WAIARIKI
TODAY
the end of an era
Issue 15 • October 2011
for Chief Executive Pim Borren, PhD
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This is my last Waiariki Today as CEO of Waiariki. It is time for reflection. What a journey of success the last six years have been. I believe in excellence. My expectations are high. They are highest for me, and then those who are closest to me. I am so proud of what Waiariki has achieved over the past six years. We have lifted our game from one of the worst performers in the polytechnic sector to one of the best!
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So let me focus for a moment on those people closest to me. First my wife Jane. What an amazing job Jane has done leading our Academy of Sport. From six athletes in 2007 to 80 in 2011. World champions, Olympic qualifiers. So much success. Such an amazing environment for local young sporting talent.
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Front cover photo: In 2006, Dr Pim Borren took over the helm of Waiariki Institute of Technology. Pictured with him are his wife Jane and their children Millie and Gus. See story on page 3 of this edition of Waiariki Today. Photo courtesy of The Daily Post
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Then there is my own CEO Office staff. No one at Waiariki has given me more support and loyalty than my Executive Assistant Joanne Massey. She and I share the “perfectionist”
characteristic and we’re proud of it! My CEO projects’ coordinator Ange Couper has been equally outstanding and can take credit for so many of my personal project successes over the last two years. Next my Senior Management Team. These eleven direct reports including two deputies ( John Snook and Keith Ikin) have made up simply the best leadership group any CEO could ask for. My success has been due largely to their success. These are highly motivated, competitive people with one goal. Simply to be the best they can be. And as a result Waiariki has evolved into one of the best organisations it can be. High expectations of my most important staff. I will never apologise for that! Pim Borren, PhD Chief Executive
Iwi News Dr Toby Curtis Chairperson, Te Arawa Lakes Trust He Mihi/ Acknowledgements Since our last edition a number of important Māori people have passed on beyond the veil – people whose passion, convictions and energy have done much to advance Māori language, knowledge and culture within Māoridom, our country and indigenous peoples, including the wider world. Dame Katarina Mataira will be long remembered for her unstinting commitment to the revitalisation of Māori language. Today both Māori and Pakeha have benefited immensely from the programme. It is indeed a virtual travesty when two of Maoridom’s esteemed leaders passed on to Hinenuitepo within a few days of each other, leaving behind a legacy and a void that may never be equalled in our lifetime. Despite his ‘youthful’ age, Dean Stebbing was on the verge of making his mark as an outstanding contributor to iwi development in his role as a sterling advocate. His razorsharp demeanour was moulding him as a potential political strategist in the near future. Ngati Tuwharetoa and his mountain Tongariro mourn his passing. Sir Paul Reeves, on the other hand, had demonstrated to the country, the Commonwealth, and to the world his unparalleled qualities as a church dignitary, a regal statesman, a loving husband and father. Always close to his heart were his iwi Te Atiawa and his mountain Taranaki. Whatumoana Paki, the husband of Queen Te Atairangikaahu, has joined his beloved wife on Taupiri Maunga. His moral and physical support helped pave the way for Māori and Pakeha to unify their efforts to enhance our relationships in the Pacific, Commonwealth and the rest of the world. I would like to acknowledge the work of a person who did much to not only put Rotorua on the map, but also for his resounding role in bettering the lives of many people, in particular Māori. Last week a civic farewell honoured his lifetime contribution to the housing industry, Rotorua community, the country and beyond. Johanes La Grouw Sr, the
founder of Lockwood Homes: the warmth of your memory will live on in the lives of many people for many years to come. Haere nga manu tiioriori, nga makao taniwha, nga pounamu whakahirahira. Ki nga taapui rikarika, a te ngia, te maatoru o te poo, te putahi nui a Rehua. Okioki, takoto, moe mai ra. Rotorua Te Tarawa Lakes Strategy Group 1. Dr Ngaire Philips from NIWA provided the committee with research results on Contaminants in Kai that live within our lakes, rivers and streams. It is important to note that the contaminants present should not be a health problem if the food is consumed in moderate amounts. 2. A new strategy is being envisaged for the cleanup of our lakes that articulates a long-term (20-30 years) vision. Supporting documents will incorporate concepts of Matauranga Māori and cultural health indices to support and encourage stronger partnership and ownership of the strategic direction. These concepts will be important in developing new directions and enhancing monitoring systems. 3. It is pleasing to note that after much discussion and debate the BOP Regional Council, LakesWater Quality Society, C&R Association and Ngati Pikiao have agreed to water levels on a trial basis. Nga mihi nui ki a raatou katoa. CEO Dr Pim Borren It is with a tinge of sadness that this will be the last edition of Waiariki Today during Dr Borren’s role as chief executive. I believe he has done much to enhance the institute’s reputation at local, regional, national and international levels. On the Māori front he has been an advocate to raising the opportunity for Māori students to engage in courses that will improve their life chances. He initiated the first deputy chief executive role for Māori advancement at a polytechnic. In addition, he launched the development of a wānanga within an institution. Dr Borren, the community, polytechnic fraternity and Waiariki will miss you. E te rangatira haere, takahia nga topito o te ao. Ma te Atua koe e Manaaki, e tiaki. Sir, traverse the universe’s pathway of opportunities May your Maker guide and be with you.
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A vision to become New Zealand’s leading institute of technology – uniquely bicultural Dr Pim Borren has tackled his role as chief executive at Waiariki Institute of Technology the same way he approaches family time – it’s all about quality. Quality of teaching, learning experience and staff are his focus during work hours but he tries to practice what he preaches when it comes to family. He’s always said “family comes first” and while his job dominates, when it comes to being with family, he says he ensures it’s quality time. Weekends he’s with other parents on the sideline at children’s sport.
“I’m really proud of how we’ve focused on the quality of education and making a difference for the students in this community...” Dr Pim Borren
He and his wife Jane have two young children, 12-year-old Millie and 9-year-old Gus. Pim’s 20-year-old son William is studying a Diploma in Tourism Management at Waiariki. The father of seven says he tries to be a good parent and spend quality time with the most important people in his life. During whatever free time he has left for himself, he enjoys playing golf and squash, which he took up again a couple of years ago “basically to justify building a squash court [at Waiariki]”. Hockey is his other sporting love and he met Jane 17 years ago when he was coaching representative hockey through University of Canterbury and she was in charge of the university’s sport science laboratory. Pim jokes about having managed to lease nine holes of a golf course – adjoining Arikikapakapa – and built a squash court during his time in Rotorua but says despite what might seem like personal bias, there are always spin-offs for others.
He says none of what he’s achieved would have been possible without Jane, who “also happens to work at Waiariki”, heading the institute’s Academy of Sport. She has worked in tertiary education for some 20 years and when the family moves to Brisbane will take time out to settle everyone in, just as she did when they moved to Rotorua in early 2006. Pim says he took over an institute in desperate need of leadership but it was perfect for him. He’d been deputy chief executive at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology for a year after three years as Dean of Commerce and was keen to test himself at the higher level. A slump in student enrolments in 2006 and the resulting $5 million revenue deficit forced him to restructure sooner than he’d anticipated. He established a stable senior management team before tackling the next tier of management and the institute has gone from strength to strength since, now in a better position than ever with student numbers continuing to grow, money in the bank and a major redevelopment programme underway. But that’s not what Pim is most proud of. “I’m really proud of how we’ve focused on the quality of education and making a difference for the students in this community, giving more people the chance to become qualified … around our vision of something called biculturalism, which really is more about evolving a truly New Zealand culture.” Waiariki, he says, values and celebrates diversity.
Dr Pim Borren is confident he’s leaving Waiariki in excellent health.
“When I came here there were eight schools, six were mostly Pakeha in their thinking and two were mostly Māori. Now there are six schools and all represent a truly New Zealand culture, all reflect our vision for this country going forward.”
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Waiariki has advantages in this respect, given the high proportion of Māori residents and the local economy’s reliance on Māori in tourism, land ownership, agriculture, forestry and geothermal. Pim is also proud of the improved staff culture at Waiariki and says investing in the health and general wellbeing of staff has been repaid “in spades” through increased productivity and loyalty. He has supported staff initiatives aimed at improving health and wellbeing, introduced income insurance, improved salaries and worked on establishing positive, rather than adversarial,
He hopes the new chief executive will continue that focus on people. As the third largest employer in Rotorua, he says, the $50 million organisation has a responsibility to play a role in improving the circumstances of the community it serves. He believes Waiariki has “a fantastic foundation” and is in very good heart and the next challenge will revolve around its influence on the community. The region remains prominent in negative socioeconomic indicators including unemployment, qualification completion and success, and poor health and Pim says Waiariki needs to be part of improving those statistics, alongside the likes of iwi, health boards, government agencies, community leaders and employers.
“We are one component in achieving a wealthier and more successful local community but we are an important one because we develop the skills that will lead to increased productivity.” Pim takes over as chief executive of Brisbane’s Southbank Institute of Technology in November but until then, remains focused on Waiariki. “I want to leave Waiariki in as strong a position as possible.” He’s loved his time in Rotorua. “There have been some challenging moments but I’ve always looked forward to coming to work… right from day one. I’m so lucky to have had a job I’ve loved, got paid well for it and worked with wonderful people in education, people who want to give something to others.”
