Ko Ranginui kei runga, Ko Papatuanuku kei raro, Ko ngā tangata kei waenganui.
Tihei wa mauri ora!
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha
Tēnā koutou katoa.
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Welcome to Tai Tokerau Trades Training
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Introducing the Education to Employment Brokerage Service
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We are pleased to announce that Tai Tokerau Trades Training have been chosen as the service provider for the new government initiative
Education to Employment Brokerage Service in a joint venture with one of our shareholding companies
Smart Trade Solutions.
We will be delivering this service across several high Schools in the Whangarei District and the following Mid North localities: Kawakawa, Kaikohe, Okaihau and Hokianga.
What is the Education to Employment Brokerage Service?
The Education-to-Employment Brokerage service represents an initiative that the Government announced in 2019. This initiative was created to raise the profile of vocational education as a highly desirable pathway.
The initiative seeks providers, such as Tai Tokerau Trades Training, to provide an effective service for all secondary school students, to enable them to consider vocational education as a successful pathway into employment.
Our key purpose in delivering this service will be to strengthen connections between local employers and schools to achieve greater engagement in vocational education, employment, and sustainable careers for youth and to support regional economic prosperity.
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Tai Tokerau Trades Training Team
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Tai Tokerau Trades Training team have a combined 60 plus years’ experience, working across the various sectors of vocational education at grass roots and management levels within Private Training Establishments (PTE), Industry Training Organisations (ITO), NorthTec and industry.
Our team members have worked across schools in supporting them with Gateway, Star and other programmes.
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Roimata Haika
Lead Vocational Coordinator
Te Uri o Hikihiki; Ngāti Wai; Ngāpuhi
Roimata comes to the team with a wide range of experience in the E2E space supporting young people as a Navigator into vocational training careers and opportunities in the trades, retail and primary industries.
During this time Roimata built some strong employer, community and school networks and worked closely and successfully with a wide range of students and young people.
Roimata is driven to help her community prosper and sees the need to nurture and help focus youth as they are the success of our future.
One life highlight for Roimata was the opportunity to spend 11 months living and working in Abu Dhabi in 2009 - 2010. This gave her the appreciation of travel, meeting many different people and a wider understanding of different cultures.
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Regina Rapata
Vocational Coordinator
Ngāpuhi; Ngati Kura; Ngati Rehia; Te Rarawa
Regina joins our team with relevant experience in tertiary education, specialising in marketing, recruitment and student support.
Regina has primarily supported secondary schools, youth and community transition into a wide range of tertiary training and career pathways.
Over her career, Regina has developed significant stakeholder networks across various sectors within Tai Tokerau.
Regina is passionate about tai tamariki and community development in supporting the transition to achieve their goals and dream careers.
A major milestone for Regina was being the first in her whānau to graduate with a degree. Regina hopes to share her knowledge and skills to empower youth, whānau, hapu and iwi across Northland.
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Rick Lunn
Smart Trade Solutions Ltd
With extensive experience in vocational education, Rick operates his own training company, Smart Trade Solutions Ltd.
Rick has worked across many industries in recent years and has an extensive network of employers. With his original trade background in Collision Repair, Rick worked across the various fields of automotive services around Northland and Auckland for many years in managing the RTC Modern Apprenticeship programme; building, construction and joinery industries.
Over the years Rick has mentored hundreds of apprentices all around Northland and Auckland. Rick is usually the first port of call for advice and support within the Automotive industries in Whangarei and across Tai Tokerau. Rick is seen as a Subject Matter Expert for Collision Repair in NZ.
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Maea Pivac
People Weavers Raranga Tangata Ltd
Ngāpuhi; Ngāti Wai; Ngāti Whātua
With significant experience in the vocational education arena, Maea has worked across the PTE, ITO, ITP sectors and in industry in a large Northland company with a strong and enduring commitment to industry training.
Maea’s first role in a vocational education organisation was at a large Melbourne Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) with several campuses across Melbourne in a HR role.
However, for the last 25 years Maea has been based in her hometown of Whangarei working in a mix of vocational education , community based, government, corporate in senior leadership roles, grassroots, advisory, project management and training roles.
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We acknowledge and understand the devastating impact how COVID-19 has affected our lives, communities and the world around us. We pay tribute to the many families and communities across New Zealand who have lost loved ones during this period. Moe mai ngā rangatira, m
oe mai, moe mai, haere atu ra.
Tai Tokerau Trades Training unites against COVID-19 by encouraging our communities to
stay home, save lives.
Covid-19 Alert Level 4 has been extremely challenging for all of us but we have persevered. Now that we are in Alert Level 3 many more of us have returned to work and in the next fortnight we hope to return to some semblance of normality and wish to see as many of our industries and SMEs recover as possible. At this time the Tai Tokerau Trades Training team are busy planning and developing innovative strategies to connect and support you all over the coming months.
Kia kaha, stay strong Tai Tokerau!
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Education, Training & Industry News
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Tertiary Education Commission
This section covers news relevant to tertiary education organisations. It includes TEC, government and TEO initiatives, changes to our funding or reporting, and sector trends and research. You will also find information on any open consultations, ...
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www.tec.govt.nz
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Training - Go Horticulture
Any student intending to begin a Bachelor of Horticultural Science at Massey University are eligible for this scholarship, especially those interested in the kiwifruit industry. It is worth $5000 per annum (total of $15,000), and will be paid out ...
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gohorticulture.co.nz
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Northland Inc Media Centre: news on all things Northland
News and articles about Tai Tokerau/Northland. Business innovation and growth, economic action plan, investment and infrastructure, Maori economy, tourism.
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www.northlandnz.com
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News
Vocational education marks another milestone with the official establishment of the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology on 1 April 2020.
Read more
www.education.govt.nz
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Homepage :: Careers New Zealand
Careers New Zealand helps New Zealanders make informed learning and work decisions.
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www.careers.govt.nz
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Fees-free online learning launched for Northlanders |...
NorthTec and TANZ eCampus are launching a fees-free online learning initiative, to help Northlanders upskill or reskill if they have been impacted by the current Covid-19 pandemic.
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www.northtec.ac.nz
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Media releases
Recent work undertaken by the Northland Regional Council has revealed inaccuracies in bore...
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www.nrc.govt.nz
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We understand the current challenges at this time, and we look forward to connecting with our schools , until then feel free to contact us about how we can support you and your students/ ākonga today.
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Photo credit to Northland NZ and
Sarah Orne
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