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Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 3:26 pm
EIT Research Professor Kay Morris Matthews, who played a
significant role in developing the institute’s research
strengths, has retired from her current role but will become
an Emeritus Professor at EIT.
EIT Chief Executive
Chris Collins; Research Professor Kay Morris Matthews; her
grandchildren, Emily Matthews and Jonathan Matthews;
Executive Dean, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Health
Science and Professor (One Welfare), Professor Natalie Waran
cut a cake at Professor Morris Mathews’
farewell.
At a function on EIT’s Hawke’s Bay
campus on Friday, 25 June, current and former colleagues, as
well as community figures, paid tribute to Professor Morris
MTG Hawke s Bay: Date set for reopening with special weekend planned
14 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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MTG Hawke s Bay will reopen on Saturday, July 24.
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Laura Vodanovich
We re delighted to confirm that MTG Hawke s Bay will reopen on Saturday, July 24.
We have really missed having the community in and around the museum and can t wait to welcome you back!
Of course, we ll have activities and entertainment to mark the occasion and make it a special weekend. While we won t be open for the whole of the school holidays, we will at least be open for the last weekend so we hope our families will enjoy a taste of the museum again before returning to school.
From the MTG: Centennial tribute to Women s Institute founder
12 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Women s Institute members gather at Omatua, Rissington, 1932. Jerome Spencer is seated (centre) at the front of the group [88232]
Hawkes Bay Today
Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (1872-1955) was a woman ahead of her time.
She spent most of her life in Hawke s Bay and on Sunday a bronze statue will be unveiled in her honour on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St in Napier.
Gifted by the New Zealand Federation of New Zealand Women s Institutes, the statue is a centennial tribute to their founder, who was a local through and through. Indeed, Jerome Spencer held the first meeting of a New Zealand Women s Institute at Omatua at Rissington, Hawke s Bay on February 27, 1921.
From the MTG: Interesting start to new year
31 Dec, 2020 09:58 PM
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Despite the MTG being closed it will still have something temporary on display for the attendees of the Women s Institute centenary celebrations.
Hawkes Bay Today
Like everyone, we re hoping 2021 will be a better year all round. It has certainly got off to an interesting start for us with the building closed for urgent remedial work on the sprinkler system. Not quite the start to the year we had hoped for.
Nonetheless, we still have an interesting mix of exhibitions planned for the year.
For Home and Country: women s institutes in Hawke s Bay commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of a New Zealand Women s Institute (WI) at Rissington, Hawke s Bay on February 27, 1921.