News - January 2012

Toi Moko
January 16, 2012

The repatriation of 20 toi moko from a Parisian museum later this month is far more than an exchange of historically significant pieces, according to one of the key men in the...

Hawke’s Bay-Based Goldie Painting Glows Again
January 11, 2012

EIT is the proud adoptive parent of a recently restored Goldie painting that will be among the treasures showcased when the upgraded Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum re-opens in early...

Staff Briefs
January 9, 2012

Noel Yahanpath  Jillian JohnstoneProgramme coordinator for EIT’s social science and education certificates, Jillian Johnstone was presented with the Chief Executive’s Award for...

Student winemaker strikes gold
January 9, 2012

Talented EIT student Jonathan Musther won top accolades in Hawke’s Bay A & P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards. As with all competition entries, wines in the student class were judged to...

Students harness best of the bay
January 9, 2012

EIT adopted red and white,the colours of Hawke’s Bay wines, as the theme for Food Art Wine 2011 – a celebration of student work over the past year. Held annually, the event is an...

Trades centre attracts architects’ award
January 9, 2012

EIT’s Trades and Technology Training Centre has won an award for its Hawke’s Bay designer, Paris Magdalinos Architects.  The building received a Public Architecture and Sustainable...

EIT backs region’s business awards
January 9, 2012

A new-look website carried EIT into the finals of the Xplore Online category of the Westpac Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.EIT also supported the annual event by sponsoring...

East meets west in art partnership
January 9, 2012

Art adopts a new direction in the East West exhibition,bringing together two regions and two tertiary art educators sharing the same latitude but on opposite sides of the North...

EIT works with Hawke’s Bay businesses
January 9, 2012

EIT research work is helping develop software that is boosting production efficiencies at one of Hawke’s Bay’s biggest employers. Senior computing lecturer John Jamieson has been...