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Our employment goals
for the 2016 year were to
secure 100 employment
opportunities, grow our
registrations database
by at least 140, formalise
partnerships with a total
of 20 Industry Partners
to create employment
opportunities, and
establish six new
cadetship initiatives.
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103 tribal members
into fulltime and part-
time employment
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31 Industry Partners
confirmed
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372 tribal members
have engaged the
services of the
Employment Broker
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777 members
registered on the
employment database
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11 cadetships
confirmed with
Aurecon, BNZ, Mighty
River Power and Singer
Group, and Fonterra
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Two new cadetships
confirmed for 2017
with Honeywell and
Willis New Zealand
THE WORLD IS LITERALLY HER OYSTER
February next year will be a big month for Winnie
Rawiri-King. That’s when she’ll end a three-year
apprenticeship with the Singer Group having earned
three certificates and graduating as a qualified
Electrical Fitter with considerable work experience in
the industrial sector.
In 2014 Winnie (Te Kaharoa Marae) applied for the
Electricity Supply Apprentice Programme as a Waikato-
Tainui candidate. She had completed an ESITO taster
course and knew an electrical career was for her.
Since then she has divided her time between the
classroom at WINTEC and on-the-job experience
working for Singer Group at various locations. She is
currently at Air New Zealand’s Auckland Airport base.
“I’ve really enjoyed my apprenticeship as it has
allowed me to practically apply my classroom-based
learnings in a real job setting. I have also been able
to appreciate how the business operates in the real
world, being trained by skilled, experienced tradesmen
and having received one-on-one mentoring support,”
says Winnie, who has received a salary throughout the
apprenticeship and will graduate without a student debt.
She is grateful to Singer Group, Mighty River Power,
Te Puni Kōkiri and the tribe for their support.
“This apprenticeship will have a big impact on the rest
of my life. I now have so many options and the world
is literally my oyster,” she says.
This apprenticeship will
have a big impact on the
rest of my life. I now have
so many options and the
world is literally my oyster.
Winnie Rawiri-King
OPERATIONS REPORT