ABOUT KIWI LEADERS
Kiwi Leaders was seeded from Te Awanui Huka Pak in October 2016 for the purpose of creating pathways for our whanau into meaningful employment within the kiwifruit industry. Since it’s conception, there has been overwhelming demand in the Bay of Plenty for integrated development plans across multiple sectors.
Today our vision is to have a skilled and talented Maori workforce for the primary industries and for Aotearoa.
Our mission is to bridge the gap between rangatahi (students and young professionals) and the business community by providing supported pathways from secondary school into high value employment within primary sectors.
Today our vision is to have a skilled and talented Maori workforce for the primary industries and for Aotearoa.
Our mission is to bridge the gap between rangatahi (students and young professionals) and the business community by providing supported pathways from secondary school into high value employment within primary sectors.
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The Ministry of Primary Industries have recognised our export market is changing because:
The Future capability needs for the primary industries in New Zealand report identified that currently, the industry does not have the workforce capability to meet export targets. Statistics NZ have advised that by 2050, Māori and Pacifica will make up over 50% of the national population. Therefore, how they participate to the workforce is critical to economic growth. Currently Māori represent 22% of youth unemployment and only 35% of Māori leaving school have qualifications. |
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Kiwi Leaders is the Bay of Plenty's strategy aimed to create a skilled workforce for the primary industries with a focus on achieving better representation and leadership of Māori, at higher levels of employment and education for all opportunities across the primary sector. The strategy was created in response to a call from our Te Awanui Huka Pak shareholders who expressed their desire to grow our whanau.
OUR SERVICES
For Students & Young Professionals: A Youth Hub
For Businesses: A Consultancy Service
- We help students and young professionals to discover career pathways through workshops, field trips, focus groups, sector ambassadors and social media.
- We provide them with opportunities to connect with networks of peers, community, industry and whanau through networking events.
- We help to them to stay engaged and grow their careers with the support of mentoring, formal qualifications and work experience.
For Businesses: A Consultancy Service
- We assess current people development strategies within the organisation
- We strengthen existing programmes by implementing our Kiwi Leaders blueprint, as well as supporting the recruitment and promotion of programmes.
- We drive success by implementing comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of people and programmes through our CRM system.
OUR TEAM
We have a dynamic and passionate team responsible for the successful development and delivery of the Kiwi Leaders programme:
Monique Corbett - Kiwi Leaders Coordinator
Monique is the Kiwi Leaders coordinator, responsible for the day to day management of the Kiwi Leaders programme.
Monique is responsible for deploying our people development strategy ‘Kiwi Leaders' and Monique's main responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating programmes with industry partners, management of the CRM system, website and social media management, secondary school engagement, produce, programme administration, focus group meetings with industry partners and continued reporting to monitor the success of the programme.
Background - Marketing & Public Relations, Biological Science
Monique brings a diverse range of skills and experience to the role of Kiwi Leaders Coordinator, with a strong focus on marketing, communications, and event management. In Monique’s previous roles she has been responsible for the co-ordination and the end-to-end management of marketing strategies, proposal writing, overseeing staff operations, and CRM development and management. Her dynamic skill base and ‘think outside of the box’ approach to her work has resulted in her ability to develop high quality office systems that create efficient and streamlined businesses. Monique has a Bachelor of Science from Waikato University and Diploma in Environmental Management.
Monique is the Kiwi Leaders coordinator, responsible for the day to day management of the Kiwi Leaders programme.
Monique is responsible for deploying our people development strategy ‘Kiwi Leaders' and Monique's main responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating programmes with industry partners, management of the CRM system, website and social media management, secondary school engagement, produce, programme administration, focus group meetings with industry partners and continued reporting to monitor the success of the programme.
Background - Marketing & Public Relations, Biological Science
Monique brings a diverse range of skills and experience to the role of Kiwi Leaders Coordinator, with a strong focus on marketing, communications, and event management. In Monique’s previous roles she has been responsible for the co-ordination and the end-to-end management of marketing strategies, proposal writing, overseeing staff operations, and CRM development and management. Her dynamic skill base and ‘think outside of the box’ approach to her work has resulted in her ability to develop high quality office systems that create efficient and streamlined businesses. Monique has a Bachelor of Science from Waikato University and Diploma in Environmental Management.