Waiariki meeting Tertiary Education Commission’s priorities Success in key areas shows Waiariki is well on the way to meeting national priorities in tertiary education. Last year was a watershed year for the institute, according to John Snook, Deputy Chief Executive, in terms of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2007-12. It was a year, he says, when the strategic planning put into place in 2006 by then incoming Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren culminated in Waiariki’s best year to date. “Waiariki out-performed all other polytechnics in the country when benchmarked across most of the government’s performance measures,” says Mr Snook. “[This year] looks to again be building upon previous success as the institution goes from strength to strength, particularly with regard to academic quality.”
Since 2008 Waiariki has seen a 45 percent increase in the proportion of students studying at higher level qualifications.
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Students under the age of 25 now make up more than half of the Waiariki student population.
Māori students enrolled at higher level qualifications has seen a 49 percent increase, and Māori now make up more than half of Waiariki’s students.
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Waiariki named most socially responsible business in Rotorua
Staff profile Linda Neilson Transition Manager Versatile, prepared, helpful, well respected and admired. These are just a few of the words used to describe Linda Neilson. As Transition Manager at Waiariki for the past three years – and a total of 25 years with the institute – there’s nary a soul on Mokoia Campus who hasn’t met Ms Neilson and appreciated her vast knowledge of all things Waiariki. Her quick smile and infectious laughter belie the fact that this woman, an award-winning employee, has a high-level role which directly impacts on the development and provision of the high quality education that must meet both the students’ expectations and the institute’s needs. In 2010, Ms Neilson was awarded the “Chief Executive Outstanding Contribution & Support Award” as part of the annual Waiariki Chief Executive awards, and she was selected as a finalist in the Employee of the Year category for the Westpac Rotorua Business Excellence Awards. Colleagues who nominated Ms Neilson wrote, “She’s the perfect ‘gatekeeper’ of academic excellence for Waiariki.” Her role entails project management, academic mentoring and advice, and input into strategic projects, impacting the development and provision of quality education. She has facilitated the development of a wide range of qualifications. Creating course coding systems based on research and best practice has led to a more streamlined, effective way of registering, tracking and reporting on these, which has in turn led to efficiencies in time and resources. Linda’s advice is regularly sought for new systems development. Linda was the driver behind establishing the key performance indicators (KPIs) for Waiariki, with executive management, which contributed to Waiariki’s funding Investment Plan. Additionally, Linda was responsible for setting up monthly reporting systems for director use, which provides up-todate commentary of activities, key projects and feedback for quarterly meetings with the Tertiary Education Commission, Waiariki’s key funder.
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Dr Pim Borren, Waiariki Chief Executive, accepts the Rotorua Trust Social Responsibility Award from Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust chairman Grahame Hall at the Business Awards ceremony.
Waiariki is a second-time winner at the annual Rotorua Westpac Business Awards. “Waiariki is very proud of winning the Rotorua Trust Social Responsibility Award,” says John Snook, Deputy Chief Executive. “Waiariki is a community college and the economic and social wellbeing of the community we serve is of paramount importance to all people working at Waiariki. Rotorua has a number of unique social challenges and Waiariki wants to do whatever it can to support addressing them. Ultimately our biggest social responsibility is making a quality vocational education as accessible as possible.” This is the second time Waiariki was awarded at the event, having won the Newstalk ZB Community Organisation Business Award in 2009. The event is now in its 20th year and even before the final judging, Waiariki had plenty to celebrate, having become a finalist in three of
four categories entered including the Unison Service Provider Business Award and NZCU Rotorua Employee of the Year Award. The service provider category looks at business excellence across the board, from leadership to service delivery and 2010 was one of Waiariki’s most successful years to date. The institute experienced growth in youth and Māori student numbers, higher student retention and success rates, and an improved ranking as an institution – up three places. The institute also finished the year in a healthy financial position and is reinvesting in student facilities. Waiariki staff member Linda Neilson, Transition Manager, was a finalist for the Employee of the Year Award. She was the recipient of the 2010 Waiariki Chief Executive Award so was a natural candidate for the city’s business awards. Considered a very versatile employee, Ms Neilson has been involved in systems
development in academic areas and has made a positive impact on academic quality. She has worked at Waiariki for 25 years, and with her vast knowledge of the institute and tertiary education in general, she is often sought for advice and always supports others to succeed in their roles. Hinemaua Rikirangi, Projects Manager, assembled the Waiariki business awards entries. “We’re proud of what we’ve been able to achieve … it reflects strong leadership from the board down and a strong vision to enable the institute to move forward,” she says. “There’s been a lot of hard work, dedication and commitment from staff and management, with the support of the council, and there’s a lot to be acknowledged and celebrated.” For the social responsibility category, Waiariki’s entry focused on how the institute connects with and supports the community. This includes sponsorships, development of strong relationships with various sectors of the community, the international students who bring economic benefits and cultural diversity, and institute facilities from which the community at large benefits such as the recreation centre and campus facilities used for events. Special projects highlighted included the institute’s involvement in a local water quality symposium, the Pataka Kai project which focuses on healthy choices, and Waiariki students’ involvement in creating signage for the Ngongotaha Bush Restoration Trust’s nature walk. “Taking home the Social Responsibility Award is a fitting farewell for our outgoing chief executive [Dr Pim Borren] who’s had a clear vision, set strong goals and been determined to turn things around,” says Ms Rikirangi. “The results show that has happened.”
Rotorua campus redevelopment is well underway Waiariki’s nursing school is likely to be next in line for a new building as part of the institute’s 10-year Rotorua campus redevelopment plan. While the exact site has yet to be finalised it’s envisaged the new building would incorporate specialist spaces, a reception and staff area, and flexible teaching space. The Mokoia Campus redevelopment master plan will ultimately see a central boulevard created through the centre of the campus from the ‘head’ of the site, Tangatarua Marae.
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In order to create the ‘heart’ of the campus boulevard, buildings currently being used to teach nursing students will need to move, making a new building for that school the next logical step in the redevelopment.
“We’re trying to not build traditional classrooms and trying to incorporate a lot more technology like wireless data shows, sound systems, control pads and more energy efficiency,” Mr Dawson says.
Jared Dawson, Director, Finance, says the institute’s new buildings and classrooms will be less traditional than the groupings of prefabs currently being used. The new buildings will be purpose-built and yet flexible in terms of how
“Our capital asset management plans allow for a $5 million spend every two years for the next 10 years so we are committed to [the campus redevelopment].”
The ‘heart’ of the site, once redevelopment is complete, will be the central student area which includes the library, cafeteria and potential retail space. To date, as part of the campus revamp, Waiariki has a new School of Forestry and Primary Industries building near the Old Taupo Road entrance, a new recreation centre, and the impressive new two-storey Te Wānanga a Ihenga Māori Development, Humanities and Research building slated to be completed in early 2012. The $4.5 million building features a 180-seat lecture theatre which can be divided into two, plus 12 classrooms with moveable walls and a school reception and staff area. Waiariki’s council has approved stage one of the boulevard, a plaza-type area in front of the new wānanga building. It will feature an amphitheatre and courtyard and is expected to
Architect’s drawing of Waiariki’s newest building to be competed in February 2012.
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Academy produces World Champions and Olympians Top golfers, world champion kayakers and Olympians, oh my! Waiariki Academy of Sport has much to celebrate with its athletes enjoying huge wins this winter at world class sporting events. World champion kayakers The most recent news is kayaker Sam Sutton’s record-setting performance in early October at the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Austria, putting him in the top podium position and maintaining the world champion status he earned in 2010.
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Professionals in the sport called his performance in the semifinals “a perfect run” and were probably not surprised when Sutton went on to shave nearly two seconds off his time in the superfinals race.
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Beside Sutton on the podium, in second place, was academy student Mike Dawson. This was his second time in the same position after the 2009 competition.
Laetitia Haines grew up in Auckland’s North Shore but has lived also in Rotorua, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Dawson, who has been criss-crossing the globe snatching up medals, was in Colorado a few months earlier where he won the Teva Mountain Games Steep Creek Championship, and in August he was competing in Slovakia. Two Olympians During the Sickline competition Dawson was already buzzing from his results in the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Bratislava-Slovakia three weeks prior. His performance there dropped him into an athlete’s dream: a spot in the 2012 London Olympics. Dawson will not be the only one packing bags for London next year. Fellow kayaker Luuka Jones also qualified for the Games while in Slovakia. She will be taking up a second opportunity to bring home an Olympic medal after competing in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Jones’ overseas stints have seen her compete in five world class races in five countries over three-anda-half months. The veteran Olympian was “super
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World champion kayakers on the podium in Austria: Waiariki athletes Mike Dawson (second place), and Sam Sutton (first), with third place winner Paul Boeckelmann from Germany.
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New Zealand on the competitive world stage.
“It was a tough race and there were a lot of nations going for the 15 spots so I needed to lay down a good race to get one,” she says. “The best thing is now I can plan a really good build and have a lot of time to improve on key things. Last time I only qualified a month out and didn’t have time to practise on the white-water course.”
The institute was well represented at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland with Katie O’Neill finishing with a 15th in the elite under-23 women’s cross country race, a crash seeing her slip back after making her way to the top 10.
