Covid-19 – Update 29.11.21
2 days ago
New Zealand will move into the COVID-19 Protection Framework (Traffic Light System) at 11:59pm on Thursday 2 December. This means we will no longer be using the Alert Levels (1-4), but instead the...
Learning valuable outdoor adventure skills and having fun while they do it
3 days ago
EIT students Louis Grut and Henry Williams Peters are undergoing an intensive induction in outdoor adventure – skills that will prove valuable if they enter the adventure tourism and...
Return home sparks career change to winemaking
November 19, 2021
A move back home to Hawke’s Bay gave EIT graduate, Anna Young, the impetus she needed to make a career change and pursue her long-held dream of becoming a winemaker. Anna, who was appointed...
EIT offers scholarships for Year 13s wanting to study
November 19, 2021
Year 13 students wanting to win a scholarship to study at EIT have until the end of the month to get their applications in. This scholarship is open to students intending to study a degree...
EIT farewells respected Executive Director of Māori
November 16, 2021
EIT has farewelled its respected Executive Director, Poutahu – Māori, Tuhakia Keepa, who has moved on to new opportunities. Tuhakia, who has been in the role since 2014, has driven EIT’s...
EIT community centred research highlights food security issues for children
November 12, 2021
One in three secondary school students in Hawke’s Bay don’t eat breakfast, only one in ten eat the recommended 3+ vegetables a day, one in five spend more than five hours of their leisure...
Study and Career Preparation certificate perfect preparation for nursing
November 9, 2021
Kayla Hughes has been a chef, worked in a software company and as a teacher aide, but when she enrolled in EIT’s Study and Career Preparation programme it was to prepare for her biggest...
Former teenage mum on verge of getting degree in Business Studies
November 8, 2021
When Annie Sutton (Ngāti Kahungunu) became pregnant as a teenager, little did she realise that 14 years later she would be on the verge of earning her Bachelor of Business Studies...
Interest in employment law leads to promising career in human resources
November 7, 2021
After working as a casual staff member at a bank, Cara Hall’s interest in employment law led her to study for a Bachelor in Business Studies (Management) at EIT’s School of...
EIT Atrium named after former Council Chair David Pearson
November 5, 2021
An Atrium on EIT’s Hawke’s Bay Campus in Taradale was officially named after the Institute’s former Council Chair David Pearson at a ceremony this week. Mr Pearson, who is Managing...