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Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced New Zealand s 16 institutes of technology and polytechnics will now be brought together to operate as a single national campus network. First published in August 2019.
Half of New Zealand’s polytech bosses have quit since the 16 institutions were merged a year ago, and one former chief executive warns more resignations will follow. Ara Institute of Canterbury boss Tony Gray announced he was stepping down last week, making him the eighth polytech chief executive to leave their post since the formation of Te Pūkenga (formerly New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology) on April 1, 2020.
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“I had never really done any partner-dance before,” he said. “I found that I really enjoyed the energetic dance as well as the social part of it. “It was really fun to learn how to lead someone on the dance floor to ‘pre-trained’ steps and moves. It gives you a real kick, as well as something to talk about. “Plus, it s pretty cool when you can do twists and turns to a quick song!”
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Daniel Owen at his work station, where he is currently working on drawings for pontoons at Waiheke Island. Owen grew up in Sweden, after his Swedish mother returned there when he was three to attend to her dying father.
Murcia presented the two-day Simplified Figure workshop at the studio of Picton potter Sara Scott. During this workshop, Murcia taught students to break down the body into simple geometrical parts. This makes it easy to understand the volume of the different parts and the core structure of the figure, he said. Students learn proportions and anatomy just deep enough to read through the surface of the skin and get an understanding of the human figure. “What I do is difficult to find, not only in New Zealand, but in the world. You have to go to Paris, or Italy or Barcelona to find this kind of thing,” said Murcia.