EIT Gets a Great Scorecard
April 4, 2011
EIT Hawke’s Bay scores well in an independent external evaluation of its education provision. ITP Quality, delegated by NZQA to undertake quality assessments in the ITP (Institutes of...
Whanganui Graduate Puts Himself in The Picture
April 4, 2011
From an early age EIT graduate Ryan Beaven knew he wanted to work in the film industry. “As my mother says, I’ve always been good at pressing buttons,” the 18-year old from Whanganui...
EIT Helps Build Bullied Student’s Self-Belief
April 4, 2011
EIT graduate and class valedictorian Helen Burnett fizzes with enthusiasm about her ICT support job at Heretaunga Intermediate School in Hastings. “I love working here,” she enthuses...
Nursing Graduate Savours Wairoa Lifestyle
April 4, 2011
Chelsea Pearse is having a busy time after moving to Wairoa late last year. The 22-year-old and her partner, Waihua Valley Road farmer Luke Swann, welcomed baby Jack into the world on Boxing...
Māori Graduate Celebrates “Journey of Reclamation”
April 4, 2011
At high school, Hastings arborist Justin Jacobs wasn’t bothered about turning up for classes and he was asked to leave in his sixth form year. “I went off the rails as a teenager and got...
Graduate Nurse Spreads Her Wings
April 4, 2011
EIT graduate Jenny Easton is always going to be a Hawke’s Bay girl at heart, but she’s loving her first nursing job in Timaru. Jenny grew up on family farms in OngaOnga and Otane and, after...
Graduation A Big Leap on “Ever-Changing Journey
April 4, 2011
After leaving school, EIT graduate Rebecca Merrylees enjoyed a variety of jobs – most of them in the high-flying corporate world. She’s been an administrator, a PA, a secretary and a...
EIT Graduate on The Ball
April 4, 2011
Recently turned 20, Dan Ball is celebrating graduating from EIT with a Bachelor of Recreation and Sport while classmates from school are just launching into their third year of tertiary...
Winemakers’ Graduation a Double Family Act
April 4, 2011
For Richard and Graeme Bott, it’s going to be “like father, like son” at the Eastern Institute of Technology’s graduation. Richard Bott is to be capped with a Graduate Diploma in...
Artist Endures To Complete Degree
April 4, 2011
A battler who endured multiple heart surgeries while working towards his Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design, Dan Dowd has good reason for feeling particularly proud when he’s conferred...