Jones and Dawson feel that qualifying 10 months out from the Games will make a huge difference to their preparation and are glad they had the chance to practice on the Olympic course this month during a two-week training camp. Dawson is just the fourth Kiwi slalom racer to qualify for the Olympics, after Donald Johnstone in 1992, Owen Hughes in 1996 and Jones in 2008. Mountain bikers and golfers Several other academy athletes have been putting
Fellow academy athlete Samara Sheppard retired from the race, and Whakatane’s Carl Jones, the lone Kiwi in the elite men’s race, finished 52nd and vows to return next year. Academy golfers have also enjoyed good form recently. Following Landyn Edwards’ outstanding top 32 finish in the British Amateur earlier this year, fellow academy members Chantelle Cassidy and Grace Senior finished in the top four at the New Zealand Under-19 Women’s Championships in last August, providing a major boost for the Waiariki squad.
Sir Mason Durie and Rob Oram impress audience at Waiariki teaching conference necessarily adequate models for the future. He shared his vision for Māori tertiary education in the future, a vision he said would help achieve full participation in tertiary education, the elaboration and transmission of Māori knowledge, accelerated Māori learning and a workforce to meet Māori aspirations.
Sir Mason Durie shared his vision on the future of education to 170 Waiariki staff members.
Waiariki’s annual Quality Teaching Conference has become a highlight on the academic staff calendar. It is one in a range of Waiariki initiatives to promote quality teaching and learning experiences across the institute. The conference provides a chance for academic staff to get together, learn from industry experts, attend relevant workshops, and network with each other and presenters. This year 170 attended the September conference themed “Collaboration,
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The second keynote speaker was international financial journalist Rob Oram. He provided insight into strategies to aid economic recovery and opportunities for economic success and growth including raising business awareness about New Zealand’s economic future and the role of skills development; the need to understand the true demand for skills training; increasing the scale and sophistication of skills training and creating a seamless system from school to end-of-career.
Keynote speaker, the highly regarded Sir Conference participants also had various Mason Durie, spoke about his vision for Māori workshops to choose from and feedback tertiary education. showed that many gained ideas they felt they could use in their own teaching. Sir Mason, who is Assistant Vice-Chancellor The conference, first held in 2009, is organised (Māori and Pasifika) and Professor of Māori by a committee and following on from each Research and Development at Massey are a series of monthly Lunch-box Quality University, told conference delegates about economic, social and technological change that Teaching Practice Sessions with mostly inhouse presenters. During this year sessions will impact on learning. have focused on topics such as student success Current learning arrangements, he said, are not and retention and learner engagement.
No doubt her nomadic childhood was key in preparing her to adapt and adjust to unknown futures with grace – perfect ingredients for a chef-to-be. Now Ms Haines has added yet another stamp to her passport. This time it’s from Ireland where, just three weeks after earning the Certificate in Professional Cookery and Patisserie from Waiariki, the 20-year-old started working at a café and bakery in the small, west coast village of Spideal (“Spiddal” in English). The café, Builín Blasta (Irish for “The Tasty Loaf”), is owned by chef Jamie Peaker who not only happens to be a Kiwi, but also a former Waiariki culinary student. He settled in Ireland in 2008 and has decided to honour his Waiariki roots and “pay it forward” by hiring a Waiariki-trained student as an intern. Ms Haines just finished a threemonth internship with the chef. “I couldn’t have dreamed of a better experience,” she says. “I have learned so much from Jamie, and it’s funny that the things I learnt the most are small silly things that I think chefs are just expected to know. Good thing that he was patient and willing to teach. “Waiariki was a great start, and it did help me with the basics and general skills but there are some things that you can only learn in industry and I think it’s important for chefs hiring new graduates to understand that.” Still in Ireland, Ms Haines is now undertaking a 12-week course at Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork which specializes in cooking with organic produce, something that strikes a chord with Ms Haines. “It’s the way of the future in cooking.” After her course she plans to travel a while and head back home to Rotorua in the new year. “From there, who knows? I hope to bring back a lot of what I’ve learned from Jamie and Ballymaloe to New Zealand and maybe look at starting my own business eventually. I will be looking for a job though, if anyone’s interested!”
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Passionate leader and mentor of athletes will be missed By Luuka Jones, Waiariki student and athlete When making us tow vans and drag tyres during last year’s Waiariki Academy of Sport training camp, most of us athletes would have happily put Jane Borren on a Boeing to Brisbane. The thought never crossed our minds, however, that the academy would actually ever be without its manager. That the news she was moving to Australia came as a shock is an understatement. Jane is an exceptional leader, someone we readily rely upon to point us in the right direction, help us make those tough decisions, and provide the crucial input we need to become better athletes. It is hard to imagine the academy without her.
Waiariki Kaumatua Ken Kennedy
Ko te whai wāhi atu o te Iwi me te Hapū ki ngā mahi whakaora reo Māori e tino takea mai ana i tā rātau mōhio he aha tēnei mea te mātauranga, ā, he aha hoki te reo Māori i whakatairangatia ai kaua hei reo Māori noa iho e akonga ana, ēngari hei reo Māori e whakaakona ki te tangata. Ko tēnei mōmō mātauranga e kīa ana ko te mātauranga ki te reo Māori, ā, e whakaurua mai ana ngā kura pēnei i te kura kaupapa Māori me ngā akoranga reo rua o roto i ngā kura tuatahi, tuarua hoki e Pākeha ana te reo whakaako. Ko tētahi o ngā raru e pā ana ki te tokomaha o ngā Mātua Māori, he pai kē ake te whakauru i te tamaiti ki te kura reo rua rānei, ki te kura rūmaki kē rānei? Ko ngā hua kua puta mai i ngā tirohanga e rua i whakahāeretia e Te Tāhūhū o Te Mātauranga i roto i ngā tau kua hipa, e whakāātu mai ana e kaha ake ana te whāia o te kura reo rua e ngā mātua i te whai i ngā kura rūmaki. The participation of iwi and hapū in the revival of the Māori language is premised on the knowledge of the word “education” and why the Māori language is being promoted as a language being learned but also as a language being taught. This type of education is referred to as education in the Māori language and is included in schools such as immersion schools and bilingual learning in primary and secondary schools whose teaching medium is English. One of the concerns experienced by many Māori parents is whether their child should be enrolled in a bilingual school or an immersion school. The results emanating from the two surveys conducted by the Ministry of Education in past years reveal that parents prefer bilingual schools to immersion schools.
It is no secret that Jane has built the academy from strength to strength, beginning with only six athletes in 2007. It has since ballooned and the 80-strong group now includes regional and national representatives, national champions, world champions, a former Olympian and two soon-to-be Olympians (look out London 2012!). Building the academy from the ground up is but one of Jane’s accomplishments at Waiariki. She also had a primary position in establishing the Waiariki Community Recreation Centre on Mokoia Campus, overseeing its construction, interior design, equipment and staff. She also took charge of the facility until the academy’s growing numbers demanded her full-time attention. Amongst all that, she still found time to set up a fitness programme for Waiariki staff to encourage healthier lifestyles, train them in the gym and put them through the paces (I have yet to see any of them towing trucks with nothing but ropes, but perhaps she’s building them up to that). Attending the Mountain Bike World Champs in 2009 and Canoe Slalom Worlds in 2011, Jane was key in the growth and strength of the bike and kayak squads. Having worked with major figures such as Sarah Ulmer and the New Zealand Men’s and Women’s hockey teams, there is no doubt in Jane’s experience. The input she provides to our training is vital and always enforces what it takes to be a high performing athlete. She has also worked closely with Mountain Bike New Zealand, with input and organisation around training camps and established a close working relationship not only with them but with other national organisations such as SPARC, the New Zealand Academy of Sport and Canoe Slalom New Zealand, always pushing to get the best for the athletes.
Waiariki is applying for degree status for its Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education). If the new status is approved, the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) should be available from Semester 2 in 2012. Student numbers for the existing Level 7 diploma – which is equal in credit value and takes the same amount of time to earn as a degree – have almost doubled in the past three years. Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori, says the degree status will put Waiariki students on a level playing field with other threeyear early childhood education graduates.
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We will probably still bug Jane for advice and will definitely be seeing her again but as she crosses the ditch to dodge the dingoes, we wish her well in what Australia brings. We would gladly drag our combined weight in tyres to get her back again, but for now we will keep rolling with the same spirit now engrained in all 80 of us and remain grateful for the opportunities we’ve had under her guidance and all she has done for us.
Janette McKnight, who is currently studying toward the diploma, said she would definitely complete any additional requirements to earn the degree if it’s approved. “I think I could vouch for most of my class, too, that they would do it,” she says. That would equate to more than 20 new degree-holders coming from Waiariki. “The work we do at Waiariki is at bachelor learning but we only get a diploma. We’re on par with everyone else studying the degree in New Zealand. It would be wonderful if we could get a degree.” Ms McKnight believes a degree to her name would bode well as employers look to hire those with higher qualifications. Plus, she speculates there is likely a bigger pay cheque. “I’m studying at a degree level anyway, and have a strong work ethic, but career-wise it would look better. Someone with a degree looks better and would get selected over someone with a diploma.” Mr Ikin is keen also to see Waiariki offering a degree in primary education and for both the primary and ECE qualifications to include a pathway for those wanting to work in Māori language or Māori immersion settings. “There is a national need for teachers who can work in Māori language settings – we can’t produce them fast enough.”
Janette McKnight (centre) and her classmates hope the diploma they are studying will be awarded degree status.
