Toi Ohomai Backs Future Female Leaders
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology This Saturday, more than 200 of Bay of Plenty’s brightest, young female minds will converge on Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Mokoia Campus for Wāhine Kākano – a festival aimed at growing the next generation of female leaders and thinkers. Toi Ohomai Chief Executive Dr Leon Fourie is delighted […]
Read More →Initial Findings From $700k Report Released
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Released at the weekend, key findings from a project regarding a Ngāti Whare whānau and the health of their homes are informing the vision of re-establishing pakakainga on the family’s ancestral lands. The $700,000 research is a project by Toi Ohomai as part of the National Science Challenge. In collaboration with […]
Read More →Initial Findings From $7k Report Released
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Released this weekend, key findings from a project regarding a Ngāti Whare whānau and the health of their homes are informing the vision of re-establishing pakakainga on the family’s ancestral lands. The $700,000 research is a project by Toi Ohomai as part of the National Science Challenge. In collaboration with […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai Shouts Free Lunch in Rotorua
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but that’s not quite true at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. In a bid to strengthen connections with the Rotorua community, the institute is hosting the Free Lunch With Toi Ohomai series of events over three days starting at […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai Gets Rid of Single Use Coffee Cups for World Environment Day
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is escalating its efforts to get rid of all single use coffee cups on campus this month. Typically made from paper lined with plastic that can’t be recycled, the World Economic Forum claims single use cups are killing the environment. It’s estimated between 100 […]
Read More →From Rena to the Solomons: Tauranga oil spill experts to head to the Pacific
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Two of Tauranga’s top scientists are taking their Rena oil spill knowledge with them to assist in a similar situation in the Solomon Islands. A large ship ran aground in February and began leaking oil next to a UNESCO World Heritage site called Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. […]
Read More →New Generation of Speakers to Take Flight at Toi Ohomai
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Two hundred secondary school students are set to descend on Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Mokoia Campus this week to participate in and support a competition for speech-making supremacy. The annual Te Arawa Regional Manu Kōrero contest will be held at the institute, a sponsor of the event, today […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai Graduates Ready for Job Boom
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology New Zealand’s tourism and hospitality industry is one of the country’s largest employers, with international visitors increasing by eight per cent in the past year. And with the Government’s new forecast of 5.1 million visitors by 2024, hospitality and tourism staff are in high demand. With our culinary arts level […]
Read More →Skills Day Good For New Farmers
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Anahera Hale loves farming. In fact she wants to own her own farm one day and she’s got a plan on how she’s going to do it. Anahera was at the annual Eastern Bay Skills Day held at a farm on McCracken Road, near Edgecumbe, earlier this month. The […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai Turns Pink to Stand Up Against Bullying
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology With last week being Bullying Free NZ week, Toi Ohomai joined the conversation with Pink Shirt Day activations on our Whakatāne, Taupō, Tokoroa, Mokoia and Windermere campuses. Joining the conversation Pink Shirt Day started in Canada in 2007, when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a […]
Read More →Community Groups Receive $40k from Toi Ohomai Charity House Sale
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology presented $40,000, raised from last year’s Charity House project, to several Rotorua community groups at an event last week. Among the projects funded were an initiative to help disadvantaged children in Rotorua, a new therapy pony for the city’s riding for disabled group and […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai to Host Regional Anti-Bullying Events for Pink Shirt Day
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology This week is Bullying Free NZ week and Toi Ohomai will be taking part in the conversation with Pink Shirt Day activations on Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May. Pink Shirt Day started in Canada in 2007, when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer […]
Read More →Whakatāne Beekeeping Success Inspires Rotorua Course
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology You know when you get one of those teachers that just makes things make sense? Well, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s beekeeping tutor, Omar Martinez, is one of those. In fact, when Omar was tutoring the beekeeping course in Whakatāne last year, he came across Gabriel Merito and his […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai Posting Up for Bay Basketball
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Toi Ohomai has signed on to become a major sponsor of Tauranga City Basketball this year, posting up $5000 to support the organisation to become number one basketball association in New Zealand. Head of Marketing and Communications Jess Barnett says Toi Ohomai is keen to support Bay of Plenty’s young […]
Read More →Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Students Cook up Storm for Rotorua Firemen
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Toi Ohomai’s Level Five Culinary Arts class held an “appreciation dinner” last night at Moose Lodge for the Lake Okareka Rural Fire Service. The event was also a part of their final assessment in order to gain their diploma and involved a seven-course dinner. The theme for their menu […]
Read More →New Course to Lure Crewmen
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology With a shortage of qualified seamen, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is offering a new course that aims to develop safe and effective deck crew members. The New Zealand Certificate in Domestic Maritime Crewing (Level 3) course provides the necessary education to be a safe and effective deck crew […]
Read More →Jake Anderson: Growing to Give Back
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Jake Anderson loves teaching children how to grow healthy kai and cook it because often it inspires kids to want to try different foods. It was like that for him. Jake had already graduated with a horticulture qualification from Toi Ohomai and had been working in the institute’s gardens […]
Read More →Second Nursing Intake First Time Ever
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is offering a second intake for its Bachelor of Nursing course for the first time ever. Even prior to the merger with Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Waiariki Institute of Technology only ever provided an annual intake in January for the course. Group Manager Nursing […]
Read More →Rotorua Reorua Classes to Achieve Vision
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Te Tatau o Te Arawa chair Te Taru White is commending Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology for its leadership in offering free te reo Māori classes to the community. “Rotorua Reorua is an initiative that tugs at the essence of who we are as New Zealanders. We are […]
Read More →Awards to Empower Women, Communities
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology A trust set up to inspire women to create new horizons and realise their potential is looking for more applications to one or more scholarships valued from $1,000 to $15,000. The New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura Awards applications are open now and will close at 5pm on […]
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