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...
Politicians Meet Southeast Asian Officials
April 8, 2016
EIT’s English Language Centre recently introduced Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little and Napier MP Stuart Nash to a group of government officials visiting from Southeast Asia.The politicians...
EIT Celebrating Māori Language Week 2015
July 22, 2015
EIT is to be a showcase for the Māori language next week, with daily activities celebrating and promoting te reo.EIT’s Māori and Pasifika liaison advisor Lee Kershaw-Karaitiana says the school...
Couple Buff up English in their Adopted Homeland
June 17, 2015
Coming to New Zealand from a bustling city in southern China, Manka Li and Nicko Liang were drawn to the calm and quiet of Hawke’s Bay. The pair moved to Napier three years ago, wanting...
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...
Making Friends Through Language Classes
May 9, 2013
For Egyptian-born Essam Girgis, studying English language at EIT was also the means for meeting and socialising with others making a life in a new country.Essam’s English was...
Southeast Asian Visitors Welcomed At EIT
February 18, 2013
EIT recently welcomed 36 Southeast Asian government officials onto campus– a group in Hawke’s Bay to hone their English language skills and learn more about the region’s industries and...
EIT Welcomes Overseas Visitors
August 13, 2012
An influx of overseas visitors will be welcomed on campus this semester, on tours customised by EIT’s English Language Centre. Seventeen Asian government executives are expected in mid-July...
Students get a taste of EIT
August 13, 2012
July school holidays saw over 200 students from around Hawke’s Bay participate in EIT’s short taster workshops. Designed to provide a ‘teaser’ of different tertiary study options, these...
Otatara Trust Scholarships Announced
April 30, 2012
The five students awarded Otatara Trust Scholarships this year will each receive $2500. The scholarship selection panel said the calibre of applicants was once again high, and all were...