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Engineering for Educators 2024
Thursday March 21st, 2024, hosted by NZAero, 333 Airport Road, Rukuhia. WECA Members and Waikato Educators welcome! RSVPs essential. More details below.
WECA Chair Report 2023
2023 has proved another challenging year for industry. Business confidence has been a tale of highs and lows as businesses faced uncertain times with rising costs often coupled with reduced demand. While we are seeing record immigration levels and a softening of the unemployment levels across the nation, we...
Vulcan Steel Tour & 2023 AGM
WECA AGM Notice 2023 Thursday 14th December 3.30pm - 5pm Hosted by Vulcan 1 Barnett Place, Te Rapa Park Please join us for tour of Vulcan, our AGM, drinks, nibbles and a great catch up before the end of the year! RSVP to [email protected] Hear a summary of the year's activities, plans for 2024 and vote in the new...
Waikato Engineering Education Fund builds capacity
Hanga-Aro-Rau Chief Executive Phil Alexander-Crawford, WECA General Manager Mary Jensen and Hanga-Aro-Rau's Hagen Tautari at the WECA 20th Anniversary at The Pā at The University of Waikato. Creating a long-term local solution to the growing skills shortage in the engineering sector is the aim of a new philanthropic...
Aircraft enthusiasts see Waikato Aviation Sector soar
NZSkydive (NZS) – WECA’s newest member – recently delivered the first of two 750XL aircraft to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). The only utility aircraft manufacturing company in the Southern Hemisphere, NZS was established in April 2021 with this privately owned company purchasing the business assets of...
Bumper Engineering in Action Day 2023
Thank you to the WECA Employers who opened their doors to the Engineers of the Future, and their teachers, for Engineering in Action 2023 on Tuesday May 16th. As the first EIA since 2021, we were aiming to attract a good number of students and we did it! We had 240 young people taking part. EIA23 is a great...