News - December 2014

History of the Ōtātara Arts Centre
December 8, 2014

Linda Bruce is a tutor at ideaschool and has been associated with the institute’s arts community since she was a student in the early 1990s. Because of this she is well placed to undertake...

Orcharding A Sweet Career
December 2, 2014

Managing a large apple orchard and studying horticulture is half a world away from Steven Hartley’s previous career path but, coming from the investment banking world, he can’t think of a...

Pacific Origins Inspire Student Art
December 1, 2014

Thirty senior secondary students explored their Pacific heritage in art over the term break, carving coconut shell, collaborating on a mural and writing and recording an original piece of...

EIT Welcomes New Head of Nursing
December 1, 2014

EIT’s new Head of School Nursing, Associate Professor Thomas Harding equates his role to that of a kaitiaki – a caretaker co-creating a nurturing environment where inclusive and collaborative...

Art Students Push Their Boundaries
December 1, 2014

Eclectic is the word for the end-of-year exhibition of studio work by final-year visual arts and design degree students at EIT’s ideaschool. Art produced by 33 students and showcased in...

EIT Show A Fashion Sensation
December 1, 2014

  EIT students wowed a capacity crowd with their kaleidoscopic garment designs in what has been billed as Hawke’s Bay’s “major fashion event of the year”. Staged in EIT’s Trades...