News - June 2020

Top horticulture student made bold career change
June 15, 2020

Change can be tough and scary. Sunethra Mahawatta can tell you a thing or two about it. The 40-year-old EIT student has lived in three different continents. But even more remarkable are the...

Free Art and Design Workshop at EIT Tairāwhiti
June 12, 2020

Get creative these school holidays! Plan, cast and direct a short “stop motion film” using iPad and iMac with our Art & Design lecturer Sarah Blair. This workshop is for Year 11/12/13...

“I want to open my own restaurant”
June 11, 2020

Four years ago, Tasio Simo and his wife Christina moved from Samoa to New Zealand. The couple has seven children, the oldest son is 16 years old and stayed behind in Samoa while the two youngest...

COVID-19 Student Update 9 June 2020
June 9, 2020

Kia ora koutou Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that Aotearoa/New Zealand will move to Alert Level 1 from Tuesday 9 June. In line with the Government advice, EIT students and staff...

From study to work after career change
June 9, 2020

Support into employment worked much better than expected for EIT Tairāwhiti business student Louise Burns. As she neared completion of her New Zealand Diploma in Business last year, she was...

The road to success has not been easy. 
June 8, 2020

Studying alongside working is hard but so worthwhile says EIT Tairāwhiti agribusiness student Adrian Allen.  Employed by Whangara Farms, just north of Gisborne, Adrian has had a long...

Living the Dream
June 5, 2020

Working with people is a passion for EIT Tairāwhiti social work student Dylan Williams.  He says he is lucky - he is already partly living his dream, working with teenage rangatahi as...