News - July 2017

EIT Students to Spend Semester Overseas
July 26, 2017

EIT continues to grow its international student exchange programme, with two students heading to Germany next month. EIT has partnerships with 45 educational institutions throughout the...

Students Hope For Pot Luck in Cooking Competition
July 25, 2017

Three EIT students aim to be the hottest team at this week’s Nestle Toque d’Or – a competition staged for New Zealand’s very best hospitality students.   Trainee chefs Courtney...

Sport HB-EIT Sports Scholar – Laura Langley
July 24, 2017

After a year working in a supermarket, I decided to enrol at EIT to study the Diploma in Therapeutic and Sport Massage. This is my first year of tertiary study.  I chose to study massage because...

Stellar Winemakers Join EIT’S Teaching Team
July 24, 2017

Two well-known and highly regarded winemakers have bolstered EIT’s School of Viticulture and Wine Science, joining a strong team of educators as wine science lecturers.  Dr David Bloomfield,...

Head of School Retires
July 24, 2017

Diane Marshall recently retired after 11-plus years as head of EIT’s School of Viticulture and Wine Science, rounding off a career in education that spanned more than 41 years. Chief executive...

Supporting EIT’s Pasifika Students
July 12, 2017

EIT has a dedicated support team to help Pasifika students succeed in tertiary education.  The role of Pacific student support coordinator Mary Suni Robertson is to support all Pasifika on...

Reach of MPTT Scheme Widens
July 12, 2017

Pasifika are being offered more opportunities than ever to study EIT programmes that can be stepping stones to jobs and apprenticeships in local industries. As of June this year, 24 of the 159...

Longo Loves Learning
July 12, 2017

Studying the Certificate in Bakery at EIT, Longo Reo Te Kooro tracks his Samoan descent through his father, who moved to New Zealand in his teens. Longo’s Samoan family are from Apia and...

Winning Designer Inspired By Maori Heritage
July 4, 2017

Napier-based designer Misty Ratima is to showcase a collection of her garments at New Zealand Fashion week after being named the supreme winner of the indigenous Māori design competition...

Sports Scholar – Sara Deam
July 4, 2017

My name is Sara Deam and I am in the final stages of my Bachelor of Recreation and Sport and New Zealand Diploma in Business studies.  I have decided that once I finish at EIT I will start my...