News - Body, Beauty and Hair

Styling course a beautiful way of learning
December 4, 2020

For Styling tutor Fleur Leighton and her Maraenui class a 17-week-long Styling course is about to end. Yet, for the majority of the students, this programme was just the beginning. Eleven...

Brodie’s passion for beauty therapy
October 28, 2020

For the first time in history, EIT have welcomed two male beauty therapy students into a certificate programme. One of them is Brodie Johnson from Napier who is studying for his NZ Certificate...

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...

Male designers making their mark in fashion
October 16, 2019

Four young artists have this year added a whole new perspective to EIT’s fashion design programme, adding a dose of masculine creativity. Ngarangi Pomana, Fabian Omer, Mac Tua Whaka Rua and...

Ngahuia lets her creativity run free
July 10, 2019

When Ngahuia Harris decided to reboot her career, she was a young mum with a safe administration job in her father’s company. Yet, she was brave to trust her gut feeling and pursue her dream...

Courses to cater for learning wishlists
June 7, 2019

EIT is putting together courses for people who want to learn a bit of DIY to improve and maintain their homes. They are among the big line-up of the Adult Community Education (ACE) programme,...

Making fashion into an art form
February 8, 2019

Two of EIT’s most passionate fashion design graduates are back this year to pass on their skills to other aspiring clothing designers. Marlana “Lane” Nepe and Aisling “Ash”  McKenzie...

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...