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...
Travel Career Opening Up the World for EIT Graduate
March 18, 2013
Millie Pike is relishing her first job in the travel industry. A consultant at Best Travel Hastings, the 21-year-old had a week’s “famil” in Fiji last November, staying at five...
High Flier Back in the Bay
September 4, 2012
EIT graduate Danielle Randell is back down to earth after a high-flying year away working as an intern for Air New Zealand at Los Angeles International Airport. The opportunity for the...
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...
Fledgling Travel Agent Flies Home for Graduation
March 26, 2012
Rosina Rieter misses her family and Napier’s small town vibe but is also savouring Sydney’s big city lifestyle. Rosina is one of many returning to Hawke’s Bay to take part in EIT’s...
EIT Celebrates Record Graduate Numbers
March 19, 2012
The Eastern Institute of Technology has plenty to celebrate at Friday’s graduation ceremony (23 March) at which a record number of diploma, degree and post graduate qualifications will be...
Young star in the making on EIT Tairawhiti’s Certificate of Tourism and Travel Course
January 23, 2012
Kansas Reedy-Waru is just 16 years old but has caught the eye of his tutors. Principal tutor Maria Lovelock describes him as “the model student”. “We don’t usually take students as...
EIT Study a First Step in Travel Career
January 17, 2012
In her early teens, Gemma-Lee Garbutt dreamed about owning a hotel. Holidaying with her family, she imagined creating something different for guests when she stayed at hotels that operated in...
Students harness best of the bay
January 9, 2012
EIT adopted red and white,the colours of Hawke’s Bay wines, as the theme for Food Art Wine 2011 – a celebration of student work over the past year. Held annually, the event is an...