News - Education

Early childhood teaching a challenging career
January 13, 2014

As a schoolgirl on work experience, Piri Taurima thought of early childhood centres as fun and games.Having completed degree studies at EIT and worked for six years at Te Tirahou Early...

Pouwhenua Protect Children’s Centre
July 3, 2013

Youngsters at Otatara Children’s Centre are learning more about Maoritanga with their own guardians or kaitiaki protecting the on-campus site. EIT kaumatua Matiu Eru blessed the centre’s...

Maori Name For EIT
July 1, 2013

Te Aho a Māui is to sit alongside EIT- Eastern Institute of Technology as the formal Māori name for the East Coast’s leading tertiary education institution.  Fittingly, says EIT chief...

Family Violence Intervention Report Launch
May 27, 2013

EIT and DOVE Hawkes Bay Inc. will launch a report on 28 May into The Effectiveness of Services delivered by DOVE. The report, written by Penny Ehrhardt, Gaylene Little, Maryanne...

Hawke’s Bay Students Scoring Jobs
January 16, 2013

While unemployment is at a 13-year high, students completing degrees are EIT are bucking the trend in securing permanent jobs. Statistics New Zealand figures showed the unemployment rate...

Researcher captures life in children’s homes
January 7, 2013

The often harrowing and sometimes heartening stories of fourteen people who grew up in children’s homes in Hawke’s Bay are told in a book written by EIT research professor Kay Morris...