News - August 2014

Visitors from Weta and Italy this week
August 20, 2014

It’s been a busy week at EIT with plenty of comings and goings. The Science Fair was held with both intermediate and high school students competing.  It’s always great to see excited young...

Students Share A Passion For Wine
August 20, 2014

Italian and New Zealand Bragato scholarship winners Christopher Bonifacio and Ben Tombs found plenty of common ground when they recently met in Hawke’s Bay. On a month-long tour of New...

EIT Team Scores Medals in Top Culinary Competition
August 19, 2014

A team of EIT hospitality students has won a cache of medals in the Nestlé Toque d’Or competition in Auckland. Front of house student Ashleigh Butler scored a silver medal and culinary...

Student Shortlisted For National Art Awards
August 19, 2014

EIT ideaschool visual arts and design student Tara Cooney has been shortlisted in the Wallace Arts Trust Awards – New Zealand’s most prestigious awards for contemporary art. Tara has been...

EIT Raises The Scholarship Bar
August 18, 2014

EIT’s Year 13 degree scholarship, offering students a year’s free tuition fees, is to be awarded on individual merit.The popular scholarship provides a fees-free first year for successful...

Students Prepare for Competition
August 18, 2014

EIT hospitality students are sharpening their knives as they prepare to do battle in a live kitchen and restaurant cook-off in Auckland next week. Culinary students Kayla Hughes and Sabrina...

Post by SHB-EIT Sport Scholar – Hannah van Kampen
August 18, 2014

Hey team.Since my last post, I have ended the season, had a break and am now back into training – so lots to catch up on.I will start from the end of the season, back in April, with the Easter...