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High School Students on the Ball in Learning Robotics
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 11:58 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
While Star Wars’ legends C_3PO and R2-D2 may not be quaking in their metal boots, Hawke’s Bay Schools Trades Academy students are designing and building ‘robots’ that are smart enough to play ball. More >>
Fruitgrowers Celebrate Educator’s Success
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 4:50 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
A self-confessed tree hugger, Gordon Reid is a driving force in educating workers who are helping underpin growth in the region’s flourishing fruit growing sector. More >>
Graduate gets his screen time
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 1:34 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Dylan Oliver was a quiet, reserved 18-year-old when he launched into screen production studies at EIT’S ideaschool. Now a self-assured graduate, he is well on track for a career in New Zealand’s highly regarded screen industry. More >>
Bay Baker Shares A Passion For The Trade
Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 10:35 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
The third generation in his family to work as a baker, Stefan Schmith is excited about passing on the secrets of his age-old trade to would-be bakers in Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Centenarian drives herself to hair appointments at EIT
Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 11:21 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
Recently turned 101, Valda Colwill routinely drives from her Hastings home to have her hair permed and set by hairdressing students at EIT. More >>
Health presentation at EIT
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 3:31 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
November’s Spotlight address, the second in a series hosted by the Public Health Association’s Hawke’s Bay branch and EIT, will focus on healthy eating. More >>
American student Hawke's Bay's Young Vintner of the Year
Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 9:25 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
Just a few years ago, pretty much all Ben Jones knew about wine was that came in two colours – white and red. The American, a second-year wine science and viticulture degree student at EIT, is now being feted as the Hawke’s Bay A & P Bayleys Wine ... More >>
Students excel at Hawke's Bay wine show
Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 9:08 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
EIT students harvested a bumper crop of medals at the regional wine awards, an event in which their entries were judged using the same criteria as for commercially produced wines. More >>
Student Helps Judge Wine Competition
Monday, 3 October 2016, 11:45 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
EIT student Lucas Percy recently added wine judging to the experiences he hopes will shape a stellar career. More >>
Workshop for Top Young Athletes
Friday, 30 September 2016, 12:49 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Caption: EIT degree student Dylan Thomas, who plays in the New Zealand under-21 hockey team, with High Performance Sport New Zealand’s Criss Strange. More >>
Students Upskill with EIT Workshops
Thursday, 1 September 2016, 11:13 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
EIT is becoming increasingly popular as a destination tertiary educator with workshops in applied areas such as wine science attracting secondary school students from throughout New Zealand. More >>
Student makes movie of his Napier siege experience
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 4:01 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Locked down during the Napier siege, EIT screen production student Brock Reynolds is drawing on his experience of the tragic event to make a short film as his final-year diploma project. More >>
EIT Nursing Academic to Address International Conference
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 4:28 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Associate professor in EIT’s School of Nursing, Pamela Wood is to speak at a symposium in London which will consider past and existing practices in exploring possible innovative strategies to control and prevent infection in hospitals in the future. Part of a ... More >>
Student Follows in Italian Viticulturist’s Footsteps
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 2:34 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
A double degree student at EIT, Ben Richards will be buffing up his schoolboy Italian as he packs his bags for a Romeo Bragato exchange scholarship trip early next year. More >>
New Kid Enrols for Semester Two
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 2:20 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Pickles may be tiny but she’s proving big on star appeal with EIT students and staff. More >>
Orcharding Brings Sweet Rewards
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 4:16 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Hawke’s Bay’s Young Fruit Grower of the Year Jordan James sees himself carving out a good career in the region’s burgeoning apple industry. More >>
EIT Nurtures Wine Industry Stars
Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 3:38 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
EIT’s young wine industry graduates are shining in competition, sweeping up top placings in recent regional events. More >>
Students To Taste EIT Programmes
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 3:42 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Arty high school students will be invited to create their own vampires, werewolves and other creatures of the night at a holiday workshop offered at EIT. More >>
Nurse Education In Family DNA
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 10:44 am | Eastern Institute of Technology
Recently appointed head of EIT’s nursing school, Jennifer Roberts continues to build on the strong leadership she has shown in the various roles she has filled during eight years at the institute. More >>
Fledgling Artists Exhibit at Art-X
Thursday, 16 June 2016, 1:22 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
“Emerging artists” in the Rotary Club of Greenmeadows’ Art-X national exhibition and sale, EIT ideaschool students Louis Aldridge and Darcy Whyte explore different approaches to realism in their work. More >>