Former EIT student reaches goal
6 days ago
A job helping people achieve their goals has now been achieved by a former EIT Tairāwhiti student. Kelsey Hart, 20, began her journey toward becoming an exercise consultant in 2016. “I...
Funding increase boosts Trades Academy student numbers
7 days ago
EIT kicked off Trades Academy 2020 by welcoming new students on campus with a whakatau. EIT has one of the largest and most successful Trades Academies in New Zealand, and this year students...
A Ruatoria Maara Kai student has been honoured with the EIT Rose Society Award.
February 18, 2020
EIT Tairāwhiti student Kiwi Chambers studying Maara kai (gardening) at the Ruatoria campus is described by her tutors as an “ace” student who gives “more than 100 percent”. Presented...
Cultural exchange to Hawaii for te reo māori students
February 17, 2020
A Tairāwhiti Te Reo Maori learning umbrella is behind many firsts. Later this year 24 EIT Tairāwhiti Te Whatukura tauira (students) and kaiako (teachers) will set off on a cultural exchange...
EIT’s Te Ara o Tāwhaki completed
February 13, 2020
After 2.5 years of designing, painting and carving, the new pou, kōwhaiwhai and tukutuku for EIT’s wharenui, Te Ara o Tāwhaki, were officially revealed and blessed on 12 February. Over 160...
Student finds passion from training
February 13, 2020
HIGH suicide statistics and huge mental health and addiction issues on the East Coast are part of a Gisborne tertiary student’s future career decision. Now she has time in her life to finally...
Graduate with a travel bug lands perfect job
February 11, 2020
Rhiannon Bevin has certainly made the right study choice. We recently visited the Travel & Tourism graduate at her work at the House of Travel in Havelock North. It’s a busy time for...
Iron will and studies turn rough life around
February 4, 2020
For twenty years her troubled childhood cast a shadow over Reeana Collier’s life. But the EIT graduate was able to put her difficult past behind her and start a new and successful...
Talent and grit pay off for IDEAschool graduate
February 3, 2020
IDEAschool graduate Anna Potton-Grapes’ educational journey has led her to a job that she had secretly dreamed of for her whole life. Feilding was where it all began. Growing up, Anna was...
EIT course aiming to open doors for rangatahi
January 31, 2020
An inaugural programme at EIT Tairāwhiti aims to redirect hundreds of young people who are doing nothing. The collaboration between EIT Tairāwhiti, Te Puni Kokiri and the Ministry of Social...