News - November 2018

Dream job for engineering student
November 20, 2018

Many young boys dream about building big buildings and bridges and Dylan Lardelli, 18, is about to turn that dream into reality after completing the Level 3 mechanical engineering programme at...

IDEAschool Arts Festival a first at EIT
November 20, 2018

In a first, all disciplines of IDEAschool at EIT will be combining to showcase the work of their graduating students in an Arts Festival at the end of the month. Previously, graduates of...

EIT student one day, carpentry apprentice the next
November 19, 2018

Tipene Douglas finished his EIT carpentry programme on a Wednesday. Thursday he started his apprenticeship with a prominent Hawke’s Bay building company.  Quite an achievement for a young...

Mohaka school students take a starring role
November 16, 2018

Te Kura O Mohaka students took the lead in an EIT North Pole news broadcast last week. (Thursday 8 November). The 18 Year 4 to 8 students travelled to the Hawke’s Bay campus to view videos...

New Poutuara weaving Mātauranga Māori through EIT
November 15, 2018

Michelle Lee feels that the strands of her diverse career are bound together in Mātauranga Māori and this is what she brings to her new role at EIT. As inaugural Poutuara (assistant head of...

EIT cooking students end studies on a 10-course high
November 14, 2018

Twenty chefs, 10 courses for 450 paying guests over seven nights. It’s the culmination of a year’s work and it’s the icing on the cake. For this week and next, the degustation dinners...

Entrepreneurs alive and thriving at EIT
November 14, 2018

The Hawke’s Bay economy is changing and EIT is adapting to meet the era of the entrepreneur. “Over the past decade there has been a massive global shift to entrepreneurial ecosystems,”...

Good food all in the family
November 8, 2018

Food and Beverage student Shakara Huta could well be the first third generational student at EIT, where she has followed the footsteps of her grandmother Christine Huta into EIT’s School of...