“Caring for others is part of who I am”
2 days ago
Victoria Lealaiauloto Nofoaiga is about to finish her nursing degree at EIT with her final exam just around the corner. Recently she completed a nine-week placement in the maternity ward of...
EIT’s GovHack team wins international People’s Choice Award
2 days ago
This week EIT’s School of Computing celebrated the successful student competitors at GovHack 2019, one of the world’s largest open data competitions. At the GovHack National Awards on 2...
Noah is set up for a career in arts
3 days ago
Noah Tucker is buzzing to be playing a part in this year’s IDEAschool Arts Festival on 29 November. Everything is ready to go - he just needs to put the final touches on the illustrations...
Japanese expat rises to career challenge
5 days ago
Fumiaki Omae, widely known as Fumi, always had a passion for the great outdoors and dreamed of travelling and exploring the world. He grew up in a city close to Osaka in Japan and worked there...
Students proving age is no barrier to robotics
November 7, 2019
The most popular programme at the Tairāwhiti Trades Academy at EIT this year would have to be the Level 3 Trades Academy Computer Technology drone making course, which has achieved the...
Substantial scholarship up for grabs for viticulture & wine student
November 7, 2019
The EIT Viticulture and Wine Science team are excited to announce a new scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to one 2020 first year student enrolled in the Bachelor of Viticulture and...
Emerging sculptor turns trash into art for EIT’s Arts Festival
November 5, 2019
It’s a busy time for IDEAschool students and staff as they preparing for this year’s Arts Festival on November 29. One of the participating artists is Sharleen Gamble. “The festival is a...
Jo’s extraordinary journey from student to lecturer
November 4, 2019
It all began with a computer. Of Ngāti Kahungunu descent Jo Heperi was born and bred in Takapau, twenty minutes from Waipukurau. Jo worked as rouser (wool sorter) for half of her life while...
Beauty therapy graduate on a “non-stop journey”
October 24, 2019
EIT graduate Megan Woollard always had a fascination for beauty and make-up. Growing up she used to make concoctions out of her mum’s blushers and powders and experimented with creams and...
Trades Academy continues its success story across the region
October 23, 2019
Tonight nearly 400 Year 11, 12 and 13 high school students from 21 Hawke’s Bay schools are celebrating their graduation from the Hawke’s Bay Schools Trades Academy. EIT has one of the...