Tahatū

Rolleston College Horoeka Haemata has been collaborating with the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to pilot Tahatū Career Navigator—a new interactive careers website. 

Choosing a direction in life can be a challenging time for rangatahi, and they may turn to you for guidance. You and your rangatahi can:

• get career ideas from the Inspire Me quiz

• be inspired by more than 800 career ideas, including kaupapa Māori careers.

We would ask that you please don’t share the Tahatū website address outside our Rolleston College community as we are in a pilot phase.

Thrive for Live at the University of Canterbury

Thrive for Life are offering free tickets for their Thrive at Uni talk aimed at year 12 and 13 learners that are planning on heading to UC.

Click on the image below to book your free ticket.

Given the limited number of tickets, registrations will close once all seats are filled and a waitlist will begin. There are only 50 seats left!

Students who book a ticket then change their mind or cannot attend MUST let organisers know with 48 hours' notice so their seat can be offered to a student on the waitlist.

Medical imaging webinar

Unitec is offering a webinar for students interested in health careers and particularly medical imaging.  This degree is also offered at Ara Institute here in Christchurch.

This webinar will provide insights into the Unitec Bachelor of Health Science (Medical Imaging) programme and what it takes to become a registered medical imaging technologist.

About the programme

The Bachelor of Health Science (Medical Imaging) at Unitec equips students with the clinical and theoretical knowledge to work as a medical imaging technologist, safely using radiation to obtain images for diagnostic purposes. It includes over 2000 hours of clinical placement in radiology departments across New Zealand, giving students valuable hands-on experience.

Key highlights

• Clinical placements across New Zealand, offering real-world learning opportunities.
• Internationally recognised qualification.
• Pathways for both New Zealand and overseas registration.
• Expert teaching staff with significant clinical experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in the health sciences to explore a rewarding career path in medical imaging.

Webinar details

1pm to 2pm on Saturday 9 November (celebrating World Radiography Day on Friday 8 November).

Register now.

Higgins Contractors experience day

On Friday 20 September, a group of learners spent the day at Higgins Contractors in Wigram learning all about traffic management and surveying. They were shown how to use a digger and surveying equipment. They also had a harnessing lesson and a go at dropping traffic cones from the side of a truck with the expert guidance and training from James, an ex-Rolleston College learner that has been smashing it in his role at Higgins over the last year. The day ended with a civil engineer setting a bridge building competition which became very controversial and competitive!