News - June 2012

A word from our Campus Director
June 20, 2012

The year is racing away on us. We’ve just celebrated one of the big highlights on our calendar though, with the 2012 EIT Tairawhiti Graduation. It’s a celebration on so many levels – for...

Real wine making experience, invaluable!
June 20, 2012

A practical “Full Vintage Experience” in the Certificate in Grape Growing and Wine Making (Level 4), is a unique learning experience in New Zealand.Over the years former tutors and graduating...

EIT mobilising for more research projects
June 20, 2012

Dr Phil Bretherton is to harness EIT’s pool of talent in leading funded research and consultancy projects for public and private sector organisations in the region. Based in EIT’s School of...

Apprenticeship an entrée to culinary career
June 20, 2012

Harata Neera’s Friday night job washing dishes has springboarded her into a cookery apprenticeship at Pacifica, one of Hawke’s Bay’s most highly-rated restaurants. From Bay View, Harata...

Landscape gardener relishes her new career
June 20, 2012

A mid-life crisis sparked a rethink for Maree Langford, launching her into study at EIT as a stepping stone to a new career as a landscape gardener. For the previous 10 years, the mother-of-two...

From Hiphop at the Cabana to the Boss at Hyde Park
June 13, 2012

Next Wednesday EIT Learning facilitator Ron Kessels will be mixing sound for students in the new Contemporary Music Performance programme at their second public performance at The Cabana in...