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Get Qualified to Control or Monitor Rural Pests!

28 April 2025

If you're working in the rural pest sector, staying safe and working efficiently is key. That’s where Primary ITO’s Pest Operations training comes in!

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Rev up your teams skills!

27 March 2025

From tractors to chainsaws and everything in between. Get yourself or your team trained with our hugely popular vehicle and courses.

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Bite-sized vehicle and machinery training

7 February 2025

From tractors to chainsaws and everything in between. Get yourself or your team trained with our hugely popular vehicle and courses.

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Farmer reflects on the value of training a decade on

28 January 2025

Ten years after dairy farmer Gavin Longstaff completed his Primary ITO Level 4 training, he caught up with local farmer and Primary ITO Sector Manager Marianne Awburn at a local Brunch on Us event run by Rural Support.

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George Dodson - FMG Young Farmer of the Year

10 September 2024

George Dodson might be only 23 but he is already ticking off life goals, including winning the 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Award, and is now studying for a Diploma in Primary Industry Business Management through Primary ITO.

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Training lifts productivity most of all

8 July 2024

This article was published by Farmers Weekly, 25 June 2024.

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Collaboration supports mahi to restore natural environment

7 November 2022

A collaboration between Te Ara Hīkoi Trust and Primary ITO is supporting a community goal to restore the natural environment across the North Waikato motu from coast to coast.