World class paddler gives back
June 24, 2013
Life for EIT Tairāwhiti student liaison administrator Kiwi Campbell is all about giving back. And the waka ama world champ recently took a slice of her world back to her roots. Ms Campbell,...
EIT Tairawhiti’s new Hub
June 24, 2013
The new Hub is well and truly living up to its name. Opened earlier this year, the heart of the EIT Tairāwhiti campus has become a popular spot for students, lecturers and the wider community,...
EIT Tairāwhiti – Graduation 2013
June 24, 2013
It was standing room only as hundreds packed into the Farmers Air Showgrounds Event Centre for the 2013 EIT Tairāwhiti graduation ceremony. Students, whanau and supporters – some of whom had...
Graduate Research
June 24, 2013
Joedine Birch and Gayleen Walker, Bachelor of Arts (Maori) 2013 GraduatesEIT Tairāwhiti graduates Gayleen Walker and Joedine Birch hope their oral history research project will become a valuable...
Alicia Burrows is not your usual kind of logging truck driver
June 24, 2013
The 31-year-old mother of one is the first to admit it’s not an easy job, but she loves it. No stranger to tertiary education, Burrows also has a hairdressing qualification and business...
Enthusiasm abounds from Friday Crew
June 24, 2013
There was more pressure than usual for the EIT Tairāwhiti Trades Academy catering students on Friday. The 26 youngsters, from schools all over the district, had to cater for around 100 fellow...
EIT Year 13 Degree Study Grant
June 24, 2013
It’s not just Tihirua Putaka who is benefiting from his EIT Tairāwhiti Year 13 Scholarship. “It’s helped me and my whanau a whole lot,” says the 19-year-old Toihoukura arts degree...
Big community effort from Wairoa students
June 24, 2013
EIT Tairāwhiti’s Wairoa horticulture students have been digging deep to help the community. The eight-strong level three crew dug and prepared 1200 holes for a community-driven plant up,...
Making good for the community
June 24, 2013
There’s nothing like hands-on experience to give students a real boost. That’s the take of EIT Tairāwhiti carpentry lecturer Roger Davies who has had the level 2 carpentry students out...
Taster courses perfect for would-be students
June 24, 2013
Sue Matthews has lived, worked and travelled in some of the world’s most exotic spots... but she’s always drawn back to Gisborne. The Brit turned Kiwi has a long association with EIT...