WHENUA MAGAZINE | ISSUE 37
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FROM TOOLS TO BOOKS – TAIMUS RITAI After nine years of installing insulation in houses, Taimus Ritai decided labouring wasn’t part of his future, so swapped his tools for books.
Three years later, he found himself at the National MāoriAccountants’NetworkHui-Tau āandtalking with some of the country’s top accountants. “I looked around at some of the older guys at my old job and thought I don’t want to be doing this for the rest of my life,” he said. “Itwasdefinitelyascarymove,butI’msogladIdidit and stuck to it.” The 29-year-old is currently in his second year of study at WITT in New Plymouth and working towards a Bachelor of Business, which he will complete next year. Herememberedasachildalwayshavinganinterest in numbers which was reignited when he did an accountancy paper while working towards his Diploma of Business.
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