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New intake connects with Māori traditions

Students from across the globe have joined the latest intake at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus (AIC). They were introduced to the Māori conce...

24 July, 2025

Success Story: Celestial Chen

Applied Management student Celestial Chen is making the most of her international study experience, securing an internship, impressing her team, and turning the...

9 July, 2025

Reflections on Four Decades in Artificial Intelligence: Progress, Purpose, and Responsibility

Reflections on Four Decades in Artificial Intelligence: Progress, Purpose, and Responsibility Kathiravelu GaneshanSenior Lecturer, Information Technology A pra...

8 July, 2025

Teamwork leads OPAIC student to national win

OPAIC student Wei Qi (Beatrice) Hong and her teammates have won one of New Zealand’s top construction competitions, crediting their success to strong teamwork...

7 July, 2025

Mānawatia a Matariki

Matariki was marked at our Auckland International Campus today with a video about the meaning of the event, a quiz, games, and shared kai. Matariki is an impor...

19 June, 2025

Construction student wins essay contest

A Bachelor of Construction student has earned industry recognition for an award-winning essay on how AI can improve cost forecasting accuracy and efficiency. T...

19 June, 2025

Construction alumni give career advice

The Employability Team and the Construction Department co-hosted an Alumni Panel Talk and Networking Event on campus last night. It was a great success and a va...

13 June, 2025

Success Story: Manjot Singh

Construction student Manjot Singh says he is honoured to be selected as a Student Representative at Building Institute Aotearoa and is excited to contribute to...

13 June, 2025

Student researchers share their work

Students and staff came together to hear from our student researchers at the Study Block 2 Student Research forum recently. This Study Block, we heard about e...

11 June, 2025

Staff share projects at research forum

The AIC team came together this week for the Study Block 2 Research Forum to learn about the projects their colleagues are working on. The forum gives staff an...

11 June, 2025

Graduate builds career and guides students

Construction graduate Sibele (Bella) Goulart Corbetta was back on campus this week sharing her study and work journey with our learners. Bella initially enrol...

11 June, 2025

Blending learning with love for cricket

Aditya Rajesh Rangwani is bringing his passion for cricket to his master’s degree. Originally from India, he hopes to represent New Zealand in the sport one d...

28 May, 2025

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Ako in action at Alumni Coffee Connect

We had a fantastic turnout at our recent Alumni Coffee Connect event. It was an inspiring morning where current learners connected with alumni mentors to gain...

23 May, 2025

Success Story: Basil Thadikulangara Alias

A Construction student is getting the chance to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom to real-world projects through his internship with Floor...

7 May, 2025

Success Story: Harsh Khurana

Harsh Khurana is settling in well to life in New Zealand, earning top grades, tutoring his peers, getting involved with professional organisations, and now unde...

6 May, 2025

Navigating the future of tech

Students and tech enthusiasts gathered at our Auckland International Campus last week for an inspiring session with Sheryl Lorgan, Director and Co-Founder of as...

2 April, 2025

Students learn about AI-driven job searching

Students took a deep dive into the world of AI-driven job searching during an engaging workshop hosted by the Employability Catalyst Group in March. The sess...

2 April, 2025

Climate change event explores local and global impacts

Auckland International Campus partnered with the Waitakere Ethnic Board to hold a climate change event at Te Manawa in Westgate on Wednesday night. The event...

21 March, 2025

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Graduate shares insights on navigating employer expectations

Students at our Auckland International Campus had the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the job market yesterday. Our graduate Brinner Antony was on...

20 March, 2025

Management students showcase research

Four of our Master of Applied Management thesis students and one special topic student presented their research and results to an audience of staff and students...

18 March, 2025

Success Story: Aditya Santosh Pawade

Aditya Pawade is embracing life in New Zealand by getting involved in campus activities, giving back as a peer tutor, and immersing himself in Kiwi and Māori c...

18 March, 2025

Student shares insider tips on finding part-time work

Students looking to land part-time jobs gained valuable insights at a recent career talk featuring Cecilia Shiu, a student with a remarkable track record in job...

18 March, 2025

Succes Story: Anosha Dissanayake

A Sri Lankan student with senior government experience is gaining valuable hands-on exposure to New Zealand’s workforce through her internship. Anosha Dissan...

13 March, 2025

Celebrating our Student Ambassadors

Last week, the Student Success team had the opportunity to celebrate our best Student Ambassadors of 2024. It was a great night filled with fun, food, games and...

11 March, 2025

Innovation meets sustainability at international conference

Innovators, academics, and industry experts came together for our third International Conference on Smart Sustainable Development last week. The event included...

11 March, 2025

Visiting professors share global insights on education

Two visiting professors joined us for an insightful panel discussion about international perspectives on education, applied research, and industry collaboration...

