Maori Learners in Workplace
Settings
Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Research
in Progress Colloquium
4 May 2011
Industry Training

190,000 people in formal industryrelated ed & training each year

35,000 enterprises

37 industry-established and owned ITOs

co-funding model (in cash and in kind)

drives individual, firm and industry productivity

ITOs have ‘coverage’ of 78% of the New Zealand
workforce
Maori in Industry Training

16% of industry trainees are Maori

Maori are over-represented in
Seafood, Social Services, Forestry,
Food Manufacturing

Maori achievement highlighted in TES

Industry training critical to Maori
economic development
Background

Ako Aotearoa – National Fund Project
Build success for Maori learners within
the tertiary sector

Collaborative project – MITO, BCITO,
ETITO, ITF

Kahui Tautako Consulting – specialising
in Maori research

Project Advisory Group

Project commenced in Jan 2011
Project Objectives

An integrated approach for traditional
trades

Distinctive characteristics of
traditional trades
– how Maori workers learn in the
workplace
– what works
– barriers to success

Strengthening industry training
models and career pathways

Improving sector knowledge for
traditional trades
Research Project

Kaupapa Maori Research

Focus on talking ‘with’ not ‘about’
Maori learners

Builds on existing work and evidence
base

Mixed methods approach

Research timeframe
Outcomes

Inform work of ITOs involved with
workplaces

Benefit to other ITOs

Inform wider policy development
Want to stay updated?


Jenny Connor – Project Leader
Email:
[email protected]
Ph:
04 894 3198
Cain Kerehoma – Project Manager
Email:
[email protected]
Ph:
04 470 7644
Our people, he tangata