Congratulations to the following 2013 Graduation Award recipients: Pask Winery Award for Academic Excellence in the Bachelors of Wine Science and Viticulture is awarded to Tom Lovelock The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Award for...Read more
For Egyptian-born Essam Girgis, studying English language at EIT was also the means for meeting and socialising with others making a life in a new country.Essam’s English was pretty average when he and his family moved to Napier in 2004...Read more
A gracefully aging old girl from NZ film and TV history “Dolly” is joining the ranks at Screen Production. She will be in for a bit of nip and tuck courtesy of technicians Alan Nielson and Jonathan Rodgers. Painted greeny gray she looks to be...Read more
Melanie Lardelli-Muir has dreamed of being part of the world of fashion since she was 10 years old. She remembers clearly sitting on the floor and watching the rhythmic back and forth of her mother’s foot on the old Singer sewing machine’s...Read more
Life for multi-media artist Elizabeth Kerekere is very much a planned affair. The 47-year-old Maori visual art graduate from EIT Tairawhiti’s Toihoukura lives and breathes the three key themes that appear in her work . . . and they flow...Read more
EIT’s ideaschool is reaching out to creative spirits in the community with an offering of short courses to run during the second semester. The night classes and weekend workshops provide an opportunity for learning basic-level creative skills in...Read more
The future is looking bright for EIT Tairawhiti engineering graduate Aiden Ria. That’s the call from Pultron Composites engineering services manager Brad Kopua who now has the 19-year-old as part of his team as he completes his engineering...Read more
EIT Tairawhiti graduates Gayleen Walker and Joedine Birch hope their oral history research project will become a valuable tool for the region in years to come. At the moment, thanks to an EIT research grant, they are working to put the information...Read more
EIT Tairawhiti Bachelor of Nursing graduate Liz Mackenzie didn’t have to look far for inspiration. The 2013 valedictorian says her husband Bryce and sons Damon and Thomas were what drove her to become a fully qualified nurse, and to receive the...Read more
Former children from St Hilda’s and Abbotsford Homes will be special guests at the weekend’s (Saturday, 4 May) opening of an exhibition at the Central Hawke’s Bay Settlers Museum in Waipawa. The exhibition St Hilda’s and Abbotsford: Our...Read more