News - October 2016

Committed to Sustaining Māori Culture Through Art
October 12, 2016

Toihoukura lecturer Erena Koopu helps people explore their creative side. Committed to sustaining Māori culture through art, Erena Koopu found a happy home for her passion at...

Management for New Business Major
October 12, 2016

Businesses here are about to get an injection of expertise, thanks to a new major in the Bachelor of Business Studies degree offered at EIT Tairāwhiti. Until now the only business studies...

Refocusing Fashion for a Perfect Fit
October 12, 2016

  Launch of EIT’s new fashion diploma. New Zealand’s fashion industry has changed, and EIT Tairāwhiti fashion lecturer Sarah Blair has helped design a whole new programme that...

Achiever Proud of his Māori Identity
October 11, 2016

Double degree EIT graduate Rudolph Tuhura has always felt comfortable in his own skin. Of Ngāti Kahungunu descent from Te Wairoa, Rudolph remembers asking his mother what he was when...

Research Helping Respiratory Patients
October 11, 2016

An intervention programme initiated by clinical nurse specialist and EIT Master of Nursing student Sara Mason is significantly boosting health outcomes for the many people in Hawke’s Bay...

Romeo Bragato Exchange
October 11, 2016

A double degree student at EIT, Ben Richards is heading to Italy over his summer break as this year’s Romeo Bragato exchange scholar. The 21-yearold, who grew up on a dairy farm in Matamata,...

National Finalist
October 11, 2016

In the first intake of EIT’s Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) – Master of Professional Creative Practice, student Susan Mabin was accepted as a finalist in this year’s National Contemporary Art...

New Executive Dean
October 3, 2016

Describing herself as “an applied scientist by training and an educationalist at heart”, Professor Natalie (Nat) Waran is EIT’s new Executive Dean – Faculty of Education, Humanities...

Students Show Form at Fashion in a Field
October 3, 2016

                For the second successive year, EIT students upped the fashion stakes at Hawke’s Bay Racing’s Spring Carnival by...

EIT Stars Shine in Winegrowing Competition
October 3, 2016

EIT’s wine industry students and graduates have garnered top placings in recent national and regional events. School of Viticulture and Wine Science head Diane Marshall says EIT has a...