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Te Ūranga Waka – the new administration, lecturer and research building for EIT’s Te Manga Māori – was launched in the early hours of Monday with due ceremony and tradition. It began with a karakia or prayer followed by a whakatau or welcome. The $2.5m project is the first in a three-stage, five-year redevelopment of the faculty of Māori Studies. Future stages will provide classrooms... Read more

Winning the Joe Bell Trophy for services to the fruitgrowing industry came as a complete surprise for EIT lecturer Brian Calcinai. Brian said he was honoured to receive the award from his peers. His long list of services to the industry include executive member and secretary/treasurer of the HB Fruitgrowers Association chairman of the kiwifruit sector director of New Zealand Fruitgrowers... Read more

InterSoft Systems, a Napier based software development company that has been successful for over 30 years is looking for more staff. We need an Analyst / Programmer to join the team to help with the increased demand for our new finPOWER Connect Finance package. Full details below: Finance Software Support Analyst / Programmer Intersoft Systems Ltd is a Napier based Software Development... Read more

The closure of Pacific Wood Products (PWP) in Napier has put a number of skilled, motivated and accomplished production and process staff onto the Hawke’s Bay job market. PWP invested heavily in the training and development of these staff, most of which are NZQA Qualified in Lean Management Principles and experienced in applying state of the art competitive manufacturing practices to their... Read more

EIT Bachelor of Nursing student Vicki Simpson has won three prestigious scholarships. She’s earmarked the funds for postgraduate study expenses. Vicki received this year’s Diana Lewer Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Mental Health Nursing, the UFS Scholarship for Excellence in Pharmacotherapeutics and the EIT Otatara Trust Scholarship. Vicki launched into tertiary study in her... Read more