News - Arts and Design

Out of adversity comes a new ecofashion label
November 28, 2018

Lying very still flat on her back for seven weeks after a horrendous car accident gave Bex McNeur time to consider her life. More importantly, what it was she wanted to do with it, given her...

3D artist finds her place and her path
November 27, 2018

In mid-2019, 3D artist Jasmine Ruru will have gained her Masters in Creative Practice from EIT Hawke’s Bay. Already she has identified a path to an entrepreneurial career that will allow her...

IDEAschool Arts Festival a first at EIT
November 20, 2018

In a first, all disciplines of IDEAschool at EIT will be combining to showcase the work of their graduating students in an Arts Festival at the end of the month. Previously, graduates of...

Mohaka school students take a starring role
November 16, 2018

Te Kura O Mohaka students took the lead in an EIT North Pole news broadcast last week. (Thursday 8 November). The 18 Year 4 to 8 students travelled to the Hawke’s Bay campus to view videos...

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...

The Gift That Keeps Giving
October 2, 2018

The fight against single-use plastic bags just got a bit more creative with hand crafted bags made by EIT students. Over 30 bags have been made for Boomerang Bags Hawke’s Bay to distribute...

Monday Marks the Start of Something New for Misty
October 1, 2018

After Monday, Misty Ratima knows her life will change. And the fashion designer, EIT te reo Māori tutor, and mother of four who embraces life to the full, is determined it will be for the...

Inspired by Toihoukura’s Authentic Approach
September 25, 2018

From Whitecliff to EIT- arts degree student Gabrielle Kururangi After two years of studying arts in Auckland, Gabrielle Kururangi is enjoying the much more organic environment at Toihoukura,...

Dream Coming True In The Big Apple For EIT Graduate
September 11, 2018

At the end of 2016, James Johnson graduated with a screen production diploma from EIT’s Ideaschool and a determination to go to New York to build his career. Now he’s there and living the...