2006

Tairāwhiti Polytechnic gains NZQA accreditation for the popular area of massage. New accreditation is granted in the following areas: Aromatherapy to Level 4, Complementary Therapies to Level 6, Massage to Level 6 and Core Health to Level 4.

Five $2,000 COMPETENZ Scholarships are awarded to...

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2006

The Catering Section students make food for around 300 guests who enjoyed an Italian long lunch and some of the Chardonnay.

A Tairāwhiti led consortium of tertiary providers  (AUT, WINTEC, Waikato University) wins a TEC eLearning Collaborative Development Fund grant to the value of $500,000....

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2005

2005

3,207 EFTS (individual enrolments = 12,233 students); Māori enrolments = 41%; 223 international EFTS.

Over 800 staff = 352 full-time staff.

30th Anniversary celebrated.

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2005

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Opening of the Bruce Martin Building (adjacent to the Library) which houses the School of Education and Social Sciences.

Opening of the Stewart Centre@EIT (Rehabilitation Head Injuries).

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2005

Opening of John Harré Building (Video Production Suite).

Opening of Flaxmere Learning Centre.

Blended delivery (face to face and on-line learning introduced).

 

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2005

A Regional Horticulture programme is offered as a polytechnic programme and is conjointly developed with Northland Polytechnic. This is coordinated by Ron Taiapa.

Record numbers of staff support the A&P Show event in the Tairāwhiti Polytechnic exhibit which is awarded the Best Trade exhibit as...

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2005

Te Kura Whakapiki Reo is hosted by Te Whatukura with the support of Toihoukura. 100 fluent speakers and practitioners of Te Reo Māori attend.

Bunyan’s Building and the Adventist Church property around the Palmerston and Cobden street corner are purchased. The church building gives a short-term...

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2004

2004

Fred Koenders appointed as section manager of Education and Social Sciences on 14th April, 2004. Selected as Acting Dean on 4 September 2006 and then appointed as Dean on 1 January 2007.

Food and Wine Building opened.

3611 EFTS with one-third of students enrolled in degree programmes.

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2004

Chris Collins appointed CEO.

Whare Matoro opened.

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2004

Derek Lardelli receives a New Zealand Laureate Award as recognition for the art form of ta moko.” What informs ta moko, what makes it exciting is the genealogical pool from where it came.” Derek Lardelli.

Toihoukura staff and students complete 8 banners to form a dramatic focus for the New...

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2004

Tairāwhiti Polytechnic is 25 years old in 2004 and a variety of activities cumulating in a celebration week/month in August is organized by David Scott.

Students and staff from the Catering Section win 2 silver medals at the National Culinary Fair in Auckland in the National Junior Team Skills...

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2003

2003


Professor Bob Marshall (formerly of The University of Auckland) appointed inaugural Research Professor (Health Sciences).

Grant Klinkum appointed Deputy CEO.

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2003

First institutional powhiri held to welcome new students and staff with 400 attending.

Launch of Masters in Nursing.

EFTS reach 4,000

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2003

Kiwi Campbell, world champion in waka ama and award winning coach teaches her first group of polytechnic students in 2003. She continues to coordinate the Corporate Waka Ama events.

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2002

2002

Bachelor of Applied Social Sciences introduced.

The Ōtātara Trust confirmed as managers of the campus children’s centre and bookshop with surplus funds distributed in the form of student scholarships.

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2002

Tim Twist retired as Council Chair.

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2002

14 government officials from Asia attend a 3 week course in English in one of their favourite places, the beach.

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2001

2001

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EIT, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Napier City Council collaborate with sponsors and NZ Lotteries to build the Regional Sports Stadium opposite EIT (Pettigrew.Green Arena).

 

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2001

Hospitality staff and students participate for the first time in The Great Long Lunch sponsored by C.J.Pask.

 

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2001

UCOL (Palmerston North) enters into a conjoint agreement to teach the three years of a Bachelor of Nursing. This is managed by Social Sciences. After 10 years UCOL employed staff and students move into EIT’s School of Nursing.

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