News - December 2019

Passionate about education and social work
December 20, 2019

A woman passionate about education and social work is behind the Bachelor of Social Work at EIT Tairāwhiti. Site coordinator of the programme that is now a four-year honours degree is Gisborne...

Power couple work hard for success
December 19, 2019

It was a full-on year for power couple Julie and Ben Fulton. Julie, an EIT travel & tourism graduate, manages the Filipino restaurant PAK at Westshore. Over the last months, she has turned...

Mental health practices in indigenous cultures
December 18, 2019

The exchange of practices and a look into how another relatable indigenous culture deals with mental health was behind a trip to Rarotonga by EIT Tairāwhiti mental health and addiction...

EIT establishes International College in China
December 17, 2019

EIT is excited to announce a new partnership with Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages (ZYU), located in Shao Xing City, Zhejiang Province, South East China. Recently the China...

2019 student numbers hit new records
December 16, 2019

This year, EIT has again broken the 2018 record of student numbers. The institute enrolled close to 10,700 students equating to approximately 5,000 EFTS (equivalent full-time students)...

New animal facilities ensure animal welfare
December 11, 2019

2019 has been an exciting year for the EIT’s Centre for Veterinary Nursing. The student numbers have risen so the veterinary nursing team decided to increase the number of resident animals. With...

EIT tutor Patrick Doohan sets out for China
December 4, 2019

EIT’s School of Trades is pleased to announce that engineering tutor Paddy Doohan received a 2020 Fellowship of the Winston Churchill China New Zealand Friendship Society.    In...

New nurses graduate
December 3, 2019

For the first time, all 24 EIT Tairāwhiti 2019 nursing graduands who applied to the Advanced Choice of Employment programme (ACE) have been offered jobs with Hauora Tairāwhiti or external...