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It perhaps goes without saying that with such an impact in our sporting lives thus far, the contagious energy and buzz she creates within the academy, and the involvement she has in our training and competitions, we are all gutted that Jane is leaving. However, having been such a great leader, manager and mentor has created a momentum that is now deeply instilled in the academy. The academy will, without doubt, continue to succeed through the competitive and highly driven culture that has evolved.
Early childhood diploma could be upgraded to a degree
Nāku noa, Nā Ken Kennedy Kaumātua Te Arawa / Te Whare Takiūra o Waiāriki
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Since 2007 Jane Borren has coached, trained and mentored Waiariki Academy of Sport athletes.
Mr Ikin says a Māori language pathway to teacher training would be hugely valuable for the local region but would also be a national opportunity for Waiariki.
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Ten Waiariki students set to compete in Aria
Waiariki continues its support of Aria singing competition Waiariki has signed on as naming rights sponsor for one of Rotorua’s longest running singing competitions, committing to another five years supporting this important event. The Waiariki Institute of Technology New Zealand Aria is considered one of Australasia’s most prestigious singing competitions, having launched the careers of many young singers. Waiariki became naming rights sponsor for the event a couple years ago after the former major sponsor pulled out. Waiariki Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren says the sponsorship is part of the institute’s commitment to supporting well run, first class events that promote innovation and young talent.
“The Aria is an iconic event … it’s a world class event held right here in Rotorua and we didn’t want to see the city lose it,” says Dr Borren. “It’s the number one singing competition in the country and has a history.” As it has for the past number of years, Waiariki will also continue to sponsor the Māori Song section of the Aria as well as host that part of the event at Tangatarua Marae on the institute’s Mokoia Campus in Rotorua. The event, held on October 30 this year, is open to the public and there is no charge for admission, however, seating is limited. The Aria is one of several major sponsorships the institute has undertaken. Others include
the Rotorua Wearable Creationz, Lakeside Concert, Bay of Plenty Sports Awards, Bay of Plenty Steamers rugby team, CATE national conference, and the local business awards. “We see these sponsorships as supporting the community that supports us,” says Dr Borren. “We’re also supporting local young people to reach their full potential, promoting an opportunity for talent.”
Waipa campus undergoes expansion and redevelopment a process flow of timber from the training saw mill to the high temperature kilns and onto timber machining and treating. This enables integrated saw milling, saw doctoring and timber machining training to occur on site.
Bird’s eye view of the new wood manufacturing centre at Waipa campus.
Waiariki’s Waipa campus on the southern boundary of Rotorua has been growing, and it’s no longer used just for students of the forestry and timber industries. In the last year $2.2 million has been spent on developments at the site, the first significant reinvestment there since the saw mill was built in 1995. The new wood manufacturing centre and a new gasification plant now rub elbows with new facilities for agriculture and horticulture. At the start of this year, agriculture and horticulture training shifted from Mokoia Campus to Waipa where there is simply more space available and it places all of Waiariki’s land-based training – agriculture, horticulture, forestry and wood processing – in one location.
“It makes a lot of sense to have all our landbased primary industry training at the Waipa campus,” says Jeremy Christmas, Director, School of Forestry and Primary Industries. “Mokoia Campus is now full of students, and Waipa has a lot room for the school to expand into. The reinvestment in Waipa and the agriculture and horticulture students has certainly revived the campus.” The students cultivating their green thumbs have been enjoying new vegetable gardens and a new tunnel house, both of which are bigger than their predecessors. Agriculture students are also benefitting from the space to learn practical fencing, chainsaw skills and use the purpose-built ATV course on site. The new gasification plant has re-established
Additionally, the gasification plant will take waste products like sawdust, woodchip and dry shavings and turn it all into syngas (i.e., synthetic gas) to be used in the boiler to create heat for the dryers – a more sustainable and environmentally friendly process. Mr Christmas says it has been an exciting year for the school given all the developments, and the future is looking bright. “In the last few years we’ve reviewed and revised almost all our curricula in forestry and wood processing, and we’ve upskilled all our staff and improved facilities. “As you’d hope, we’re now attracting more students and better quality students from around the country so we’re well placed, providing wonderful vocational training for the forestry and wood processing industries.” Following on the success of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Trades Academy on Waiariki’s Whakatane campus, Waiariki has developed saw milling and wood processing related programmes undertaken by local high school students.
Mexican university delegates collaborate with Waiariki Just as the 2011 Rugby World Cup was revving up, representatives from six universities in Mexico arrived in Rotorua to kick off a new relationship with Waiariki. The institute has long been an advocate for forming relationships with outside organisations, both national and international, for the benefit of all parties involved. Waiariki has established memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with educational institutes in Auckland, Christchurch, Australia and Italy, to name a few.
Dr Eladio Cornejo Oviedo, President, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro in northeast Mexico, hopes his students will gain more than just education while in New Zealand. “Obviously, they will strengthen their English skills, but also they’ll be looking for the knowledge – the technical and the sciences they will get here – and also the cultural. That’s
becoming really import for us, and for my administration, to give them a better idea of how the world looks, how humans can share the same planet and deal with similar situations.”
Among the 16 singers competing in this year’s Waiariki Institute of Technology New Zealand Aria Māori Song section, more than half are students from Waiariki Academy of Singing and Music. The academy opened at the beginning of this year with roughly 30 talented singers and musicians selected by the academy’s manager Ngapera Riley. “In fact,” she says, “some of my current students competed in last year’s Aria. I actually approached them after I heard them perform in the marae.” T.K. Webster was one of the students who impressed Ms Riley and signed on to join the academy at Waiariki. “He’s one of the top players in the academy,” she says. “He’s a bass player, a kapa haka performer, he’s just really talented and always performs well.” Mr Webster will compete again in the Aria this year, hoping to better his third place results from the previous competition. As a member of the Aria trust, Ms Riley is coordinating the hosting of the contest at Waiariki which is traditionally held in Tangatarua Marae on Mokoia Campus. By now, all of the academy’s students will be comfortable in the marae setting, having performed in the wharenui on many occasions, including their inaugural performance for Waiariki staff and family when the academy inductees were first introduced. The top three contestants of the Māori Song section will go on to compete in the grand finale on October 30 at the Rotorua Convention Centre, vying for amazing scholarships, tuition and cash prizes. Getting to sing in the final show, accompanied by the New Zealand Philharmonic Orchestra, is a “huge deal” for those who make it through says Ms Riley and she expects competition to be “fierce.” Last year the marae was packed with about 150 guests and she is confident it will prove popular again this year.
Commercial forestry is a large industry in Mexico. The Mexican government’s policy is focused on strengthening the sustainable development of their forests which fits in well with New Zealand’s policies and practices.
The Mexican universities are the first institutes from North America with which Waiariki has signed MOUs and will establish an academic collaboration between the institutions. It is hoped the new relationships could open up cross-crediting possibilities for Mexican students who wish to study in New Zealand, and New Zealanders interested in studying in Mexico, mainly in the land-based industries such as forestry, agriculture and wood processing.
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Waiariki and Mexican delegates formed a collaboration for the benefit of forestry students.
T.K. Webster, Waiariki Academy of Singing and Music student, is hoping to improve on last year’s third place results in the Aria’s Māori Song contest.
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Waiariki musicians are hitting high notes
Shayne Okeroa and Keretina Ransfield, Work and Life Skills students, assist Waiariki chef tutor Peter Skelton prepare a lunch for students.
Hands-on training a hit As a technical institute, Waiariki supports out-ofclassroom training and education for its students. Hands-on training and visits to industries and organisations relevant to the qualifications that students are seeking provide a much more holistic approach to their studies. Students of Waiariki’s Tokoroa campus are no exception and are just as likely to spend class time in a saw mill, professional kitchen, or art gallery as they are in the typical four-walled environment. This year forestry operations students worked with Alan Sinton’s crew based near Kinleith Mill, interacting with workers on site and learning how to cut up logs. Tutor Steve Hyde says the students absolutely love working with the logging crews who, in turn, enjoy sharing their knowledge. Students of the Certificate in Work and Life Skills have been gaining confidence and valuable skills working at Artspace Gallery, the local SPCA, and Creative Arts, to name a few. Farming students undertake a significant amount of work experience with tutor Wayne Tonks who takes them to South Waikato farms to learn things such as fencing, stock handling, effluent systems, milking and more. Waiariki is fortunate to work with farmers who support the students’ learning and are very generous with their time and knowledge. Meanwhile, students in cookery and café operations courses recently enjoyed working with the local wine club, creating and serving a mouth-watering degustation menu of salmon, caramelised pork belly, scallops, veal and delectable desserts. Entering contests and planning events tend to get the creative and competitive juices flowing among students, too, with competitions promoting teamwork, meeting deadlines and putting students’ learning to the test. This month engineering students will take part in the annual Scrapheap Challenge against students from Forest View, Tokoroa High and Putaruru College. This fun event sees teams of students creating something new from something old, competing for the Scrapheap trophy. Earlier this month, the Fashion Show Extravaganza was held at the local fire station. This event is for the advanced hairdressing students who created unique hairstyles, did their models’ makeup, and sourced clothing and redesigned pre-loved clothes. It was a great chance for the students to practise the skills they’re learning and show off their talent with participation counting toward the advanced City & Guilds qualification.
