Apprenticeships

A group of Wairoa residents is earning their building qualifications by repairing flood-damaged homes. After homes north of the river were inundated by metre-high flooding during the storm, locals… Audio

Former pilots, cafe workers and ex sales people are just some of those looking at a career in agriculture after Covid-19 disrupted their lives. Country Life spent a day with the budding beekeepers… Audio, Gallery

How do you figure out what sort of career to work towards? How do you know what to study to get there? And what if you choose a course or job you don't like? Self-knowledge is the best prerequisite… Audio

Head of Apprentice training trust, Helen Stephens, has welcomed the government's funding boost for companies taking on apprentices. Audio

Yesterday the Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announced a major funding boost for apprenticeships and trade training programs.  Audio

Apprenticeships can take just as long, and be just as demanding, as a university degree but are seen - officially - as much lower on the qualification scale.  Audio

By this time next year, the nation's 16 polytechnics will be rolled into a single super institute with more than 100,000 students and responsibility for nearly all of the country's on-the-job… Video, Audio

The training organisation for the building and construction sector (BCITO) says the government should pay employers to teach apprentices - which would help address the shortage. New figures released… Audio

Tradespeople and technicians from overseas are being granted more work visas than professionals to keep up with New Zealand's construction demand, but what's being done to train people here? Video, Audio

Same salaries, different lifestyles. The experiences of two teachers and two apprentices show how far the cost of living in Auckland has diverged from the rest of the country.

In a world where technology is rapidly changing the future of the workforce, what does global evidence tell us about how the education system can lead to good jobs for people?

Kathryn Ryan speaks to… Audio