Ngaria Rolleston - Communications & Business Development Manager
Ngaria is the Communications & Business Development Manager for Kiwi Leaders and is responsible for liaising with key stakeholders and industry bodies to ensure we’re delivering sustainable workforce solutions.
Ngaria oversees the ‘Kiwi Leaders’ programme and works closely with industry organisations to understand their business and look for ways Kiwi Leaders can add value. She is a trusted professional with reach and ties into all facets of the primary sector as well as iwi community and business networks.
Background - Communications and Business Development
Ngaria Rolleston has a strong background in Strategic Communications and Project Management coupled with extensive experience at many different levels within Maori organisations from strategy design to implementation and delivery. Ngaria’s previous roles include Youth Project Manager at He Mauri Ohooho – Māori Economic Development Advisory Group, Business Services Manager for FOMA including management of Communications and Events.
She is currently a Director of the Tauranga Māori Business Association, part of the Plan USA - Global Women Alumni and an advisor on ongoing local and national projects that provide Maori with a network focused on leadership, learning, networking and inspiration.
Ngaria is the Communications & Business Development Manager for Kiwi Leaders and is responsible for liaising with key stakeholders and industry bodies to ensure we’re delivering sustainable workforce solutions.
Ngaria oversees the ‘Kiwi Leaders’ programme and works closely with industry organisations to understand their business and look for ways Kiwi Leaders can add value. She is a trusted professional with reach and ties into all facets of the primary sector as well as iwi community and business networks.
Background - Communications and Business Development
Ngaria Rolleston has a strong background in Strategic Communications and Project Management coupled with extensive experience at many different levels within Maori organisations from strategy design to implementation and delivery. Ngaria’s previous roles include Youth Project Manager at He Mauri Ohooho – Māori Economic Development Advisory Group, Business Services Manager for FOMA including management of Communications and Events.
She is currently a Director of the Tauranga Māori Business Association, part of the Plan USA - Global Women Alumni and an advisor on ongoing local and national projects that provide Maori with a network focused on leadership, learning, networking and inspiration.
Ray Everest - Kiwi Leaders Ambassador
Ray is originally from Tokoroa and recently moved to Tauranga from Auckland with his wife and two young children.
Background - Education and Youth Development
Ray has an extensive background in education and youth development with his previous roles including Coach, Teacher and former School Principal with a significant track record of providing engaging and relevant learning experiences.
In Ray's previous roles he was responsible for coordinating curriculum areas, organising people and resources, budget monitoring and project management.
He also spent time in Doha, Qatar, implementing new curricula and sharing modern teaching methodologies.
Ray is originally from Tokoroa and recently moved to Tauranga from Auckland with his wife and two young children.
Background - Education and Youth Development
Ray has an extensive background in education and youth development with his previous roles including Coach, Teacher and former School Principal with a significant track record of providing engaging and relevant learning experiences.
In Ray's previous roles he was responsible for coordinating curriculum areas, organising people and resources, budget monitoring and project management.
He also spent time in Doha, Qatar, implementing new curricula and sharing modern teaching methodologies.
Our priority partners Whenua Kura and Priority One also provide local and regional support to the Kiwi Leaders programme.
Kiwi Leaders provide continued, independant monitoring and evaluation in conjunction with the organisation to determine the success of the joint venture.
CadetshipsEarn while you learn
An opportunity to gain work experience, obtain higher level qualifications, build industry networks and ‘earn while you learn'. |
ScholarshipsSupporting your learning and your future
A service which helps to identify and facilitate the uptake of available scholarships through industry and Te Awanui networks. |
InternshipsExperience your future now
A service to facilitate the uptake of available local and international internships within industry and Te Awanui networks. |
Governance DevelopmentBetter Board’s make better business
This programme includes an online self-assessment, board review, a fit for purpose development plan, and facilitated workshops on critical areas of development. |
MentoringLearning through shared experience
A structured mentoring service with knowledgeable and experienced mentors from across the country. |
RangatahiDeveloping tomorrows leaders today
Structured networking events for rangatahi including access to an annual summit and a network of up and coming Māori industry leaders. |
