News - December 2013

EIT upgrades well received
December 7, 2013

Campus Connect is enlivening the heart of EIT’s Hawke’s Bay as students, staff and campus visitors flock to the central meeting point to socialise, eat and study. The project’s first...

Helping educate under -25 tertiary students
December 7, 2013

EIT is spearheading research aimed at enhancing the teaching of younger tertiary-level students nationwide. EIT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Wintec and Waiaraki...

EIT launches new Master of Health Science Degree
December 6, 2013

EIT launches its Master of Health Science as a new postgraduate degree next year. Delivered online, the degree requires 18 months of fulltime study or three years part time. Courses will...

Music Studies Finish on A High Note
December 5, 2013

In a final, polished performance staged at Shed 2, EIT music students showcased skills they have fine-tuned over the past year. While tutors were there assessing the students on their...

Tourism and travel studies lead to great job
December 5, 2013

Loving her job at Hawke’s Bay Tourism, Jenna Mabey says she definitely made the right choice in studying EIT’s Diploma in Tourism and Travel. Jenna achieved good grades in tourism and...

Award-winning educator to teach te reo online
December 5, 2013

Ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te awa, ko Horouta te waka, ko Rongohaere te marae, ko Te Whānau a Rakairoa, ko Hinerupe ngāhapū, ko Ngāti Porou te iwi. The “matriarch of Te Manga...

20 Years and counting
December 4, 2013

In its 20 years, Toihoukura has firmly established itself as New Zealand’s leading Māori Visual Arts School. The Gisborne-based school, which is part of EIT Tairāwhiti, continues to...

New Master of Health Science starts in 2014
December 4, 2013

From February EIT is offering a new Master of Health Science as a new postgraduate degree. Delivered online, the degree requires 18 months of full-time study or three years part...

Industry support key to success
December 2, 2013

Engineering apprentice James Akroyd ticks all the boxes for his employer Phil Matthews.The co-owner of Universal Engineering says EIT Tairäwhiti graduate James is both mechanically minded and...

Success thanks to family and tutor support
December 2, 2013

Erina Mako-Kingi is continuing a family tradition as she pursues  a career in the hospitality industry. Erina and her five siblings are all following in the footsteps of their mother - a...