News - March 2017

Double Bubbles for Wine Business Graduates
March 29, 2017

A month after their wedding in India, Kavya Vunnam and Bharath Gadiparthi are about to toast another landmark in their lives together – graduating with EIT’s Graduate Diploma in Wine...

New Research Professor at EIT
March 21, 2017

Widely acclaimed for his achievements in promoting Māori health, David Tipene-Leach is EIT’s newly appointed Professor of Māori and Indigenous Research. “Moving out of clinical practice...

The Trades Academy Force Awakens
March 21, 2017

While Star Wars’ legends C_3PO and R2-D2 may not be quaking in their metal boots, Hawke’s Bay Schools Trades Academy students are designing and building ‘robots’ that are smart enough to...

Graduate Teacher a Homing Pigeon
March 21, 2017

As it’s turned out, EIT graduate Brook Forman’s first teaching job is at his former school, Porritt Primary School in Napier. Graduating this week, Brook undertook practicums elsewhere in...

Graduate Chef Savours Hawke’s Bay Lifestyle
March 21, 2017

A successful jeans designer in Tokyo, Masanori Takahashi spoke little English when he and his family moved to Hawke’s Bay for a better way of life. The next three years were challenging, with...

Graduate Embraces Maori World View
March 21, 2017

Growing up in a rural Māori setting, Te Whetu Marama Henare-Winitana felt she had stepped into a black hole when, as a pre-teenager, she moved to Hawke’s Bay. Now the EIT Bachelor of Arts...

Freshly Minted Graduates to Shine
March 21, 2017

Newly capped EIT graduates celebrate their success in Napier on 30-31 March, parading through city streets cheered on by family, friends and well-wishers who have supported them on their learning...

Scholarship Winner Aspires to Special Needs Teaching
March 17, 2017

Margaret Hetley Scholarship winner Jasmine James has a very particular reason for wanting to pursue a career in special education. The scholarship, which is awarded annually and helps offset an...