Our Students and Graduates
Toi Ohomai is home to an amazing community of students.
Come to campus and you'll hear our talented music students jamming, taste the delicious food served up by our hospitality students, get fit with our passionate sport and recreation students, and get the latest industry insights from our engineering team.
We're continually inspired by our students - read about some of their amazing journeys ...
Some of us know what we want to be from a young age. But many of us, like Maria O’Brien, discover our passions by living life, trying new things and opening ourselves up to adventure.
Born in Te Puke and raised in Tauranga, Maria enrolled…
Living in Gisborne, Georgia Paulson wasn’t going to let a commute to Rotorua every week stop her achieving her goal of gaining a Diploma in Forest Management.
The eight-hour round trips and Georgia’s tenacity paid off. Having graduated in…
Jacob Moser says he was a ‘middle achiever’ during his time at Tauranga Boys’ College, who has now set his sights on a high-paying engineering career.
The 19-year-old was selected as one of 20 Toi Ohomai Secondary School Achiever Award…
Collecting the top accounting prize in his final year at Rotorua Boys’ High School reinforced Reuben Barton’s decision to pursue a career based on his favourite subject.
He enrolled in the New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5),…
Surf life saving has played a big part in Leon Castle’s life, and now it’s helping to determine his future.
Advice from a club mate and the first aid course Leon completed as part of his surf life saving training both inspired him to start…
A few years ago, Sammy Spence had to decide which of the two sports she was excelling in – showjumping or rugby – she should focus her time and energy on.
The team camaraderie rugby offered won out over the individual nature of showjumping…
The impressive results Courtney Moir has racked up in surf life saving and underwater hockey helped her score one of twenty Toi Ohomai Secondary School Achiever Awards when she started the …
Tina Herlund has found the perfect way to combine her sporty background with her new passion for anatomy and teaching.
The 47-year-old powerlifting grandmother, who lives in Mangakino, enrolled in the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation this…
Nathan Morshead has spent a large part of his life in forests, hunting for deer and pigs. Now he’s learning to manage our region’s most valuable green leafed resources.
The 18-year-old former Rotorua Lakes High School prefect is working…
Matt Griffiths believes in working hard and grabbing hold of life’s opportunities.
That’s why, when he was given the chance to see what a career in wood manufacturing would look like, he jumped at it and enrolled for the STP course. Matt…