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Waiariki Academy of Singing and Music students T.K. Webster, Neihana Mackey-Harrison, Kalani Marsters and others performed at Rotorua’s fanzone during the Rugby World Cup.
Students of Waiariki Academy of Singing and Music have been in high demand this year.
kapa haka group member T.K. Webster was part of the cultural performance at the opening ceremony in Auckland.
Many of the more than 30 students accepted in the inaugural intake are performing regular gigs and word about the academy and its talented students is spreading far and wide, helping to take them from amateur to professional status.
The Matariki Showcase put on by Waiariki students at Aorangi Peak earlier this year was sold out and some of the students have been selected to attend national song writing workshops.
The academy provides musical and vocational support and training for a year for singers and musicians looking to turn their passion into a profession while also studying toward tertiary qualifications. A major coup has been students Neihana Mackey-Harrison and Arthur Bristow being signed with Universal Music as part of a quartet recording popera for a yet-to-be-launched project. Many of the details are still under wraps but the pair has started working with the music company, making regular trips to Auckland where they’ve been receiving vocal training and working with top musicians and producers.
The academy’s quartet, T.K., Neihana, Matatia Brell and Desian Robb, put on a polished performance at the Māori Music Awards and Neihana, Atutahi Potaka-Dewes and Kalani Marsters are joining New Zealand artist Taisha from The Lady Killers, on a tour in the United States. Ngapera Riley, Manager, Waiariki Academy of Singing and Music, is rapt with how the first year has gone and already more than 200 applications have been received for next year, including three from Australia and one from the Philippines. Most applicants are young people from around the Bay of Plenty who learned about the academy through word of mouth.
Meanwhile, the academy students have also become regular performers on the local and Auckland conference scenes with various groups – kapa haka, choir, quartet and band – being booked for events.
“The academy is providing big opportunities for the students,” says Ms Riley. “They are so talented anyway and when people see them and hear them they are blown away. Word is really getting out around the country … it’s creating a lot of excitement.
The groups were booked for seven performances at Rotorua’s Rugby World Cup fan zone at the Energy Events Centre and
“It’s been a lot of hard work for the students and we push them hard but they’ve done so well and we’re really proud of them.”
Barista courses prove popular Tim Ebeling is passionate about coffee – good coffee, that is. He reckons every cup of coffee is a challenge to make, every cup requires care, and consistency is the key to keeping customers satisfied. “You’ve got to put some love into it,” he says. The musician and former bar and restaurant manager has taught many locals how to brew a good cup since he joined Waiariki about a year ago. He and his crew at the Green Bean serve an average 150 to 200 cups of the stuff a day at the popular café at Waiariki’s Rotorua campus. But Mr Ebeling’s barista courses have outgrown the small café and a new coffee lab is being established in an existing building nearby, below the Kaiwhata Restaurant. Green Bean will continue to serve the caffeine-addicted masses, but the new lab, which is expected to be ready for its first intake in term four, will have eight machines, compared with the Green Bean’s two. That means Mr Ebeling will be able to teach bigger classes. The café was established in late 2008, initially to provide barista training for the Diploma in Hospitality Management students, STAR courses and the public. Mr Ebeling has also worked with secondary school students and tutored a short
Tim Ebeling will soon have a bigger coffee lab in which to teach his espresso-making and service-providing skills.
course for a local Rotary club. A new Level 5, 15-credit elective course has been added to Waiariki’s curriculum and those credits can be used toward other qualifications. “A lot of people think there’s not much to making a good coffee until they try it,” says Mr Ebeling. “I’ve got a great staff at the Green Bean, all from the sports academy and all have done my course. We have fun and we know all the regulars’ names and what they drink. “It’s not just about the coffee – it’s also about good service.”
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State-of-the-art simulator available to Waiariki students A new John Deere E-Series harvester and forwarder simulator is providing new learning opportunities for Waiariki forestry students. There are also plans to offer training in the simulator to people already working in the industry and a special trailer being built by Waiariki trades students will enable it to be transported to careers expos and displays. The machine that the simulator mimics is relatively new in New Zealand and it teaches a lot more than just felling and loading logs, says Jeremy Christmas, Director, School of Forestry and Primary Industries. The computer that is part of the simulator has applications for forest engineering, mapping, analysis and much more. Mr Christmas says the simulator, which Waiariki has the use of for a year, has created a lot of interest, particularly from harvester operators. The new John Deere simulator got plenty of attention during the recent New Zealand Forestry Industries Expo in Rotorua.
“We want the simulator to be used not only by our students but also by industry workers and we want to make it available to other institutions. It’s a very valuable industry tool.”
New partnership to provide carpentry training to Māori Waiariki is working on a new project to establish Māori trade training, in partnership with Ngati Whakaue’s Tumahaurangi Trust, targeting the Christchurch rebuild.
Kawerau Enterprise Agency and a private training enterprise in the town. Again, the focus would be on gaining apprenticeships at the end of study.
Dr Chris Asby, Project Manager, Waiariki, says 17- and 18-yearolds will train in carpentry and construction for two years, with a view to then moving into apprenticeships supported by Ngati Whakaue and potentially Ngai Tahu in Christchurch.
With about 4,000 school leavers expected every year for the next three to five years across the Waiariki region, the proposal sits well with efforts to get young people into tertiary training and the demand for more trades people nationwide, Dr Asby says.
It’s envisaged the students would build a house, with trades students from other areas of Waiariki contributing the likes of electrical work. Parallel to that, Dr Asby says, would be an engineering and construction qualification, delivered in conjunction with the
“For the Christchurch rebuild they say they’ll need 45,000 extra skilled trades people there by the end of 2012. We have a lot of youth coming through and the government is pushing trades for youth training.”
Waiariki hairdressing students a cut above the competition When the pressure was on, Waiariki hairdressing students – and a tutor – performed a cut above the rest. The future hairdressers won an impressive eight our of 12 preapprentice awards recently at the 2011 Regional Fashion Hair Design Awards in Tauranga, and a Waiariki tutor went home a winner as well. The stiff competition, hosted by New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers (NZARH) and open to students and professionals from throughout the Bay of Plenty, didn’t seem to worry Kimberley Littlejohn who took home two of the awards. Ms Littlejohn is in her final year of the Certificate in Hairdressing (Advanced) at the Rotorua campus. She won first place in the Pre-apprentice Consumer Colour section, and then won third place in the Avant Garde section where she competed against 35 other entrants which included fully qualified, professional salon stylists and apprentices. “The awards were such fun and good experience for me,” she said. “It was really hot next to the lights so it taught me to work under different pressures. I am really glad Waiariki gave me the opportunity to compete as I am able to put my name out there.” The Waiariki students came from all four campuses (Rotorua, Taupo, Tokoroa and Whakatane) to be judged on their styling, cutting and colouring skills. The winning Waiariki hairdressing tutor was Donna Dawson of Rotorua, who took third place in the Senior Urban Night Hair section. Kymberley Paige, section manager of hairdressing at Waiariki, believes the industry is not always aware of how well Waiariki students are doing and said, “Waiariki needs to be on the map. “We really pushed the students this year, we made the course a lot more intense to maintain students’ interest and encourage their creativity. This generation is full of fast learners. “These awards gave students the chance to demonstrate their passion and progress in a way that recognized their hard work and dedication.”
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Paij Morrison modelled for Kimberley Littlejohn’s firstplace winning entry in the Pre-apprentice Consumer Colour section of the 2011 Regional Fashion Hair Design Awards in Tauranga.
The student winners included: Pre-apprentice Consumer Colour • 1st place: Kimberley Littlejohn (Rotorua) • 3rd place: Priya Piakash (Rotorua) • 4th place: Kristel Phillips (Whakatane) Pre-apprentice Day Style • 4th place: Zoe Carroll (Whakatane) Pre-apprentice Night Hair • 1st place: Shiovann Edwards (Whakatane) • 3rd place: Meilani Glanville (Whakatane) • 4th place: Carla Bindon (Rotorua) Avant Garde • 3rd place: Kimberley Littlejohn (Rotorua)
After a day in the office, many Waiariki staff members head for the forest trails.
Summer is just around the corner! The trees and flowers are blossoming, the lambs appearing, and long warm BBQ days are nearly upon us. As we start putting on the shorts, skirts and swimwear, it’s time to think about getting back into shape after a winter of perhaps a bit too much indoor hibernating or over indulgence. But where to start? Get Active Rotorua has an abundance of natural playgrounds ready for you to explore – Whakarewarewa Forest, many parks, Mt Ngongotaha, and don’t forget our beautiful lakes. Make a plan to go somewhere different each week to walk, run, swim or ride your bike. Being a tourist in your own town can be not only exciting, but the motivation gained from going somewhere new is hard to beat. Eat Well The summer months are perfect for encouraging a lighter, healthier diet. It’s salad season and what better way to ensure you eat more of your greens than growing them yourself? It is hugely rewarding (and a great workout) creating a new vegetable or herb garden and it’s a real joy to go outside and pick some fresh salad leaves, basil and a tasty tomato for the base of a nutritious meal. Check online resources like the Healthy Food Guide (www.healthyfood.co.nz) for inspirational recipes to keep things interesting and healthy at the same time. Set Goals Choose a realistic and achievable goal or event to aim for, preferably no more than six to 10 weeks away. This timeframe is perfect to keep up the motivation and ensure you stick to it. Whether it be a walking or running event, joining a local sports or dance club, or having a new healthy eating plan, give it some thought, write it down and do it! You don’t have to wait until New Year’s day to start making some positive changes. Join Us Waiariki Community Recreation Centre continues to be an important place for staff, students and members of the public to be active in the gym and organised programmes or sports. Team sports such as indoor netball and football, three-on-three basketball, and badminton also run in the evenings, so get a group of friends together if you’d like to have a fun and social evening activity option. Contact Rebecca Smith on 07 346 8636 for membership information.
