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Former rest home transforms into ‘Kiwi Can Do’ training hub
A former rest home in Lower Hutt has been transformed into a training hub that aims to get more young people into construction jobs. And as Eruera Rerekura reports, the initiative is an expansion of a programme that promoters claim is proving very successful.
Where are the Pasifika and Māori skilled tradies?
Featured in Stuff "Big" Robbie Smith hopes the young boys he is currently training will be business owners one day. Smith is part of the "Dad's Army", a group of experienced and retired tradesmen tackling the under-representation of Māori and Pasifika in the skilled...
Older tradies are teaching the younger generation a few tricks – Western Leader
Featured in the Western Leader. Bryan Swainson, 72, has no desire to put his feet up in retirement. The Auckland man has been in the painting trade for 50 years, but decided to semi-retire in 2000. Those plans didn't last long and now he worked up to five days a week,...
Recruiting a Dad’s Army of Tradies – Tauranga RSA
Featured in the Tauranga RSA Newsletter. A “Dad’s Army” of retired but still active tradesmen is part of a highly successful Kiwi Can Do programme that helps train and get beneficiaries work-ready for jobs in construction and now the company behind the initiative is...
Iain Morrison: Getting kiwis into trades
Employment Minister on a mission to get Māori unemployment stats down
While the latest statistics show unemployment nationally is falling, Māori unemployment is still twice the number for non-Māori. The new Employment Minister, Willie Jackson, says getting Māori working again is a top priority. The ‘Kiwi Can Do’ programme targets...
Millions pumped into training schemes to get young people in the regions into work
Coverage from 1 News' story on getting young people off the dole, featuring Kiwi Can Do cadets. The government is vowing to get young people off the dole and into jobs, especially in areas like construction where there is a worker shortage.