Awards

Anika Whalley lives in Hamilton with her husband and two children. She is the David Wylie award winner from Te Pūkenga Open Polytechnic 2022 student cohort. She talks about her studies and her desire for a career in the information management sector. I previously studied Applied Science at AUT and then became a stay-at-home mum. […]

I have just completed the New Zealand Diploma in Library and Information Studies (Level 5) with Te Pūkenga Open Polytechnic. It delved into the theory of information, Te Ao Māori in the information environment, cataloguing and collection management principles, digital literacy, the digital divide, and many other areas of information and library practice. Although theory-based,