11 March, 2025

Celebrating our top achievers

Congratulations to the students who received Excellent Scholars awards at this week’s ceremony. They were Shanibhai Bharatbhai Miyani, Nafisul Islam Mahrab, M...

7 March, 2025

Students test networking skills at Migrants in Tech

Our students took a significant step towards building their careers by attending the Migrants in Tech Auckland Meet-Up last week. It was a chance to put their n...

3 March, 2025

Alumni Coffee Connect kicks 2025 off with a bang

The Employability Centre held its first Alumni Coffee Connect event of 2025 this month, bringing students brand new to Aotearoa together with alumni mentors for...

27 February, 2025

Students gain project management insights from industry expert

A group of students had the opportunity to gain firsthand insights into the world of project management last week. Project management expert Matt Salehzadeh wa...

27 February, 2025

Lecturer supports Special Olympics athletes through art exhibition

One of our academics is busy giving back to the community and helping athletes with intellectual disabilities achieve their dreams. Principal Lecturer Lorrai...

20 February, 2025

Future leaders gain insights at Westpac Forum

A group of students visited the Westpac Bank Headquarters last week to take part in the Westpac Insights Forum—an engaging series of talks and a hands-on Mana...

19 February, 2025

Lantern Festival brings students together

We celebrated the Lantern Festival on Level 1 of the campus today. The event marked the end of the Lunar New Year with decorations, a talk and video about the...

12 February, 2025

Success Story: Nijendra Giri

Information Technology graduate Nijendra Giri is heading to the United States on a scholarship to pursue a master's degree researching Artificial Intelligence....

7 February, 2025

A warm welcome to our first students of 2025

OPAIC has officially welcomed its new students for the first study block of 2025. Today’s Orientation event featured an address by Cultural Advisor Matt Rua,...

5 February, 2025

Success Story: Karl Tan Ipong

Business graduate Karl Tan Ipong is using his degree to drive meaningful change. His journey reflects one of our key aims of equipping graduates to take action...

4 February, 2025

Growing partnerships through global knowledge exchange

An applied mathematics expert from China visited OPAIC recently, sparking valuable discussions and paving the way for an ongoing partnership. Dr Xiwen Lu from...

31 January, 2025

Happy Lunar New Year

We still have a couple of weeks before students return to the campus but that hasn’t stopped our staff from celebrating the Lunar New Year. We came together t...

24 January, 2025

OPAIC graduate makes Hollywood debut

OPAIC graduate Ishant Ghulyani has made his Hollywood debut in the new movie Wolf Man. The werewolf horror was released just last week and is now screening at...

23 January, 2025

Graduate shares Ukraine’s story in new show

Ukrainian graduate Olha Viazenko began hosting a new radio show this week, bringing a slice of her home country to New Zealand. The show is called Borsch Club....

5 December, 2024

Spotlighting AI and learner success at symposium

OPAIC Te Kaihāpai Sean Bell and Principal Lecturer Te Ama Ako Dunedin Mairead Fountainpresented at the Tertiary Education Commission’s third annual Tūwhitia...

2 December, 2024

New issue of Rere Āwhio out now

Issue 4 of Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research & Practice is out now. Rere Āwhio is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by OPAIC. It’s c...

2 December, 2024

Teaming up for disaster response research

OPAIC academics are teaming up with researchers from throughout New Zealand and the world to improve disaster responses. Research Director and Head of IT Farha...

29 November, 2024

Exchanging insights with international researchers

Research Director and Head of Information Technology Farhad Mehdipour had the opportunity to participate in the International Conference of Future Machine Learn...

29 November, 2024

Christmas celebrated at OPAIC

Our Student Christmas Party held on campus at lunchtime today included fun games, delicious food, and a talk about the meaning of Christmas. It was a great way...

28 November, 2024

GDAM students complete work placements

Our Study Block 3 cohort of GDAM students have completed various work placements across many sectors, demonstrating adaptability and a commitment to gaining ind...

18 November, 2024

Networking night out: students attend Migrants in Tech event

The main theme at the Employability Centre for November was networking. Multiple networking workshops were held on campus to help students prepare for real, ex...

18 November, 2024

Lunch & Learn: AI tool to assist in job hunting

This month, we were thrilled to host Go Bear AI for a live demo with our learners at AIC during our Lunch & Learn session. The event provided an exciting oppor...

18 November, 2024

Insights shared at AIC Research Forum

The Auckland International Campus held its Study Block 4 Research Forum on Wednesday 13 November. Each block, our Applied Management research students have the...

18 November, 2024

Deloitte speaker talks software transformation

This month’s IT Campus Talk was an insightful lunchtime session led by Mao Cai, Specialist Director at Deloitte Digital, who shared his expertise on the trans...

18 November, 2024

Senior Lecturer discusses AI in business

We would like to extend a huge thank you to Dr Farzana Parveen Tajudeen who spoke to our students about the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Business O...

