by Kiwi Can Do | 22, May 2019 | Media coverage, Video
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...
by Kiwi Can Do | 22, Feb 2019 | Media coverage
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...
by Kiwi Can Do | 8, Aug 2018 | Media coverage
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...
by Kiwi Can Do | 20, Feb 2018 | Audio, Media coverage
Click to hear Iain Morrison talking Kiwi Can Do with News Talk ZB. Track length...
by Kiwi Can Do | 12, Feb 2018 | Media coverage, Video
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...
by Kiwi Can Do | 25, Jan 2018 | Media coverage, Video
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...