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Becoming environmentally sustainable Environmental sustainability is becoming an increasingly important consideration for all businesses and Waiariki is no exception. Since last year when Waiariki opened its own Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sustainability, a commitment to ensuring ongoing sufficiency of natural resources has been embedded in our strategic plans. Materials and innovations that save water and electricity, reduce waste and are more environmentally friendly are spreading across the institute’s campuses and feature in new developments and buildings.
Twice marinated venison with a crisp vegetable salad finished with a citrus and palm sugar dressing
The new wood processing workshop at Waiariki’s Waipa site, for example, has solar water heating, collects rainwater for the facility’s use, uses treated discharge water for gardening on the site and features recycled materials. The centre is staffed by Warren Webber, Project Manager, and Tom Lynch, Development Manager, who seek out opportunities for Waiariki to undertake and be involved in projects both across the institute’s campuses and out in the community. Recently Waiariki students were involved in making and erecting interpretation panels for the Mount Ngongotaha Bush Restoration Trust’s nature loop. Walkers can learn about the
mountain’s native flora and fauna on the 3.2km loop which is suitable for people of average fitness. The trust was granted $5,000 from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council environment enhancement fund for the new signage and brochures. Mr Lynch, who is a member of the trust, wrote the interpretation panels which provide interesting information about the birdlife, fungi and other flora to be seen. He says the track, off Paradise Valley Road, is a real asset for Rotorua and a must for nature lovers. He’s always on the lookout for appropriate community projects for Waiariki to get involved with and is keen to hear from anyone with ideas. Meanwhile, Waiariki has set up a campus ‘Green Team’ to look at opportunities for sustainability projects and the centre also does its bit in organising, promoting and supporting environmental and ecological events, workshops and conferences. Earlier this year it ran a climate change and agriculture conference which also touched on water quality, and hosted a student day for the Ecology Society Conference, providing a forum for master’s and PhD students from around New Zealand to hone their presentation skills.
Recipe by Craig Searle, Chef Lecturer at Waiariki’s Whakatane campus Venison 2 g Sichuan pepper corns 10 g crushed garlic clove 2 g sea salt 10 ml olive oil 500 g venison fillet 30 ml Chinese black vinegar 30 ml golden soy sauce 20 ml sesame oil 15 g palm sugar 1 g dried chilli flakes Blend peppercorns, garlic and salt together; slowly add enough sesame oil to create a paste. Rub paste onto venison fillet and leave for at least five minutes to allow the flavours to blend. Meanwhile, in a stainless bowl, mix the remaining ingredients to form a marinade. Heat pan until very hot and then seal venison until browned; place seared venison immediately in the marinade and cover to marinate overnight. Salad 100 g bean sprouts ½ tele cucumber 1 carrot peeled 200 g Daikon radish 15 ml golden soy sauce 15 ml lime juice 15 ml rice wine vinegar 20 g palm sugar Place the bean sprouts in a sieve and pour boiling water over them to blanch and quickly refresh. Julienne the carrot, Daikon and cucumber and place in a bowl with the bean sprouts. In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients and stir until sugar is dissolved; pour this over the vegetable mixture just before serving. Slice the venison as thinly as possible and arrange on top of the salad; drizzle with the remaining marinade and serve.
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Carpentry tutor Jeremy Bryce (left) and his students installed new signs along the trails in the Mount Ngongotaha Bush Restoration Trust’s nature loop.
Did you know? • In 2010 Waiariki sent 1,025 cubic metres of general waste to the Rotorua landfill
• The percentage of waste being recycled has increased to about 33 percent this year
• Having extended recycling from paper and cardboard to other waste in 2010, 532 cubic metres (about 30 percent of total waste on Mokoia Campus) of waste was recycled
• Recycling efforts, until now targeted in high waste areas like the cafeteria and kitchens, are to be extended across campus
Research journal’s third edition to be published Waiariki’s work in literacy and numeracy will feature in the third annual edition of the institute’s research journal. Interest has been increasing in He Kupu Whakataki – Journal of Best Practice in Applied and Maori/Indigenous Vocational Education. After three years in the making, demand has steadily increased and the journal has been getting recognition with subscriptions growing. “The ultimate aim is that the journal will influence practice and tertiary thinking and policy,” says Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori. The third edition, available late this month, features international articles, new developments in vocational education, articles
on supporting learners in vocational and tertiary environments, and the institute’s numeracy and literacy work. Four Waiariki staff who attended the 2011 World Indigenous Education Conference, held in Peru, have contributed articles. The third edition of Waiariki’s research journal will be available in November.
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Building partnerships and skills training in Whakatane Waiariki’s Whakatane campus is continuing to develop strong industry relationships in the Eastern Bay of Plenty as part of its focus on quality vocational qualifications.
New immigration laws are set to impact on Waiariki’s international population.
Rosemary Johnson, Regional Development Manager, says the institute is taking the lead in vocational training, a vital undertaking at this time when the country is seeking skilled workers. Establishing links with local industry is important to create qualifications which meet the needs of employers and which lead to work-ready graduates they can hire.
While Christa George, Director, Support Services, says the new rules could initially impact on the number of overseas students studying at the institute, it will be very short term and will ultimately lead to a higher calibre of students studying in New Zealand.
The industry relationships also provide many opportunities for Waiariki students to gain hands-on training and valuable work experience within the community. They get to know first hand what it’s like to work in various settings, interact with other employees, and make contacts for their post-graduation job hunt. This strong focus on youth and creating pathways to employment is reflected in the qualifications offered in Whakatane which include certificates in tertiary education, automotive and workshop repair, and electrical and related trades. The Eastern Bay of Plenty Trades Academy, opened in February on the Whakatane campus, also supports pathways by providing training to high school students one or two days per week. Through the academy, students earn credit toward Waiariki qualifications. The electrical and automotive certificates were offered for the first time in Whakatane this year. The first automotive intake finished recently with 13 of 16 students passing and several already in employment. A new two-bay auto workshop supports the training and the trades academy, and Ms Johnson says there will be no problems filling next year’s intake, given the high level of interest.
Algy Fermanis is dual enrolled as a student at Opotiki College and at the Eastern Bay of Plenty Trades Academy on Waiariki’s Whakatane campus.
The one-year electrical certificate has seen students gaining work experience locally, providing the foundations to help them gain apprenticeships in an area where there is a national shortage of skilled electricians. Also new in Whakatane this year is the 18-month Diploma in Enrolled Nursing which has been taken up by 19 very enthusiastic students. Earning this qualification will enable students to apply for nursing council registration with the scope of practice mainly in aged and disability care, although they will also be able to work alongside enrolled nurses. Some students plan to move on to the Bachelor of Nursing and others will seek jobs locally when they finish, Ms Johnson says.
Engaging with our future students
Pictured is Ms Harre’s son, Max, listening to his heart with a stethoscope, something all the children enjoyed that day. They explored the inside workings of the human chest with the help of one of the manikins from Waiariki’s School of Nursing and Health Studies. They were able to take it apart and have a look at what their bodies look like on the inside. Max Harre listens intently to his heart beat during Heart Week.
Tailored numeracy and literacy training available for businesses in 2012 Wanted: local employers keen to upskill their staff through free, customised training in the workplace. Waiariki is looking for new employers to take up the offer in 2012, the third year it will be offering customised training for
businesses with a literacy and numeracy add-on. There’s no financial cost to the employer, just an investment required in terms of making time available for the training during the working day. In the past Waiariki has helped employers upskill their staff in health and safety, administration, guiding, communications and computer skills with literacy and numeracy components embedded in the training. “Employers often have a range of needs and we incorporate literacy and numeracy components into the training their staff need,” says Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori. The benefits for employers include more competent and confident staff delivering consistent service. However, it’s not always easy to convince employers of the longterm benefits, Mr Ikin says.
Waiariki tutors Waitiahoaho Emery, Mereana Slade and Mavis McDonald worked with staff at local sawmill Tachikawa to help them measure and record figures accurately.
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Immigration New Zealand is changing some of the rules for international students from next year to attract more of them to take higher level courses. Ms George says that should bode well for Waiariki. “Given our stability in the market there’s still potential for growth and we will continue to be a leader in international education.” There are currently 600 international students taking courses at Waiariki. Many are studying nursing, computing, business, and hospitality and a good number are studying English or have that as an add-on. Ms George says one of the reasons Waiariki has been so successful in the international market is that looking after the students goes beyond the confines of the campus and she believes word of mouth has become a powerful marketing tool overseas. “It’s really all about relationships,” she says. “We have a very high standard of pastoral care of students which makes them feel part of the community and we help them achieve good educational outcomes. This was endorsed at Waiariki’s recent Ministry Evaluation Review.”
