MIT closes Warkworth campus

MIT & Unitec executive director Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga. The Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) will close its Warkworth campus at the end of this year, marking the end of an era for a site that has been a hub of maritime education for 36 years. Located on Glenmore Drive, the campus, formerly known as the Mahurangi Technical Institute, has trained generations of seafarers since 1989. MIT took over operations in 2012 and has since run a range of maritime programmes including superyacht and international training, standards of training certification and watchkeeping (STCW) short courses, and...