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An update from EIT Sports Scholar Sam Walton-Sexton
December 3, 2020

My name is Sam Walton-Sexton. I am currently in the first year of my Bachelor of Creative Practice (Arts & Design) at EIT. I was one of five lucky recipients of the Sport Hawke’s Bay / EIT...

Training the outdoor adventure guides of the future
November 24, 2020

After 28 years in the Defence Force, Davey Forbes has decided that it’s time for a change. He recently accepted a job offer to teach on EIT’s new NZ Certificate in Outdoor and Adventure...

Guy Harrison – EIT – Sport HB Sports Scholar
September 27, 2020

Hi, it’s Guy Harrison here. I am a para athletics, golf and badminton player for New Zealand. I spent lockdown with my Nana up at Ninety Mile Beach. Her house is right on the beach, so all my...

Building a career outside rugby
August 28, 2020

In 2014, Tivaini Foma’i started his Bachelor of Recreation and Sport* at EIT. It was a time when Tivaini was transitioning out of professional rugby and looking for new career...

Follow your passion
August 17, 2020

Mentoring students and athletes means EIT Tairāwhiti student support advisor Tuterangi Nepe-Apatu can practice what he preaches.  Toots knows what it is like to leave high school with no...

EIT launches Certificate in Outdoor Experiences
August 5, 2020

From 7 September 2020 EIT’s School of Trades and Technology will offer the new NZ Certificate in Outdoor Experiences (Level 3). This hands-on, 14-week, entry-level programme will teach...

Master’s students research country’s wellbeing
May 4, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has added a new dimension to Levi and Dana Armstrong’s work. Of Ngāti Kahungunu descent, both Levi and Dana are currently studying towards a Master of Health Science....