Vikkie Harre, Nursing Lecturer at Waiariki, spent some time out in the community recently providing health education to 3- and 4-year-olds at Flying Start Childcare & Preschool in Rotorua. The centre was doing a project for heart week and she taught them about the human heart and how it works.
“It was a great experience,” says Ms Harre, “and the children enjoyed being able to listen to their hearts and pull the manikin apart.”
Community benefits from international students
“For this work to be successful, it requires support at the senior management level of a business and a lot of managers can’t see the value in investing in the training of staff so it sometimes takes some convincing.”
Ms George says Waiariki also delivers on its educational promises and there’s integrity in that. “The word gets back to the students’ families, to our agents and partners and to other potential students.” Waiariki’s international population has increased steadily since 2005 and in the current financial year will contribute about $10 million in revenue for the institute. The estimated economic benefit to Rotorua in having overseas students studying and living here is three times that. Waiariki is preparing to diversify its markets by increasing its presence in areas such as China, Turkey, Mexico and South America. There’s a lot of talk about the need for New Zealand to be a global society and Ms George says Waiariki is helping to create that locally. “It’s also about cultural diversity – domestic students learning alongside international students, students learning about each other’s cultures, about doing business in each other’s countries and so on.” The government wants to see “export education” grow and Ms George says Waiariki is in a very good position to contribute to that. “We are one of the few institutes in New Zealand where the international market is still growing … and the whole community benefits.”
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Gold and bronze medals for Waiariki students Waiariki culinary and hospitality students represented Waiariki extremely well – again – at the Nestlé Toque d’Or. Diploma in Culinary Arts students Sally Vazey and Sanjoy Solomon won a gold medal, and Diploma in Hospitality Management student Hao Xu earned bronze. This is the second consecutive year Waiariki earned medals at this national student competition. Nestlé Toque d’Or is a national event held in Auckland each year where tertiary students compete in an intense two-and-a-half hour live cook off and meal service. The culinary students must create their own four-course menu and ensure their skills meet strict judging criteria in areas such as professionalism, work methods, knife skills and recipe development.
Scholarships available for Rotorua students Whare Takiura Scholarships Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust has long supported Waiariki and its students. One of the ways in which the Trust does this is by annually offering 10 scholarships worth $2,000 each to Waiariki students who are studying specific degree and diploma qualifications. Applying for a Rotorua Trust scholarship is easy and there are only two requirements to be eligible: 1) Applicants must be Rotorua residents, and 2) Applicants must be current fulltime Waiariki students studying in Rotorua on one of the qualifications listed by the Trust as eligible. Rotorua Trust scholarships are limited and applications must be received by Waiariki no later than 4.00pm on Friday, 18 November 2011.
Visit www.waiariki.ac.nz for more information on scholarships from Rotorua Trust and other organisations, or contact Moana Petre, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief Executive at Waiariki, on 0800 924 274 or moana.petre@waiariki.ac.nz.
Eligible Scholarship Diplomas or Degrees for 2012 • Bachelor of Applied Management (all majors) • Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Social Work) • Bachelor of Computing, Communications and Technology (all majors) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design) • Bachelor of Māori Development (all majors) • Bachelor of Nursing
• Bachelor of Tourism Management • Diploma in Culinary Arts
• Diploma in Forest Management
• Diploma in Hospitality Management
• Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) • New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 6)
Congratulations to these Rotorua students who received Whare Takiura Scholarships in 2011:
Lisa Ainsley − Bachelor of Computing, Communications and Technology
Savannah Dorset − Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Annexe Kahika − Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Social Work)
Julie Millar − Bachelor of Applied Management
Conrad Ransfield − Diploma in Forest Management Paula Sorenson − Bachelor of Nursing
Teresa Walker − Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Social Work) Nikki Waterkamp − Bachelor of Nursing
Raymond Wharepapa − Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Social Work)
Tanya Williams − Bachelor of Nursing
Judging criteria for the hospitality students includes personal presentation, customer service skills, and menu and wine knowledge. The teams of three students must coordinate their cooking and serving, timing everything to the minute and providing a top dining experience for real guests.
Toque d’Or organiser Pip Duncan says the team trainers play a vital role in the competition’s overall success, sharing their invaluable knowledge, experience and skills to prepare the students for the event’s fastpaced pressure and demands. The event provides a great platform for restaurateurs to spot New Zealand’s rising culinary and hospitality stars and create future contacts and potential employees.
Photo courtesy of Kerry Grant
For several months leading up to the competition, Waiariki Culinary Arts Lecturers Bart Vosse and Jonathan Chemis, and Senior Hospitality Management Lecturer Thomas George selected and coached the students to prepare them for this prestigious event.
Front row: Ken Kennedy (Waiariki Kaumatua), Helen Manoharan (Waiariki, Director, School of Nursing and Health Studies), Trevor Maxwell (Trustee), Sandra Kai Fong (Trustee), Grahame Hall (Trust Chairman), JoAnne La Grouw (Trust Deputy Chairman), Lyall Thurston (Trustee), John Snook (Waiariki Deputy CE) Back row: Tanya Williams, Nikki Waterkamp, Julie Millar, Lisa Ainsley, Annexe Kahika, Conrad Ransfield, Raymond Wharepapa, Savannah Dorset, Paula Sorenson
Student retention and success is up at the Taupo campus Through various strategies, Waiariki’s Taupo campus has experienced improvements in student retention and success this year.
Tutors are engaging with students from day one of their course, following up with and supporting them to catch up on any work missed. Chris Dolman, Regional Development Manager, says this has had a major effect on the student experience at the campus.
“Classes with good numbers have a better dynamic for teaching and learning. Tutors have enjoyed teaching this year and this is evident with the higher numbers of students who will finish their courses and graduate in early 2012,” she says.
Hao Xu (wearing black tie) prepares to serve guests at the Toque d’Or while team members Sally Vazey and Sanjoy Solomon prepare the next course.
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The stand-out qualifications for Taupo are hairdressing, with tutors Katherine Campbell and Liz Painter, and automotive with new tutor Stephen Ramsay. High standards are being maintained on the business administration course with tutors Brenda Tyler and Maureen Crawford producing work-ready students. Meanwhile, forest operations tutors Brent Cannard and Jim
Waipouri have been successful in lifting the standard of their course by drug testing students. This has proven an effective measure to ensure the high calibre of work ethics needed for future employment in the forestry industry which utilises drug testing of its employees. A new initiative has been the introduction of the Certificate in Tertiary Learning, targeting 16- to 18-year-olds to help them re-engage in learning. Fourteen of the 17 students who signed up are still attending regularly. Tutor Kassandra Kingi has worked hard to identify these young people from the community, get them enrolled on the certificate and then help train them. For many of these students the certificate provides the confidence and impetus for them to continue on to further study with Waiariki. In response to community demand, it is hoped the list of courses and qualifications being offered in Taupo next year will include tourism, professional cookery and café operations, as well as creative arts courses.
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Health and wellbeing high on priorities at Waiariki
New certificate aims to prepare future trustees of resources Waiariki is set to play a big part in ensuring local and national trusts are run by skilled people with strong governance abilities. A National Certificate in Governance of Māori Authorities will be offered at Waiariki from next year and the hunt is on for tutors with strong governance experience. “There was a call for this type of qualification from people keen to be involved in trusteeship and governance and/or gain some professional development,” says Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori.
Thirty Waiariki staff members take time out of their busy days twice a week to workout with a professional fitness trainer.
Fit, healthy, happy staff are energetic, productive staff.
the campus and have a range of abilities but a common goal to get fitter and healthier.
That’s the philosophy of Waiariki’s Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren, who supports programmes aimed at promoting the health and wellbeing of Waiariki staff.
The added bonus is the team-building aspect with staff getting to know others from around the campus as they train together to make their lifestyle changes. Dr Borren says the programme also sits well with the institute’s bicultural vision which takes an holistic approach.
Thirty staff at Waiariki’s Rotorua campus have started an eight-week fitness challenge subsidised by the institute which pays half the cost and gives them two hours twice a week to train together under the supervision of personal trainer Luis Moresco from Life Personal Fitness. It is time the staff don’t have to pay back but which Dr Borren says he knows the institute will “get back in spades” in terms of productivity, commitment and loyalty. The first programme is seen as a pilot but there’s already a waiting list for the next challenge and Dr Borren has committed further support. Those currently taking part come from across
Supporting a good work/life balance for staff, he says, is also part of being a responsible employer. “It’s about investing in our people and we are in the people business. “If we can improve the health and wellness of staff, that will flow on to students, the families of staff involved and hopefully, the wider community. We are seeding it and hope that eventually it will become part of the culture of the institute. “The biggest obstacle for people when it comes to exercise is time … we are giving them the time and they don’t have to pay it back … they
don’t have to feel guilty about it.” The Fitness Challenge follows on from a couple of other staff schemes which have proved successful at the institute, such as the Biggest Loser weight loss challenge and a smoking cessation initiative which enjoyed a 100 percent success rate with a small number of staff. Both those projects were supported by the chief executive and Dr Borren said the quit smoking programme plus a strong push across campus for World Smokefree Day saw other staff also kick the habit – one because she’d lost all her smoking buddies. Dr Borren supported five staff to quit smoking by providing nutritional and exercise support, recognising that, for women anyway, a fear of putting on weight was the biggest incentive to not giving up their cigarettes. “We take an holistic approach to our responsibility for staff, including lifestyle and health and wellbeing,” Dr Borren says.
