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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Networking into the 21st Century, the National Business Administration Forum Conference 2000 is held in Gisborne and is hosted by Tairāwhiti Polytechnic tutors. The conference is successful and receives very positive feedback from the delegates. 45 people from other tertiary institutions around...
The Graduation Event in 2000 is held at Te Poho o Rawiri marae. This is for graduates who have completed National Certificates or Diplomas in 1999. For the first time there is a street parade of graduates led by a piper from the Gisborne Pipe Band and staff wearing academic gowns. After the...
To celebrate the millennium dawn on Mount Hikurangi, Te Runanga o Ngati Porou commissioned Derek Lardelli to design an installation of Ngati Porou Maui Whakairo which will stand in a compass setting, Te Ana o Murirangawhenua and to be unveiled on January 1 2000. Under Derek’s guidance...
Te Puni Kokiri under takes an assessment of Tairāwhiti Polytechnic and its responsiveness to the educational needs of Māori through assessing the legislative framework, governance and accountability and funding issues in proportion to the Māori population in Tairāwhiti.
Professor Jack...
Tairāwhiti students living in the Wairoa district have a daily bus transport to the Gisborne campuses. A 14 seat bus is provided from the polytechnic’s fleet. Tairāwhiti Polytechnic collaborates with NZ Employment, ETSA and the Wairoa District Council to encourage young people off the...
Mark Chapman is a Hawke’s Bay Community College Tutor during 1977-1981 and HOD of Business Studies 1982-1986. At Tairāwhiti Polytechnic he is Deputy Director 1987-1997 and is appointed CE0 in 1998.
Middleton Building, a complex of classrooms, lecture theatre and the International Division is...
The Catering Section is severely damaged by fire. While classes are moved to temporary facilities in a closed down Peel Street restaurant, the whole catering area is repaired and redecorated.
Professor Jack Richards presented the inaugural Ruanuku Art Acquisition Award to Sid Tamanui and under...
Land on the same property as the vineyard, on the eastern side of the Waimata River, is developed as a commercial olive grove when around 885 olive trees were planted comprising of ten varieties. When the olives are pressed an award winning olive oil comes into commercial production under the...
“Congratulations to our brilliant netballers who have played so well this year they have been elevated to First Reserve, the third highest level. They play teams one third or one half their age but working in a polytech has given them incredible skills not matched by the opposition.”(RM) The...
Manaaki Tamariki Childcare Centre is registered and opens to care for children of students, staff and also the general public.
“In 1995 we broke the 1000 EFTS and will never be small again. There are benefits in being bigger but also some losses and our structure and networking need to be...