Tainui Group Holdings
Annual Report
2013
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The graduate recruitment programme is designed to give two university graduates ofWaikato-
Tainui descent the opportunity to develop their education, knowledge, skills and work experience
by working at TGH for a period of two years. The programme includes secondment to one of TGH’s
key partners or advisors. Each year there is a fresh intake and with the programme now in its fifth
rotation, it continues to be an attractive placement opportunity forWaikato-Tainui graduates.
Kahlea Tamati
(Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Porou and
Ngaati Kahungunu) is the fifth Accounting and Finance
Graduate and commenced at TGH in 2012. Kahlea
completed a Bachelor of Management Studies degree
at the University of Waikato with a major in accounting.
Kahlea is currently working towards becoming a qualified
Chartered Accountant.
Ashleigh Tukutuku Turner
(Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati
Maniapoto and Ngaati Awa) joined TGH in 2012 as the
Property and Corporate Services Graduate. Working across
both property and corporate services functions, the ‘hybrid’
graduate role suited Ashleigh’s law and management
academic background. She graduated in 2012 with a
conjoint Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Management Studies
with First Class Honours, majoring in Law and Strategic
Management from the University of Waikato. During her
tenure Ashleigh’s key tasks involved property development
and legal duties. Ashleigh was recently appointed Business
Analyst with the Waikato Raupatu River Trust.
Tawa Campbell-Seymour
(Ngaai Tai, Whakatoohea,
and Te Aitanga-aa-Maahaki) was appointed the Property
Graduate in 2011 as the fourth graduate to have worked
in the TGH property team. Tawa completed a Bachelor of
Management Studies (Hons) majoring in Economics and
Finance, in conjunction with a Graduate Diploma in Te Reo
Maaori at the University of Waikato. During the year Tawa
undertook a secondment to Westpac Bank, gaining exposure
to property finance, business and institutional banking, as
well as retail banking, over a period of six weeks.
Marie Hurinui
(Waikato-Tainui and Ngaati Tuuwharetoa)
is the fourth Accounting and Finance Graduate and
commenced at TGH in 2011. Marie completed a Bachelor of
Management Studies degree at the University of Waikato
with a major in accounting. During the reporting period,
Marie successfully completed New Zealand Institute of
Chartered Accountants Foundations Programme which
is the first of two requirements necessary to become a
Chartered Accountant.
Graduate Programme
