Read media mentions of Tairāwhiti Polytechnic from Gisborne's local newspaper...
Waipaoa cadets well-grounded [16 Nov 2009]
The success of the Waipaoa Station Farm Cadet Training Trust was celebrated at the annual prizegiving. Tairawhiti Polytechnic provided the trust with templates and guidance on how a professional academic programme should run." + find out more...
A course in real-life farming [14 Nov 2009]
With the aim of attracting more young people into the agriculture industry, Tairāwhiti Polytech held a careers day at the rural campus this week. Agriculture tutor Cobus Minnaar was at the event. + find out more...
Cost-saving hits Polytech staff again [23 Oct 2009]
Eighteen people are likely to lose their jobs at Tairāwhiti Polytechnic in the next two months, with the total number of job losses to reach 30 by 2010.The proposed job cuts are part of a series of measures to pre-empt a potential $3 million in lost Tertiary Education Commission funding by 2011. + find out more...
Polytech downsizes [6 Oct 2009]
Tairāwhiti Polytechnic has merged two schools, axed two positions and is not ruling out further downsizing to cope with a potential $3 million loss by 2011. “Everything we do is a relationship between how many students we have and how much money we get,” Mrs Campbell said. + find out more...
No vintner's luck - just solid study [6 Sep 2009]
Grant Allan knows he wants a career in the wine industry and being awarded the Gisborne Winegrowers Educational Scholarship is a good step forward along that path. Grant is studying Tairāwhiti Polytechnics’ winemaking and viticultural programme and loves it and is now sure he would like to become a winemaker. + find out more...
Forestry training under a new roof [3 Sep 2009]
Te Wananga o Aotearoa has taken over the Papatoa cable-logging course from Tairāwhiti Polytechnic, which ran the successful trade training initiative for the past decade. + find out more...
Carpentry tutors top of the class [22 Aug 2009]
The polytechnic's carpentry programmes and their tutors - Matt Evans, Matthew Campbell, Joe Hogan and Phil Gaukrodger - have received an A moderation report from the BCITO. + find out more...
Governance change will shrink polytech council [21 Aug 2009]
Changes to polytechnic governance debated in Parliament recently will replace Tairāwhiti Polytechnic Council’s four community representatives with one. + find out more...
Taking her art to Florence Biennale [20 Aug 2009]
Tairāwhiti Polytechnic Toihoukura tutor and mother of six, Tawera Tahuri, received an invitation to be part of the 2009 Florence Biennale, which is held every two years in Florence, Italy. She is believed to be the first contemporary Maori artist to have this honour. + find out more...
Confident of more money for polytech [3 Aug 2009]
Tairāwhiti Polytechnic business development director Glenis Philip-Barbara is “quietly confident” the institution will receive part of an $8 million Youth Opportunities Package to bolster education and training in New Zealand next year. + find out more...