News - August 2018

Winner of EIT Business Award Feels Validated
August 27, 2018

Knowing that “we’re doing things right” has been a huge boost for Brett Mead and the team at First Chiropractic Hastings after a win in the city’s celebration awards last week. Brett and...

EIT Vit Grads Battle it Out
August 22, 2018

Two EIT graduates are due to battle it out on Monday in the prestigious Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year competiton. Jonathan Hunt, who gained his Graduate Diploma in Viticulture in 2015,...

Climbing The Orchard Ladder
August 21, 2018

Recently promoted to assistant manager on a Puketapu orchard, 32-year-old Ryan May is finding the apple-growing industry a great choice of career. “They’re screaming out for workers,” he...

Artist Explores Trauma Inflicted By War
August 14, 2018

Depicting combatant trauma began as a personal journey for artist Gilly Marshall, the granddaughter of the last New Zealand World War 1 veteran “still standing”.  Studying at EIT, Gilly...

Ink Splatters Inspire Student’s Art
August 14, 2018

A creative practice student at EIT, Taylor Donoghue uses ink splatters as the starting point for drawings that featured recently in a level 6 degree students’ exhibition at...

EIT Enrolments Continue To Surge
August 14, 2018

EIT continues to perform strongly in attracting students, recording a solid growth in overall enrolments and its highest-ever number of international students.  Chief executive Chris Collins...

EIT Toasts Successful Wine Graduates
August 6, 2018

EIT Bachelor of Wine Science graduates were awarded first and second placings in the recent North Island Young Winemaker of the year competition. The winner of the Tonnellerie de...