Matauranga Strategy - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

10.0 Youth Training: Skills New Zealand
Most youth training courses are offered by both private and government providers. The courses
are generally short term training options (23-47weeks) which include trade training, computing
and clerical, industry training, retail and hospitality, social services and Mäori language. Mäori
trainees are spread throughout the training courses, but they make up the majority of trainees
on courses offered by Mäori providers. Table 26 gives an example of the narrow range of
training on offer by Mäori providers in 2001. Most courses on offer are Mäori language and
computing skills.
Table 26
Training Opportunities 2001; Napier, Hastings, Wairoa and Central Hawke’s Bay
Provider Courses Length of Course No. of trainees
Tamatea Te Kohanga Reo Unit, Te Reo Mäori 23 weeks 4 - 5
Waipukurau
Te Pae Ako i Te Reo Mäori me nga Te Reo Mäori 47 weeks 11-14
Tikanga Mäori Inc. Napier
Te Poho O Tangiianui Marae Trust Inc. Wood Related 24 weeks 8-10
Napier
Industry Training
Liba Ltd, Kimiora Community School, Computer and 23 weeks 14-16
Hastings
Office Skills
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Hastings *NC in Business & 46 weeks 15-17
Computing -Level2
*Te Kura Reo Mäori 46 weeks 10-12
*Whakatipuranga Tamariki 46 weeks 10-12
Whakato Te Maatauranga:, Wairoa Warehousing Hastings 20 weeks 12-14
Waikaremoana Mäori Trust Board,
Wairoa.
(Source: Skill NZ, 2001)
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