News

3 June 2021
Sheep and beef farming is in the blood for Primary ITO training adviser Ginny Tocher, and she’s using her experience to help learners grow their careers on the farm.

26 May 2021
High up on a ladder checking machinery in a North Island agricultural manufacturing plant, you might not expect to find a high achieving musician who trained for a decade with the world’s best at a famous European music academy.

21 May 2021
I was met with a huge hug from one of our fantastic success stories, the lovely Ohu Unga, a former Trades Academy student at Waiheke High School who is now working at Casita Miro Vineyard.

10 May 2021
Canterbury dairy farmer and mentor Wendy Main loves helping others to develop a passion for working in agriculture and achieve their goals.

5 May 2021
We are pleased to have been recipients of funds from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for a project called “PiPI” – Pathways into Primary Industries.

30 April 2021
Starting the learning journey later on their mahi path is making a positive difference to the lives of two East Coast horticulture workers and their whānau.

4 March 2021
Scott Adams’s large Marlborough property with its mix of native trees, forestry plantation, grape growing, honey production and sheep and beef…

1 March 2021
Samantha Dhand has had a hard upbringing and never thought she could be successful at anything until she was introduced to a pathway of opportunity through studying horticulture at the Primary ITO.

19 February 2021
An innovative West Coast education initiative aims to get more agriculture learners in jobs more quickly by giving them better training options.

12 February 2021
Accountants, bankers and chefs are now among the people looking for dairy training supported by Dani Low.