News - Agriculture and Horticulture

EIT geared to help East Coast skills shortage
January 7, 2019

There will be over 2800 new jobs created each year for the next four years on the East Coast, and EIT graduates will be well placed to fill them. Infometrics data is used by the tertiary...

Pipfruit management skills on offer at EIT
November 29, 2018

Hawke’s Bay’s apple industry is needing to fill more than 100 new permanent skilled jobs a year for the next seven years and none of them are as apple pickers. EIT has responded to the...

Introducing Mary
November 5, 2018

EIT’s commitment to Pasifika students was strengthened when Mary Suni Robertson joined our Pasifika student support team. Mary works from the Pouwhirinaki walk-in space in the Hawke’s Bay...

Taking the EIT Teaching Outdoors
October 15, 2018

EIT is teaching its teachers to use the outdoors to further their teaching success. In a week that saw EIT announced as a corporate guardian of the Hawke’s Bay Biodiversity group, the...

EIT Runs Growing Programmes Throughout The Bay
September 10, 2018

EIT is reaching out to communities throughout Hawke’s Bay in offering programmes that are helping students learn about growing produce. This last semester, having purchased land and wanting...

Climbing The Orchard Ladder
August 21, 2018

Recently promoted to assistant manager on a Puketapu orchard, 32-year-old Ryan May is finding the apple-growing industry a great choice of career. “They’re screaming out for workers,” he...

Savouring the Sweet Taste of Success
February 22, 2018

Having gained the National Certificate in Horticulture (Advanced Level 4), Karen Christy is keen for further study.       Senior supervisor on a Mr Apple orchard in Clive, she is taking up...

On-Campus Job Expos
December 12, 2017

EIT students explored career opportunities this semester at events held on the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti campuses. For prospective employers, the job expos were also an opportunity to...

Donner’s Bush – More Waimata Restoraton
October 12, 2016

A team warm-up for more Waimata restoration. When Dame Anne Salmond asked the Department of Conservation what they were doing to restore a scenic reserve on the banks of Gisborne’s...

Orcharding Brings Sweet Rewards
July 20, 2016

Jordan James prunes apple trees on Close Orchard at Mangateretere. Hawke’s Bay’s Young Fruit Grower of the Year Jordan James sees himself carving out a good career in the region’s burgeoning...