Outdoor fitness sessions attract following
January 7, 2013
EIT Bachelor of Recreation and Sport graduate Levi Armstrong is gaining grassroots support in helping unfit people get back into shape. Levi has established a mobile fitness business...
Committed to education and exercise
January 7, 2013
Recently-appointed head of EIT’s School for Health and Sport Science Dr Patrick Lander values exercise and education. Patrick has worked his way through qualifications in...
Hawke’s Bay school children gain from cycling initiative
January 7, 2013
EIT researchers have helped pinpoint the many benefits of the Bikes in Schools programme piloted in this region. A not-for-profit organisation, Bike On New Zealand is the brainchild of...
EIT Lecturer to Travel on Fulbright Scholar Award
October 8, 2012
A senior lecturer in EIT’s School of Health and Sport Science, Dr John Maxted has been granted a Fulbright New Zealand Travel Award which will take him to the USA and eastern Canada. John...
EIT course a showcase run for top cyclocross riders
August 13, 2012
EIT lecturer Dr Carl Paton was among the avid cyclists battling it out in New Zealand cyclocross’s most important racing event of the year. An overcast day and the varied terrain provided...
Fitness enthusiast Gives Learning a Workout
August 13, 2012
Maree (Midge) Braddock puts into practice her belief that learning should be a lifelong undertaking. Midge likes helping people maintain their health and fitness through her work. A parttime...
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...
EIT’s Associate Professors to Deliver Public Lectures
July 30, 2012
EIT will be upholding an academic tradition in staging a series of lectures delivered by the six associate professors appointed by the institute late last year. EIT research director Professor...
Waka Ama Corporate Races
June 20, 2012
Students, lawyers, doctors, nurses, tutors, social workers and more dug deep in more ways than one at the recent corporate waka ama races. Held at the convergence of the city’s three rivers,...
EIT get behind the Black Sticks on their journey to London Olympics
May 21, 2012
The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) has joined the group of Hawke’s Bay business and community leaders backing the Black Sticks on their road to London. “EIT has been involved in high...