Graduates celebrate with traditional town walk

The newest cohort of NMIT graduates have taken centre stage, celebrating their achievements in traditional style.

Sixty Blenheim campus graduates marked their special day last Tuesday.

Learners and staff celebrated their graduation at the Marlborough Events Centre, before being led by the Blenheim and Districts Pipe Band through central Blenheim.

One of those graduating is Jamie Howe; a Bachelor of Viticulture and Winemaking graduate who spoke at the ceremony.

Jamie originally moved to Blenheim to work on a harvest, and decided  to stay.

“I moved here from Wellington in February 2021 for what was supposed to be two months but loved the place and wanted to be able to learn here hands-on in a real home of the wine industry.

“The biggest lesson that I wanted to share that NMIT has taught me is that you should never stop learning because there’s always more to learn.

“I have felt so welcomed and supported because everyone at NMIT wants you to succeed, and I’ve just loved my time learning here.”

NMIT Managing Director Olivia Hall says that she has loved seeing the interest in studying across the top of the South Island with more graduates than ever before.

“It’s our biggest group of graduates ever which is always exciting…I’d like to congratulate all of our graduating learners, because their hard work and resilience over their courses have earned them their day of celebration and their future successes”.