural Smart Aotearoa Sustainable Development Awards last night. The event was organised by a group of people fro...
Our Construction Team took students for a site visit to Britomart Station, the construction site for the City Rail Link project, this month. Mark Lampad who is...
Our students enjoyed hearing from a range of speakers including our own alumni at the Applied Management Industry Open Day yesterday. Our first guest speaker wa...
Our Head of Department for Information Technology gave a well-received presentation at Massey University recently. Massey’s Construction Department invited Dr...
Rajesh Bilur says OPAIC provided him with technical expertise, soft skills, and tools to get ready to work in his chosen industry. Rajesh came to New Zealand fr...
We heard from a range of experts about the value of sustainability at our first-ever Green Office Toitū conference on Friday evening. Green Office Movement Coo...
Recent Bachelor of Information Technology graduate, Giang (Daniel) Tran, has landed a job as a software engineer at a fast-growing start-up in the Conversationa...
OPAIC helped Nikolai Kalininskii discover what he wanted to achieve in life. He gave the student address on behalf of OPAIC graduates at our Graduation last wee...
We celebrated success and resilience at our 15th Graduation ceremony at the Auckland Town Hall yesterday. A total of 149 graduates crossed the stage yesterday....
Three of our previous Online Student Representatives from different parts of the world are happy to finally be together on campus. Raul Penaranda, Kashmira More...
Erica Novianti loved the small class sizes and hands-on approach offered by OPAIC. She recently completed her Bachelor of Information Technology and was one of...
Hetaswi Patel was able to move seamlessly from her study into her construction internship thanks to the hands-on nature of her programme. Heta has just complete...
We welcomed students from more than 15 countries to the campus today at our final Orientation event for 2022. Our new students in this intake have come from Ind...
Offshore student Raman Verma has fond memories of a trip to New Zealand five years ago and hopes to return here to study and work. Raman lives in Delhi, India,...
Japanese Information Technology student Kazuhisa Kondo is excelling in his progamme and helping others to succeed. Kazuhisa has received four Excellent Scholar...
Nimisha Prajapati says she’s on cloud nine now that she’s back in New Zealand and resuming her study after more than two years stuck offshore. Nimisha wa...
Our Construction students have benefitted from a number of industry guest speakers over the past month. Last week students enjoyed an insightful and interactive...
OPAIC Employability Manager, Dani Mao, visited our industry partner City Forex recently and was impressed with the support they’re providing to our internship...
A passion for directing theatre led to an interest in management for student Kashmira Vikas More. Kashmira was involved in theatre from an early age. As a child...
Guillaume Mallet turned his life around by coming to New Zealand as an international student. He says his studies were “terrible” before he left France, and...
Yashraj Chhabra loved the practicality of his programme at OPAIC and is putting the skills he learned to use in his banking job. Yashraj came to New Zealand fro...
Raul Penaranda is excited to have finally made it to New Zealand where he can now meet his classmates and lecturers in person and explore all the attractions th...
Today we welcomed our first cohort of offshore students to the campus since the border closed more than two years ago. Many of those joining us in this intake w...
OPAIC graduate and former Student Representative Ishant Ghulyani is loving his role at the High Commission of India. Ishant began as Consular Executive in Decem...
This week’s graduation ceremony was an extra special one because of the challenges our latest batch of graduates have had to overcome in order to succeed. At...
Six students presented their research as part of the OPAIC Student Research Forum on Tuesday 24 May. This is the first time since the middle of 2021 that the st...
Qi (Joanna) Wang has gained valuable work experience, learned new skills, and expanded her understanding of sustainability during her internship. Joanna has b...
Our Green Office Toitū team held an event this week to celebrate the office and raise awareness of its work. The Green Office was launched last year to support...
A group of OPAIC students are taking part in our Advanced Wānanga Kairangahau Workshops, set up to help them take the next step in their research journeys. The...
Over the past two weeks, new OPAIC students have been invited to complete our First Impressions Survey. The survey helps us to see how new learners are settl...
OPAIC Employability Manager Dani Mao and Learning and Teaching Specialist Bruno Balducci presented at the 2022 Internship Summit organised by the International...
The first Smart Aotearoa - Sustainable Development competition event will take place this November. The event will bring together experts from a range of sector...
When offshore online student Mrinal Mahendra Govekar isn’t busy with his studies he can be found working as a bartender and mixologist in Mumbai, India. Mrina...