18 November, 2024

Success Story: Nikita Mogilevskii

It was a long road to New Zealand for Russian student Nikita Mogilevskii, who saw out the pandemic by operating heavy machinery on construction sites and managi...

12 November, 2024

Expert shares insights into Change Management

Our Applied Management students had the privilege of hearing about Change Management from an industry expert this week. Dinesh Sundararaj is a Change Managemen...

6 November, 2024

Celebrating Diwali

We marked the Festival of Lights at our Auckland International Campus at an event organised by our students. We took part in fun activities and games, heard th...

31 October, 2024

IT students develop innovative project at Hackathon

A group of Information Technology students showcased their innovative AI project at a Hackathon, where they developed a tool to analyse data from heavy machiner...

18 October, 2024

Sucess Story: Yupitha Ignatia

Yupitha Ignatia returned to study for her Master of Applied Management after a decade in the workforce. She credits her positive experience to the guidance of k...

11 October, 2024

Welcoming our new students

We’ve welcomed our latest intake of students to OPAIC this week with a series of workshops and an Orientation Day. Our final Study Block of 2024 kicks off ne...

3 October, 2024

IT students build real-world applications for campus

Our Information Technology students have been creating web applications to enhance the efficiency of our operations here at OPAIC. Four groups of students have...

19 September, 2024

Master’s students showcase thesis findings at research forum

Four Applied Management Master’s students presented their thesis findings to a group of more than 60 staff and students recently. Postgraduate Programm...

16 September, 2024

OPAIC partners with international conference

We are excited to announce our partnership with the International Conference on Education (ICEDU) 2025. The theme of the conference is: Cultivating Global Citi...

10 September, 2024

Coming together to celebrate success

Graduands from a diverse range of programmes and schools came together to celebrate their achievements in front of classmates, families, lecturers, iwi, and oth...

2 September, 2024

Alumni inspire at networking event

Students and alumni enjoyed an evening of networking, advice, and inspiration at our Alumni Mentoring Forum last night. The event began with keynote addresses b...

28 August, 2024

Collaborating with Canadian scholars

We were fortunate to host a team from the University of Saskatchewan on our campus last week. A member of the U15 Group of Canadian research-intensive univers...

20 August, 2024

Researcher shares IT insights with students

Our IT students are getting opportunities to learn from and network with industry experts. We invited Software Engineering Researcher and University Lecturer J...

19 August, 2024

New Network Lab provides students with real-world experience

We’re bridging the gap between theory and practice and giving our IT students the chance to set up and manage real-world networks in our new Network Lab. Seni...

12 August, 2024

Success Story: Ilgar Isayev

Ilgar Isayev is making the most of his time at OPAIC, immersing himself fully in both learning and networking. Having arrived from Baku, Azerbaijan this April,...

9 August, 2024

Career insights for construction students

Our students recently had the opportunity to hear from a panel of construction professionals who shared valuable career insights. The discussion went beyond tec...

9 August, 2024

Student takes part in national challenge

An OPAIC Construction student was among Aotearoa’s top Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Management students who took part in the ArchEngBuild 2024...

7 August, 2024

Success Story: Bikramjeet Singh Suman

Master of Applied Management student Bikramjeet Singh Suman has hit the ground running since arriving in New Zealand in April. Bikramjeet arrived later than ex...

1 August, 2024

Success Story: Balaram Mahato

Recent Bachelor of Information Technology graduate Balaram Mahato enjoyed the supportive and friendly environment here at Otago Polytechnic Auckland Internation...

26 July, 2024

Students get to know OPAIC

A new batch of international students is getting to know Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus this week. Students made an early start on their learni...

18 July, 2024

Learner takes part in Auckland Startup Weekend

It was inspiring to see Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus learner Bikramjeet Singh Suman putting himself to the test just 35 days after arriving i...

15 July, 2024

Construction students visit Steel and Tube factory

Our Construction students had an excellent opportunity to visit a Steel and Tube factory and experience the manufacturing process for steel purlins, cladding an...

15 July, 2024

Lecturer explores collaboration between academia and business

Congratulations to Principal Lecturer Dr Lorraine Skelton who has contributed a chapter to the recently published book From Purpose to Impact: The University an...

5 July, 2024

Success Story: Jacelyn Santiago

Master of Applied Management graduate Jacelyn Santiago found fulfilment and purpose in her international study journey through the many opportunities offered in...

2 July, 2024

Digital Marketing insights shared

Our Digital Marketing students enjoyed an engaging guest lecture given by Cheil Worldwide Insights Planner Leah Ahn last week. Cheil Worldwide is part of the S...

17 June, 2024

Celebrating internship success

We had the pleasure of witnessing Snigdha Rupakheti and her peers present their internship projects at the end of May. Snigdha's journey as an Office Administra...

