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EIT Tairāwhiti student Kiwi Chambers studying Maara kai (gardening) at the Ruatoria campus is described by her tutors as an “ace” student who gives “more than 100 percent”. Presented...
HIGH suicide statistics and huge mental health and addiction issues on the East Coast are part of a Gisborne tertiary student’s future career decision. Now she has time in her life to finally...
For twenty years her troubled childhood cast a shadow over Reeana Collier’s life. But the EIT graduate was able to put her difficult past behind her and start a new and successful...
In the past year Anaru Hodges made a 180-degree career change. It all began when his niece started studying at EIT. Anaru took her under his wing to help her through the first months on...
A woman passionate about education and social work is behind the Bachelor of Social Work at EIT Tairāwhiti. Site coordinator of the programme that is now a four-year honours degree is Gisborne...
A growing level of research activity in the Tairāwhiti region was celebrated in EIT’s Maia Gallery at Toihoukura this week, with the first in a series of evening lectures. Kicking off...
On Monday 12 August the graduation of the first cohort of EIT’s new youth landcare programme Ka Hao te Rangatahi was held at Te Heapera Marae, on the banks of the Tapuaeroa river. The...
Going for jobs can be daunting for people who have been out of the workforce long term, with women in particular often losing confidence after years at home raising children. A new...
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,...
Two cousins, both serving the community as nurses inspired Dean Hawea to become a nurse. Dean had always enjoyed caring for people, and saw a nursing degree as a portable skill that would...