Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Last updated 28 May 2024
Last updated 28 May 2024
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This page provides information about the Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) consortium approach, and resources for consortium partner organisations.
This page provides information about the Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) consortium approach, and resources for consortium partner organisations.
It also provides a map of the current consortia being funded and provides videos to highlight successes and lessons learned from the earlier Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika initiatives.
It also provides a map of the current consortia being funded and videos to highlight successes and lessons learned from the earlier Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika initiatives.
The consortium approach
MPTT funding for consortium activities is to increase access to vocational training for Māori and Pasifika learners, and improve pre-employment trades training (including robust work preparation) to align this training more closely to the needs of employers and Māori and Pasifika communities.
The consortium approach builds on the experience of the Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika initiatives. These were initiated by Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), community leaders, industry, and tertiary education organisations (TEOs) coming together to:
support Māori and Pasifika young people to complete foundation education and move into employment and further training, and
contribute to national projects such as the Canterbury rebuild.
We expect consortium partner organisations to, collectively and individually, support each learner to recognise and develop the skills and competencies they need to manage their career in a trade.
The consortium approach is now well established and operating in nearly all regions with a significant Māori and Pasifika population.
Information on each consortium is available to view on the MPTT Regional Distribution map.
MPTT Regional Distributon, A3 map 2023
Resources
To help develop consortia, the TEC and MBIE created the videos below to highlight successes and lessons learned through the Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika initiatives:
Student to student (YouTube video, 2:59 mins) – Students and apprentices talk about what the Māori and Pasifika Trades Training programmes can offer.
Building a strong and capable workforce (YouTube video, 4:50 mins) – Employers talk about the great employees they hired who had participated in the Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika initiatives.
Strengthening communities (YouTube video, 5:44 mins) – Community leaders, business owners and current learners involved with Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika explain how communities are crucial to the success of learners involved with these initiatives, and how businesses and communities can benefit from students’ success.
Valuing education (YouTube video, 5:13 mins) – Education providers, tutors and learners talk about the benefits of the Pasifika Trades Training and He Toki ki te Rika initiatives, and how the initiatives led to increased learner achievement and employment opportunities.
Jobs database – the Careers New Zealand database providing information for students to explore and discover career possibilities and find out about the job market.