10 June, 2024

Recruitment experts on campus

We had a great time hosting a highly engaging panel discussion on Recruitment Insights at the end of May. Our panel experts, Ritika Singh, Kennedy Sua, and Sidr...

10 June, 2024

Students enjoy campus talk on Construction career insights

We had the pleasure of hosting an informative Campus Talk about Construction Career Insights at lunchtime last Thursday. Our speakers, Blair Chant and Tina Yang...

10 June, 2024

Postgraduate students share their research

We heard about a wide range of research conducted by our postgraduate students at a forum recently. Postgraduate Applied Management research students present th...

10 June, 2024

Employability research recognised

OPAIC Employability Manager Dani Mao was honoured to have presented at the 10th International Conference on Education, where she had the opportunity to share in...

21 May, 2024

A morning of inspiration and insight

The Employability Centre was thrilled to host our Study Block 2 Alumni Mentor Coffee Connect last week. The event is designed to bridge the gap between our acco...

21 May, 2024

Informative industry event for construction students

We hosted an engaging industry event for our construction students this month, featuring Robert Brown, the Specification Manager from Steel & Tube. Steel & Tube...

21 May, 2024

Learning about the Sri Lankan culture

We celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year at our international campus today. The event was organised by the Sri Lankan Student Community who taught us all ab...

1 May, 2024

Sustainable research on show

Smart, sustainable research was on show at our second annual Smart Sustainable Development event held online this month. Smart Sustainable Development is a conf...

28 February, 2024

New students welcomed

We’re welcoming our first intake of new students for the year to the Auckland International Campus this week. Our incoming diploma, Bachelor, Graduate Diploma...

31 January, 2024

Success Story: Ann Ivy Roselle Cabanero

Business student Ann Ivy Roselle Cabanero is looking forward to her new role on the Executive Committee of the New Zealand International Students' Associatio...

22 January, 2024

Success Story: Gaurang Kadiya

Gaurang Kadiya had a rewarding experience interning in the Customer Services Management department at Cardinal Logistics. Gaurang is studying for a Bachelor of...

8 December, 2023

Rere Āwhio - Call for Papers 2024

Rere Āwhio (Journal of Applied Research & Practice) is an open access, peer reviewed journal published annually in November by Otago Polytechnic Auckland Inte...

4 December, 2023

New issue of Rere Āwhio launched

We celebrated the launch of the third edition of Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research & Practice at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus last...

23 November, 2023

Celebrating Diwali

Happy Diwali to all who celebrate. Here are a few photos from our festivities on campus. Our Applied Management students organised today’s event which was ver...

15 November, 2023

Success Story: Leijun Shi

Recent Construction graduate, Leijun Shi, has already landed a Quantity Surveying job. Leijun completed her Bachelor of Construction at OPAIC in September and i...

24 October, 2023

New community launched for migrant women

Migrant women and allies from Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus and the wider community enjoyed an inspiring evening last night. We launched our M...

20 October, 2023

Site visits for construction learners

Students had the opportunity to visit not just one but two residential building sites as part of their learning in the Construction Technology Small Buildings c...

12 October, 2023

IT students collaborate on real-world project

A team of Information Technology students has successfully completed a project that would allow St Pierre’s Sushi to print its labels onsite. The project was...

12 October, 2023

New faces on campus

It was great to see so many new faces at Orientation this morning as we met our final intake of learners for 2023. They were welcomed by Academic Director, Sean...

6 October, 2023

Construction student competes in national event

An OPAIC student teamed up with some of the brightest minds from around the country to design a climate-resilient community last month. Bachelor of Construction...

28 September, 2023

Emerging Visionaries share their research

The Emerging Visionaries Tertiary Learners Sustainability Symposium held at OPAIC on Thursday evening was a big success. Principal Lecturer and Employability Ma...

4 September, 2023

Graduate makes public proposal

Congratulations to our graduate Yashraj Chhabra and wife-to-be Riiya Shukla on their recent engagement. Our Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management grad...

29 August, 2023

Graduate thankful for bonds formed at OPAIC

Kashmira Vikas More spoke about the value of friendship during her graduation address last week. Kashmira studied our Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Manage...

21 August, 2023

Celebrating our newest graduates

We celebrated the achievements of graduates from a wide range of programmes at the Auckland Town Hall today. Graduates from OPAIC, Future Skills Academy, Otago...

18 August, 2023

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Graduate performs at FIFA opening

An OPAIC graduate had the experience of a lifetime dancing in the opening ceremony of the FIFA Women’s World Cup last week. Angela Louise (Angel) Arevalo stud...

27 July, 2023

Management student bound for Harvard

Applied Management student Karl Ipong has just been accepted into the Sustainable Business Strategy program at Harvard Business School. Karl is completing the f...

17 July, 2023

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