Education news articles

Kelly Talbot, a hard-working, straight talking Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Southern Cross Hospital in Rotorua and Student Nurse Educator at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Rotorua campus, was recently awarded the NZ Nurses Organisation’s Young Nurse of the Year Award.

A purpose-built tertiary facility in the centre of Tokoroa aims to provide growth and investment within the South Waikato, training and retaining both youth and skilled workers.

The cleansing experience of paddling in a waka on a Rotorua lake sparked a train of thought that led to Sarah Marr winning an international essay writing competition. 

Jess Miao wants to help children learn and grow. She is studying her Masters of Teaching Early Childhood Education at Toi Ohomai and has dreams of one day owning her own childcare centre.

Getting vital experience in the field and helping to combat an emerging ecological issue has been the key driver for Poornima Ilangamudali to take part in a ground-breaking summer research project. 

Bay of Plenty women are being helped into tertiary training thanks to scholarships from New Horizons for Women Trust with funds donated by Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. 

Students from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology got a unique opportunity to showcase their work in front of 300 business leaders at the Westpac Tauranga Business Awards 2020.

Up and coming rugby players will now have the opportunity to learn on and off the field thanks to an enhanced high performance pathway created by the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union and Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology.

The entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation of business leaders is flourishing with sustainable products and practices being developed, thanks in part to the impact of COVID-19.

Future students will get access to an unprecedented level of collaboration across the primary industries sector thanks to the establishment of a Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE).