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Call us on 0800 222 733Tools and activities
Browse our resource menu to find activity ideas, posters, brochures, worksheets and guides to getting the most out of our interactive tools.
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Resources to explore job ideas
Jobs by Interest
A booklet to help students, job seekers and career changers start thinking about their interests and possible job ideas.
Jobs Galore
A reference book of jobs in New Zealand. Includes detail on tasks and duties, skills and training required and pay and prospects for each job. Published every two years using information from the Careers New Zealand website. Hardcopy only.
Where to?
Posters to help secondary students explore the career options related to subjects they enjoy. The 16 posters group jobs into four education level bands drawn from the New Zealand Qualification Framework.
Just the Job
A TV series that gives secondary students practical insight into a range of career paths.
CareerQuest guide
A guide to CareerQuest, an online questionnaire to help people discover and explore jobs that suit their interests. Find out more about how it works, and get resources and tips to help others make the most of this tool.
Teaching and learning resources
Career Kete: Dream and Discover
Teachers guide and student worksheets to aid design and delivery of career learning in years 7-8. Dream and Discover helps students gain awareness of themselves and their futures, and prepare for the move to secondary school.
Career Kete: Explore and Compare
Teachers guide and student worksheets to aid design and delivery of career learning in years 9-10. Explore and Compare helps students make subject choices through a process of learning and career planning.
Career Kete: Decide and Prepare
Teachers guide and student worksheets to aid design and delivery of career learning in years 11-13. Decide and Prepare helps students make choices about tertiary education and work and prepare for the move from school.
Know Your Skills guide
A guide for facilitators and teachers of year 11 and up to the online learning module Know Your Skills. This guide will help you to help others get the most out of the module.
Career Stories
A multimedia resource designed for senior secondary and tertiary students, which builds understanding and confidence to make career decisions at school and beyond.
The Real Game
A classroom programme suitable for Years 9 and 10 that introduces students to the world of work. It develops students' understanding of the options and opportunities available to them as adults, and the implications and importance of their choices. Hardcopy only.
Kiwi Cards
Sets of cards depicting Kiwis at work, suitable for Years 7 to 10. The accompanying activity guide sets out ways teachers can use the cards to build students' awareness of work and their own responses to different aspects of it.
Career Planit
This series has been replaced by the Career Kete. The Planit workbooks are no longer available in print but can still be downloaded.
Action plans and advice leaflets
Action plans
- Leaving school exit plan (PDF - 87KB) (Word - 185KB)
- Going into tertiary study or training action plan (PDF - 161KB) (Word - 228KB)
- Going into workplace training action plan (PDF - 87KB) (Word - 192KB)
Advice leaflets
Te reo Māori resources
The magic of myths - teachers' guide and sample stories
The magic of myths resource gives ideas for using kōrero pūrākau – Māori myths and legends – to connect with students about their future pathways.
Kimi Mahi guide
An interactive job exploration game designed for students aged from 10 to 13. Students can click on people or objects in different scenes to answer job quiz questions.
Ko te Ara Mahi/Your career
Two posters that present the concept of "career" in a Māori context. They provide Māori students and their whānau with a way of looking at career development.
Pasifika resources
Pasifika Dreams (PDF - 2.6 MB)
Pasifika Dreams is a resource designed to help Pasifika young people capture their dreams for the future.
Career Malaga
Career Malaga is a booklet of activity ideas designed for educators and youth leaders to use during group sessions with Pasifika youth. It helps young people discuss their cultural identities and future career paths.
Pacific Futures
A booklet in seven Pacific languages which introduces simple actions families and communities can take to help others navigate and develop their careers.
The Apprentice booklet (PDF - 1.70 MB)
A 24-page booklet produced by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs featuring profiles of young Pasifika people doing apprenticeships. These range from apprenticeships in hairdressing and hospitality, to sports turf management and youth work.
Careers New Zealand brochures and flyers
Brochures and flyers
Brochures and flyers outlining how Careers New Zealand can provide assistance to people who are making decisions about jobs, training or careers in New Zealand.
Curriculum area activities
Find out how to relate curriculum areas to careers and life beyond school.