Master of Applied Management graduate Simranjit Kaur has landed a permanent full-time job at her internship company Cardinal Logistics. Simranjit spoke to our c...
Our latest Excellent Scholars awards ceremony was celebrated on-campus and online. At this week’s ceremony, Applied Management Head of Department Russell Harr...
It was great to be back on campus for Orientation today. Our last few Orientation events have taken place online due to Covid restrictions, but today we were ab...
Maimiti Manate says the opportunities provided at OPAIC allowed her to become a confident work-ready graduate. Students and alumni shared their internship exper...
A group of volunteers from the Green Office Toitū at OPAIC had a memorable time contributing to reforestation efforts in Waihi this month. Volunteer, Hallie Du...
Yindi Fu is excelling in his studies and puts his recent improvement down to the support he’s received from teachers and peers. Yindi came to New Zealand seve...
We’ve once again celebrated our high-achieving students at an Excellent Scholars Awards Ceremony. This week’s ceremony was a little different to past events...
A graduate and lecturer have teamed up to research how artificial intelligence can be used to improve health outcomes in New Zealand. Tavish Sehgal completed...
We’re welcoming our first intake of students for 2022 to OPAIC this week. Our new intake consists of onshore and offshore students from countries all over the...
An OPAIC graduate has put her passion for sustainability into practice during her master’s research in the area of construction. Tatiana Poletaeva worked as a...
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new journal Rere Āwhio – The Journal of Applied Research & Practice. This open access, peer-reviewed journal wi...
What was supposed to be a quick trip home to New Caledonia turned into quite a journey for Bachelor of Applied Management student Margo Ballesta. Margo started...
Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus joined an international movement with the launch of our AIC Green Office Toitū yesterday. This new office will...
Head of IT, Dr Farhad Mehdipour, delivered a workshop on the challenges of online learning environments at the 7th Iran International Conference on Engineering...
Congratulations to the students who received Excellent Scholar Awards for top marks in their programmes during Study Block 4. The recipients were Wei Wei, Weifa...
Sushant Kwatra’s internship with Cardinal Logistics is helping him gain the experience he needs to pursue a career in supply chain management. Sushant decided...
We enjoyed hearing from a range of speakers, including our staff and students, on the topic of sustainable development at two online events yesterday. First was...
An OPAIC student has been keeping busy this lockdown as an essential worker with one of the world’s biggest food and beverage companies. Christine came to New...
An OPAIC graduate has co-authored a paper about the use of virtual reality in treating anxiety and depression. The paper titled Virtual Reality for Supporting t...
OPAIC master’s graduate Mickail Lim is making his mark in the ICT Project Management industry in New Zealand. Mickail currently works as ICT Project Manager a...
We celebrated the achievements of students who received top marks in their programmes last study block, in an online Excellent Scholar Awards ceremony yesterday...
We’re excited to welcome another new cohort of students to the OPAIC whanau this week. Today’s on-campus Orientation began with an introduction from our ICT...
Head of IT, Dr Farhad Mehdipour, and Student Experience Coordinator, Anastasia Timoshkina, met Microsoft’s Higher Education Industry Executive, Dimitri Mardas...
Vincent Zhang gave up an engineering job with Apple in China to come to New Zealand and start a new career in construction. He’d been working for Apple retail...
Our Student Representative, Chris William, attended an International Education Forum held by Education Minister Chris Hipkins this month. The minister spoke a...
Three Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus students took part in a workshop hosted by Education New Zealand last week. Chris William (from South Af...
Zhu Xiaowen is one of our offshore international students currently studying NZCEL (Level 4) from China where she lives with her family. Zhu studied the NZC...
All the experience Dixa Fulara gained during her time at OPAIC is paying off in her new job in the hospitality sector. Dixa’s uncle, who moved to New Zealand...
Information Technology student Earnest Surya has designed an irrigation system for house plants as part of his programme. The device detects when a plant is dry...
Myriah Hankins is one of our offshore online students studying the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Management. They live in Columbus, Ohio, USA and curre...
Suparajit (Gink) Laorutdecha says there’s never a shortage of work in the construction sector and that’s what makes it such a good industry to enter. “If...
Tianxiang (Shawn) Chen didn’t realise how much he was learning in his New Zealand Certificate in English Language programme until he began his master’s stud...