Local Sailor a Finalist in National Awards
November 30, 2015
Winning a finals slot in New Zealand’s Attitude Awards is floating Hastings sailor Otis Horne’s boat. Born with spina bifida, the 19-year-old is one of three finalists in the Courage in...
Individuality Flourishes in Student Fashion Design
November 30, 2015
Hawke’s Bay’s emerging fashion talents basked in the limelight this week, wowing a capacity crowd at EIT’s annual showcase of student design. Staged in EIT’s Trades Building, fashion...
Top Hawke’s Bay Cyclist Moving for Dream Job
November 25, 2015
Nearing the end of degree studies at EIT, Hannah van Kampen has already scored a job that underpins her road cycling ambitions. Para Cycling New Zealand has assigned Hannah to work with...
Blended learning in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Social Work)
November 23, 2015
In 2011, the Bachelor of Social Science (Social Work) ‘went blended’. Precipitated by the merger of EIT’s two campuses, going blended meant that the teaching of the BASS degree, like several...
Film Student Wins Pania Award
November 23, 2015
International student Jiangyan Chen has joined a select group of cinematic achievers honoured with a Pania statuette. The 27-year-old from China was presented with the coveted Pania trophy...
Award Winner Explores Conceptual Art
November 16, 2015
Winner of this year’s prestigious David Fine scholarship, Rebecca Frances Lees is enjoying developing a conceptual art practice at EIT’s ideaschool. “In the past, I’ve been far more...
Students Master Fine Dining Skills
November 11, 2015
EIT’s hospitality students and tutors have evolved a class exercise into a très grand 10-course dinner that goes down a treat with gourmet diners and is a highlight on the F.A.W.C. menu of...
EIT Hosts National Sports Research Event
November 11, 2015
EIT recently staged New Zealand’s second ITP Sports Research Symposium as a platform for researchers based at institutes of technology and polytechnics nationwide. Head of EIT’s School...
Design for Behaviour Change: Restoring the Ōtātara Log Cabin
November 9, 2015
Mazin Bahho is currently restoring the old log cabin on the hill above the EIT Hawke’s Bay campus, which was once part of the Ōtātara Art Centre, the historic home of EIT’s ideaschool. He...
Students Assist Vanuatu’s Cyclone Recovery
November 9, 2015
EIT students who helped rebuild cyclone-lashed medical centres in Vanuatu have returned to Hawke’s Bay with improved trades skills and a greater appreciation of the comforts of...