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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

Researching indigenous communities and data challenges

Information Technology HOD Farhad Mehdipour is part of a team working on a new research project focused on the challenges indigenous communities face when it co...

18 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

Success Story: Jiawei (Vivi) Wang

Jiawei (Vivi) Wang has embraced OPAIC’s sustainability practices during her time at the campus. Vivi has been interning at our Green Office Toitū. The office...

7 July, 2023

Success Story: Diogo Lara

Graduate Diogo Lara is enjoying his job working as Marketing Manager for a rapidly growing Kiwi company and is grateful for the hands-on education he received h...

6 July, 2023

English skills on show

Our New Zealand Certificate in English Language students had the opportunity to showcase their research and presentation skills at our first NZCEL Research Symp...

26 June, 2023

Merit award for OPAIC researcher

A Principal Lecturer has had his research around spirituality and service management recognised at an international conference. OPAIC Applied Management Princip...

26 June, 2023

Connecting with our agents

We hosted a number of East Asian agents at our Agent Connect event on campus yesterday. The workshop aimed to strengthen our collaboration with our agents and p...

23 June, 2023

Staying safe in the surf with AI

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...

17 May, 2023

HR coffee connections

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...

12 May, 2023

Meeting our newest arrivals

We’re welcoming another intake of students to Auckland City and Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus this week. We’ve held our Orientation events...

21 April, 2023

Introducing Student Representative Paolo Duran

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...

17 April, 2023

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...

14 March, 2023

IT collaborations planned with Japan

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...

14 March, 2023

Success Story: Chengyun (Evan) Wang

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...

14 March, 2023

Success Story: Mohammad Deljoo

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...

6 March, 2023

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Studying to achieve management dreams

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...

14 February, 2023

Success Story: Chun (Simon) Song

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...

13 February, 2023

Welcoming a new intake

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...

7 February, 2023

Success Story: Lloyd Anthony Aro

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....

16 December, 2022

Sustainability projects showcased

We celebrated sustainable innovation at our inaugural Smart Aotearoa Sustainable Development Awards last night. The event was organised by a group of people fro...

30 November, 2022

City Rail Link visit for students

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...

23 November, 2022

Industry insights shared

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...

18 November, 2022

Head of Department speaks at University

Our Head of Department for Information Technology gave a well-received presentation at Massey University recently. Massey’s Construction Department invited Dr...

8 November, 2022

Success Story: Rajesh Bilur

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...

7 November, 2022

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...

31 October, 2022

Success Story: Giang (Daniel) Tran

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...

28 October, 2022

Construction graduate finds his path

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...

26 October, 2022

Celebrating our newest graduates

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....

18 October, 2022

Settling into New Zealand life

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...

14 October, 2022

Student Story: Erica Novianti

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...

10 October, 2022

Success Story: Hetaswi Patel

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...

7 October, 2022

Welcoming a diverse cohort

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...

5 October, 2022

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,...

20 September, 2022

Student Story: Kazuhisa Kondo

Japanese Information Technology student Kazuhisa Kondo is excelling in his progamme and helping others to succeed. Kazuhisa has received four Excellent Scholar...

20 September, 2022

Student Testimonial: Nimisha Prajapati

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...

5 September, 2022

Industry experts share experience with students

Our Construction students have benefitted from a number of industry guest speakers over the past month. Last week students enjoyed an insightful and interactive...

30 August, 2022

Nurturing links with industry

OPAIC Employability Manager, Dani Mao, visited our industry partner City Forex recently and was impressed with the support they’re providing to our internship...

18 August, 2022

Student Testimonial: Kashmira Vikas More

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...

15 August, 2022

Success Story: Guillaume Mallet

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...

9 August, 2022

Success Story: Yashraj Chhabra

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...

2 August, 2022

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...

23 May, 2022

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