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Gill Embraces A New Direction In Life

27 November 2017

Gill Jamieson has always loved working outdoors but once she hit her 50s, work became harder to find.

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Primary ITO Study Helps Daniel Fast-Track His Career

27 November 2017

“Take every opportunity you can” is the motto Daniel Warman lives by.

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Farmers urged to focus on their people, not just their herd

22 November 2017

Young up-and-coming dairy industry leader Nicholas Bailey says Kiwi farmers are great at growing grass, but need to work just as hard at growing people.

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Career Change Proves To Be The Right Choice For Mere

31 October 2017

As a food technologist, Mere Brewer quickly realised she wasn’t cut out for a career indoors.

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Training Helps Auckland Botanic Gardens’ Staff To Thrive

25 October 2017

Auckland’s Botanic Gardens are promoted as a place “where ideas grow” – and that rings as true for the staff as it does for the plants and the visiting public.

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Tom Takes A Global View of Nursery Production

27 September 2017

Two weeks, four countries, dozens of high-profile nurseries and some of Europe’s horticultural highlights have all provided a life-changing experience for Tom Ferguson.

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Demand Increases for Qualified Arborists In New Zealand

19 September 2017

Trained, highly-skilled, experienced arborists are hard to come by in New Zealand right now.

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Mathew Takes His Career To New Heights

19 September 2017

Working at heights is an essential part of arboriculture and Mathew O’Connor already had plenty of experience in that department when he first entered the industry in 2016.

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Why Science Is The Root Of Shanna’s Success

19 September 2017

New Zealand’s nursery production industry relies on a lot more than green thumbs and good soil.

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Answering Job Ad Opens Up Whole New Career Path For Lennon

5 September 2017

As a small child Lennon Sharplin loved to climb the enormous gum tree that sat in his family’s front yard in Mount Wellington.