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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...
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...
EIT’s School of Primary Industries has added another exciting programme to their portfolio. From February 2020 students will have the opportunity to study a Diploma in Environmental Management*....
On Thursday the first ever winners of the Hawke’s Bay Horticulturist of the Year Award, Leon and Robyn Stallard welcomed industry representatives and friends onto their orchard. The...
Raupunga was where it all began. Theresa Thornton grew up in this tiny village of 200, located between Napier and Wairoa. When Theresa left school, she went straight to work in Raupunga. “I...
In 2018 more domestic EIT students than ever before chose to study where it suited them, including more online learning, studying at regional learning centres and off-campus in remote...
On Monday 12 August the graduation of the first cohort of EIT’s new youth landcare programme Ka Hao te Rangatahi was held at Te Heapera Marae, on the banks of the Tapuaeroa river. The...
After two and half years of studying, Adam Jerram has just submitted the last paper of his NZ Diploma in Agribusiness Management, a farm report on the commercial vineyard owned by his father...
At this year’s “Hawke’s Bay Young Fruitgrower of the Year” competition, seven out of eight competitors are EIT graduates or students. The event is part of the Horticulture Field Days...
The days of simply stepping into a relative’s shoes to take over the family farm or orchard are probably gone in an age when agribusinesses compete in a global market with complex value ...