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employment
TE WHAI MAHI
A strategy to leverage
existing relationships with
corporate companies and
Crown agencies to create
employment opportunities
is achieving positive
results.
In a year we have supported
the direct employment of more
than 90 tribal members into jobs
and have a range of cadetships
and apprenticeships in place,
including but not limited to BNZ,
Aurecon, Sealord and Mighty
River Power.
With 50 percent of Maaori boys
leaving school without any
qualification, placing rangatahi
into on-the-job training roles
is imperative. We acknowledge
the efforts of Aurecon in this
space and congratulate them
on winning the Tomorrow’s
Workforce Award by the Equal
Employment Opportunity
oper at ions report
THE CADETSHIP HAS
MEASURED UP TO BE
EVERYTHING THAT I
EXPECTED AND MORE.
IT HAS OPENED UP A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ME. I’M EXCITED FOR
THE FUTURE.
Kumeroa Pihama
Ngaati Mahanga
Waikato-Tainui/BNZ Cadet 2014
Trust’s Diversity Awards NZ, in
partnership with Ngaai Tahu
and Waikato-Tainui.
WHAARANGI ARAMAHI
Careers Website
Our employment efforts took
a step further this year with the
launch of a careers website
www.waikatotainuicareers.comwhere partner organisations can
post vacancies alongside our
own. Through the website we
offer full recruitment services all
aimed at securing positions for
suitably qualified tribal members.
Our intention is to grow and
develop these services to help
secure long-term, meaningful
employment opportunities for
tribal members.
PAAKIHI ITI
Small Business
Business ownership presents
a real opportunity for Maaori,
many of whom have a natural
flair for business, to generate
their own employment
opportunities and in August 2014
we announced a partnership
with SODA Inc to foster Maaori
business growth and acumen.
SODA Inc is Hamilton’s
business incubator, helping
pioneering entrepreneurs to
start-up, succeed and grow
their businesses. Through the
partnership tribal members are
offered scholarships to learn
about how start-ups work,
including business model
generation and pitching business
ideas to potential investors
and customers.
Through SODA Inc, internship
events are also available to link
up Waikato-Tainui university
graduates with potential
employment opportunities.
THE CADETSHIP IS AN
AWESOME OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IT
TO ANYONE. YOU LEARN SO
MUCH AND GET VALUABLE
EXPERIENCE.
MAKE SURE
YOU’RE WILLING TO LEARN,
MAKE SURE YOU’RE WILLING
TO LISTEN, AND THAT WILL
HOLD YOU IN GOOD STEAD
TO SUCCEED.
Paula Rewi
Ngaati Mahuta
Waikato-Tainui/BNZ Cadet 2014
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