News - January 2012

Computer summer programme for degree students
January 23, 2012

If Moodle, Google docs and Wikis sound troublesome, then rest easy, help is at hand. EIT Tairawhiti are piloting a summer orientation programme to help degree students start the school year...

Merger process continues for EIT
January 23, 2012

EIT’s groundbreaking merger with Tairäwhiti Polytechnic continues to attract keen interest from Government and the wider education sector. The two institutes officially merged on 1 January...

Associate Professorship to EIT
January 23, 2012

Steve Gibbs Associate Professorship to EIT Tairawhiti stalwarts Derek Lardelli and Steve Gibbs have been awarded new academic positions in a significant new step that recognises EIT’s...

Fashion forward students strut their stuff
January 18, 2012

EIT fashion students showed what they were made of modelling their garments at their end-of-year event Address held at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House Plaza. The evening showcased the design...

New associate professors for EIT
January 18, 2012

  [nggallery id=16] Six associate professors have been appointed in a significant new step that recognises EIT’s growing academic strength as a tertiary educator. “While we have...

Merger process continues for EIT
January 18, 2012

EIT’s groundbreaking merger with Tairäwhiti Polytechnic continues to attract keen interest from Government and the wider education sector. The two institutes officially merged on 1...

Huge response for Trades Academy
January 18, 2012

 Strong demand means a further 50 places will be offered when the Hawke’s Bay and Tairäwhiti Schools Trades Academy @ EIT launches its first programmes this year. The trades academy will...

EIT student awarded Mission Estate scholarship
January 18, 2012

Winning a Mission Estate Wine and Viticulture Scholarship will give EIT student Brenton O’Riley the opportunity to take part in important research comparing organic and conventional...

Excellence awards for EIT cadets
January 17, 2012

Three EIT cadets have won Skeltons Excellence Awards – Shane Flynn and Epere (Eps) Epere for horticulture and Conrad Kirk for viticulture. Farmlands Trading Society Limited’s horticulture...

EIT Study a First Step in Travel Career
January 17, 2012

In her early teens, Gemma-Lee Garbutt dreamed about owning a hotel.  Holidaying with her family, she imagined creating something different for guests when she stayed at hotels that operated in...