News - November 2012

Curating A Self-Help Cure
November 28, 2012

  Artist Darryl Grant is drawing on skills acquired while studying at EIT to curate an exhibition opening at Pernel Fruitworld in Hastings. The Taradale resident continues his...

Adoptees’ Help Sought By Researcher
November 28, 2012

EIT lecturer in social sciences Naomi Hesseling is looking for adult adoptees to help with her research into open adoption in New Zealand. Undertaking a qualitative research project to complete...

EIT Toasts Top Achievers
November 22, 2012

EIT is toasting winemaker Nick Picone and distance wine science student Braden Crosby for scoring top national and international accolades in recent weeks. Nick, who is EIT-trained and...

Toi Ora – Toihoukura
November 22, 2012

Toihoukura: School of Contemporary Maori Visual Arts is entering its 20th year of operations. What started as a one year Maori arts and crafts programme has grown into a Diploma and a Bachelors -...

Percy Hohipa is farewelled by Dr Susan Jacobs, Dean of EIT’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
Maori Elders Celebrated For Service to EIT
November 21, 2012

EIT recently celebrated the contribution of kuia ‘Nan’ Makere and kaumatua Percy Hohipa, who are retiring after many years supporting the Hawke’s Bay tertiary educator and its...

Minister calls for more students to study computing
November 20, 2012

Tertiary Education Minster Steven Joyce, is calling for more students to study computing. And at EIT we offer a range of IT courses ranging from Certificate to degree to Post Graduate. And...

EIT Fashion Show a Runway Success
November 15, 2012

EIT fashion students and their models sashayed down the runway, showcasing a stunning selection of designs at a spectacular event staged at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House last night. (Wednesday, 14...

Award for Architects
November 12, 2012

Paris Magdalinos Architects continues to notch up accolades in the Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay regional architecture awards, this time for the redevelopment project of the Faculty of Te Manga Maori at...

Architectural Quality Defies Economic Circumstances
November 12, 2012

The year’s top architectural projects on the east coast of the North Island were acknowledged in a function in Napier last night. Five buildings, including a church in Gisborne, a new...