Enrolments are high for new qualification for nurses The new Diploma in Enrolled Nursing commenced this year with 15 students in Rotorua keen to learn and achieve this Level 5 qualification. Currently they are completing a clinical skills course and a rehabilitation course.
“Our point of difference from other commercially focused courses is that it’s taught over a year so people can consolidate their learning over a longer period.” Trusts and incorporations with which Waiariki consulted have expressed a need for this type of training and Mr Ikin says the new certificate has huge future potential. “There’s a transition happening at governance level in Māori entities, a generational and gender change,” he explains. “Ten years ago 90 percent of trustees were Māori men, 60 or older, and that’s changing significantly. “Trustees are getting younger and there are more women… and these people bring new skills so there’s a real opportunity to help transition some of those people into governance opportunities.”
To keep things interesting and make their learning more real, Waiariki arranged for the students to go to Parksyde Older Persons Community Centre in Rotorua to complete health checks with local residents in attendance that day. The students worked under RN (tutor) supervision to complete blood glucose testing, and blood pressure and pulse checks. They created the documentation around this and their ‘patients’ were able to take home a card with observations on it for future reference and to share with their general practitioner and practice nurse.
Enrolled nursing student Eoin Burling checks a participant’s pulse rate.
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The students enjoyed interacting with the Parksyde visitors who were willing to share their health experiences with the students, along with some fantastic personal stories.
Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori, says the new qualification gels well with the changes in gender and age being seen in areas of Māori governance.
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News Snippets
Stepping Stones
Working in partnership for youth
Congratulations go to Waiariki’s English language tutors and students who took home the Wearable Creationz Colourful Concepts Most Colourful Design Award for “Chokimono”, a kimono made of chocolate wrappers and deliciously modelled by ESOL students Sue, Vicky and Ta. Waiariki art student Zoe Stephenson was also a winner at Wearable Creationz. She won the Supreme Award for “Line Me Up” which was inspired by her drawing class with Waiariki art tutor Debbie Thyne. In 2010, as a high school student, Zoe lugged home three first-place awards: Youth Section, Colourful Concepts Most Colourful Design, and Supreme Award. In keeping with our commitment to environmental sustainability, Waiariki’s 2012 Prospectus and Career Guide was printed using vegetable/soy-based inks on an environmentally responsible paper produced using ECF pulp manufactured under the strict ISO14001 Environmental Management System. Future marketing collateral will use the same materials. Waiariki has installed a “Bokashi CompostZing” system in the staffroom on Mokoia Campus. Bokashi bins turn kitchen waste into highly productive garden compost – with no smell – minimising the amount of organic waste ending up in landfills. The annual Waiariki Wild Food Cook Off was another hit with Waiariki staff and students who competed to create a judge-pleasing plate using a ‘mystery box’ of ingredients within an hour. Firstplace winners included Kris and Shane O’Driscoll, and Dijraj Baghela (student). Summer School 2011-2012 at Waiariki: Term 5 runs November 21 - December 16, 2011; Term 6 runs January 9 - February 14, 2012. Are you a Waiariki friend on Facebook? Sign on today to get all the latest info and goss happening on campus! Go to www.facebook.com/waiariki.tangata. You can also follow us on Twitter @WaiarikiInst
Focusing on training for youth is paying off Youth training has become a major focus for Waiariki, reflected in a growing number of students under 25 years of age. Since 2008 the under-25s on Waiariki campuses have increased by 24 percent and they now make up more than half of Waiariki’s students. A number of initiatives that target youth are already proving their worth. Dr Chris Asby, Project Manager, says many young people are not engaged at secondary school so tertiary vocational training is often a viable alternative. This year Waiariki trialled a trades academy at its Whakatane campus with seven secondary schools in the Eastern Bay of Plenty sending approximately 120 Year 12 students to the tertiary campus one day a week to begin their tertiary training. The students were able to choose from carpentry, automotive, electrical, hospitality, business administration, forestry and agriculture. Dr Asby says the academy is improving the behaviour of students at their secondary schools and they are enthusiastic learners at the Waiariki campus. With the government moving to increase the number of trades academies across the country, Waiariki is hopeful it can also increase the number of students next year at the Whakatane campus academy, as well as extend the concept to its Rotorua, Taupo and Tokoroa campuses.
High school students Meketu Mahauariki (foreground), Jean-Luc Dippie and Maire Meihana (right) have been gaining automotive training on Waiariki’s Whakatane campus one day each week this year through the Eastern Bay of Plenty Trades Academy. Next year they are eligible for a two-day programme at the campus to continue their automotive training.
New qualification prepares students for tertiary study Young people already out of school are able to gain entry to tertiary training through the Youth Guarantee Scheme which funds fees for 16- and 17-year-olds for one year. Waiariki started with a small group last year and students enjoyed good success rates, receiving training in hairdressing, carpentry, electrical and automotive. Even with that scheme running, however, Dr Chris Asby, Project Manager, says Waiariki could see there were still young people falling through the cracks. “There are a large number out there not going to school or wanting to drop out mid-year and there’s nothing for them” he says, regarding further education. “They are a group who also need a lot more literacy and numeracy learning support.” The institute has introduced a Certificate in Tertiary Learning which it hopes will help fill the gap by preparing students for tertiary studies with a view to them continuing on to other certificate or diploma courses. It also includes an introduction to trades courses to help them decide what they may want to study further. The certificate is being run through Waiariki’s Te Wānanga a
Ihenga Māori Development, Humanities and Research and Keith Ikin, Deputy Chief Executive Māori, is encouraged by the qualification’s potential to help young people succeed at tertiary level. “We have more than 120 students enrolled now and are looking for students for 2012, starting in February. We’re looking to take about the same number next year. There’s high demand ... the interest is clearly there,” Mr Ikin says. Waiariki is delivering the course in Whakatane, Taupo, Murupara and Turangi and is set to establish a new group at its Mokoia Campus. The students from outside Rotorua come to Mokoia for some elective trades training, their bus transport to the city arranged free by Waiariki. Piloted in 2009, the new qualification attracts mainly 18and 19-year-olds. “They’ve been out of formal learning, some of them, since the age of about 13 or 14 so there are some real challenges for them but many are bright – school just wasn’t for them,” says Mr Ikin. “There’s no reason they can’t proceed [from this certificate] into diploma studies. This certificate is a stepping stone.”
MARK YOUR CALENDAR Waiariki Semester 1, 2012: 20 February – 22 June*
Waiariki culinary student Dijraj Baghela won the student section of the Waiariki Wild Food Cook Off.
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Early enrolment is vital for school leavers
2012 Waiariki Prospectus and Career Guide
If you haven’t enrolled yet for Semester 1, 2012 at Waiariki, it is imperative to start the process as soon as possible. Changes in government funding to tertiary institutes and universities means places are limited and filling very quickly. Even if you qualify under the Free Fees or Youth Guarantee schemes, it is still important to enrol early and arrange your student loan through StudyLink to secure your place.
Waiariki’s Prospectus and Career Guide is your guide for qualifications and career information. Visit our website for a complete list of qualifications or call in to any Waiariki campus for a copy of the new 2012 guide available now.
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Waiariki Academy of Sport Chipping in with the best Waiariki Academy of Sport golfers were zoning in on the Queen’s greens earlier this year with Landyn Edwards competing in the British Amatuer and Chantelle Cassidy travelling to the UK with the New Zealand women’s team. In the biggest Bay of Plenty amateur effort since Danny Lee, Landyn topped the leader board in the opening day of the event, finishing four under par. He continued in solid form through to match play where he was narrowly beaten by his Swiss opponent at the 19th hole. Competing in the British Women’s Amateur and the Commonwealth Trophy, Chantelle soaked up the experience of international competition. She has returned to New Zealand to take out the Bay of Plenty Open with a personal best and convincing victory. Other golf news: • Rotana Howard represented Waiariki at the World University Games in China
• Grace Senior and Chantelle Cassidy finish in the top four at New Zealand Women’s U19 Champs
Chantelle Cassidy practicing her golf swing
From training gear to evening wear, it’s awards time! Following the Te Arawa Sports Awards held in October, the Bay of Plenty Sports Awards will take place in November where 10 Waiariki Academy of Sport athletes are in contention to take out some big titles in their categories including: • Sam Sutton, extreme kayak • Erena Mikaere, netball • Sloan and Tarryn Cox, rally driving • Landyn Edwards, golf • Chantelle Cassidy, golf • Luuka Jones, canoe slalom • Mike Dawson, canoe slalom and extreme kayak • Carl Jones, XC MTB • Katie O’Neill, XC MTB • Samara Sheppard, XC MTB
Luuka Jones, 2012 Olympian New Zealand K1 Women's Champion World Cup Semi-finalist 2011 Waiariki Communications Student
Pop the kettle on, Liz, we’ll see you soon Amongst the concrete communism towers and vast cornfields of Bratislava, six Waiariki paddlers represented Aotearoa at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Slovakia. Doubling as Olympic qualification, it was a battle to secure nation spots for next year’s London Games. New Zealand claimed not one but two spots! Academy kayakers Luuka Jones (an Olympian veteran) and Mike Dawson sure made it an exciting World Championships to end 2011’s international season. See the full story on page 5.
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