2025 Whānau Evening
Monday 3 February 2025
, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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NMIT toasts success at the Marlborough Wine Show
phenomenal results for student winemakers at the renowned awards
Following the harvest
Jamie Howe plans to hop from one side of the world to the other as she chases a career in winemaking.
New Living Lab on NMIT campus brings together industry and learners
A new experimental facility in Blenheim will help growers adapt to the changing climate.
Recent graduates thank local industry
Two recent NMIT graduates pay tribute to their employers.
What makes an affordable tipple ‘award winning’?
Theresa Woessner is ecstatic to be a New World Wine Awards associate judge this year.
Third time is a charm
The Young Viticulturist of the Year competition displays a variety of skills.
Local wineries leave a sweet taste
Industry connections at Te Pūkenga NMIT ensure potential ākonga get a good taste for the job.
Award win a great start to a promising career
Growing up around grapes has confirmed career choice.
Staff and students get prime ministerial attention
Te Pūkenga | NMIT students and staff celebrated the opening of The New Zealand Wine Centre - Te Pokapū Wāina o Aotearoa.
Conferences are finally back on the cards
It’s been years, but we can finally enjoy live events once again.
A passion for winemaking
Stephanie Maddox studies wine-making and viticulture part-time whilst living in Central Otago.
Students join judging panel for national wine awards
NMIT viticulture students join a panel of experts to taste more than 1200 different wines.
Crushing it in the viticulture industry
Sampling all NMIT has to offer, one graduate is on ‘cloud wine’
Upskilling with NMIT: Team training from the ground up
NMIT offers partnerships with employers to help staff develop critical skills on-site.
Pruning trial collaboration underway
NMIT students involved in a trial to determine the best pruning technique for Sauvignon Blanc vines.
Turning off the water shoot
When it came to choosing a research project last year, Kristy looked towards pruning and the challenges carried with Covid-19
From builder to winemaker
The tragic end to Finns building career enabled him to pursue one of his oldest dreams, winemaking.
Student presents research finding at winery open day
How nervous would you be presenting your research to industry experts?
Award win tops off a complex journey for student winemaker
An award-winning wine created despite a lack of grapes, a heating malfunction and ravenous birds.
Sharing the secrets to regions winemaking success
150 years ago, a farmer’s desire to find an alternative crop to suit Marlborough’s soil and climate sowed the seed for New Zealand’s largest winemaking region.
Kiwi’s swarm to beekeeping
New training available for fast growing industry.
Wine Marlborough Scholarship
This year the Wine Marlborough scholarship went to two outstanding NMIT viticulture and wine-making students, Sarah Tibbs and Finn Horsfield.
Lockdown inspires student to follow passion for winemaking
NMIT student Tash Politakis found inspiration during lockdown to follow her passion for wine thanks to NMIT’s decision to run an unscheduled online viticulture and winemaking programme.
