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Call us on 0800 222 733How Careers New Zealand works with Māori
Careers New Zealand is committed to working with Māori to ensure Māori have the information and skills to make good learning and career decisions. Read more about the many different ways we can help you.
Our aims working with Māori
- Gaining qualifications and skills is important for our rangatahi Māori
Our overall aims are to:
- extend our services to more Māori
- work more effectively with Māori communities and agencies
- build stronger evidence of and analyse the effectiveness of our services for Māori.
We are focusing our work on two areas:
- rangatahi Māori (Māori youth)
- Māori adults in semi to low-skilled jobs and in ‘at risk’ industries, that is those industries that are most affected by a recession.
This work is in line with the Government’s priorities in education, training and employment, and with Careers New Zealand's strategic framework for Māori.
"I get a lot of joy and satisfaction from working with all kinds of people, particularly with rangatahi Māori. It’s incredibly humbling to think that the information, advice and guidance we share with them, may have a positive long-lasting influence on their direction in life."
Peter Tahere, Kaitohutohu
Our success indicators
We measure the success of our work in several ways. That is because when we work with you, your whānau or your iwi in career planning and career-related initiatives, it can have a big impact on education, skill development, and employment opportunities.
We work towards and measure the following success indicators for Māori:
- engaging and achieving in education and the workplace
- gaining formal qualifications
- adding to skills in the workplace
- getting high-quality information about at-risk jobs and industries
- using technology to make career decisions, including use of My Career Space on this website.
Careers practice for working with Māori
Careers practice and training
- We have Māori consultants (kaitohutohu) who regularly run hui designed to provide customised career planning assistance to Māori.
- We work on career skill development with influencer groups such as the youth transition service (YTS), schools, iwi and community groups.
- We faciliate career information sessions with parents, whānau and kura.
- We work in partnership with Māori organisations and government agencies to better serve Māori communities. For example, we have recently worked with other education agencies to develop a tool kit to help whānau better understand NCEA so they can help their tamariki to achieve better results.
- Māori consultants are part of clusters and advisory groups to inform Māori strategy and projects at a national level.
- We research new ways of working to better suit the needs of Māori. For example, we ran a research project on whānau decision-making. Based on the findings, we are delivering a targeted programme to Māori youth and their influencers, through kura kaupapa Māori and alternative education.
- Our staff get training in tikanga and te reo Māori. Māori capability standards are set for each role.
Governance and policy
- We provide policy advice to government on career planning matters that affect Māori, including employment, education and training issues
- We have a general manager, Māori, who is a part of our senior management team.
- We have an appointed Māori representative on the Careers New Zealand board.