geoff hawkings - Waiariki Institute of Technology

28 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
LIZ RAMEKA
National Certificate in
Business Administration
Level 3.
“Why be satisfied with a little
piece when you have so much…
returning to study is one of the
best decisions I have made in a
long time”.
A loss of career direction for a
while and a realization that formal
qualifications counted for a lot in the
workplace encouraged Liz Rameka,
Ngapuhi, to start on a journey of study
at Waiariki Institute of Technology. It
has opened up a whole new world for
her.
Liz had made her mark in the
hospitality industry, working her
way up from waitress to restaurant
supervisor but she found when her
career came to a halt that a lack of
formal qualifications were holding her
back.
A chat with a staff member at
Waiariki’s In Focus computing shop
saw her enrol on a free computing
course. That gave her the push she
needed and there was no holding
her. She moved onto the Certificate
in Office Skills Level 2, then full time
study on the National Certificate in
Business Administration Level 3.
Liz was on her way. She graduated
with the annual Lakeland Credit Union
Trophy for Effort and Application.
It has not stopped there. Liz knows
she can have much more and she
has enrolled on a Level 4 NZ Diploma
in Business paper. What is more
she has a job at the Waiariki data
management centre.
Now she is hooked on study she is
encouraging her friends to do the
same.
“It has been awesome,
absolutely awesome, all the
tutors are supportive they are
brilliant….going back to study is
one of the best decisions I have
made in a long time”.