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32751-01 The Gisborne Herald • Monday, June 29, 2020 3 ‘Amazing’ achievement

“It’s never too late to start. With an mechanised log processor. I think about education, you can do anything.” the first time I got in the machine, I just That’s the message forestry about died! I thought it was unachievable apprenticeship graduate Natasha to be operating such a huge machine, but Mankelow wants to share with anyone now it’s what I do daily.” considering learning a new skill or Natasha says combining study and entering a new industry. work was manageable, especially with Natasha recently completed her Competenz account manager Cliff Competenz forestry apprenticeship Stoddart checking in regularly, and an (Mechanised Processing), a learning in-house assessor to track her progress. journey she began when she was 37, and “The advantage of an apprenticeship is with three children in tow. She says what that you’re learning while you get real-life she has achieved over the past four years is experience. There were others in my crew “amazing”. who were also studying so that was good “I left school at 15 without any support. Cliff would always come up to see credits or NZQA units. So getting me wherever I was based and work around those during my apprenticeship was my hours — he was very flexible and made WOMEN’S WORK TOO: Since starting a forestry training apprenticeship Natasha a major achievement. I have learned sure I was achieving.” Mankelow hasn’t looked back. She wants to encourage more women into a career in forestry. Picture supplied and accomplished more doing an One thing Natasha stipulated when she apprenticeship than throughout my entire signed up to study was that Aaron, who is school education!” a course assessor, would never assess her Natasha’s decision to embark on an work. “I made sure I did everything for apprenticeship was driven by the need to myself and having an independent assessor provide a more secure financial future for was important to me.” her children. Natasha’s son Reon, 18, has followed “At the time, I had two children at in his parents’ footsteps and is now intermediate and one at primary school enrolled in a forestry apprenticeship. She and they were heavily involved in sport. says he is progressing well and is already Two incomes meant we could support accomplishing tasks usually done by older, them so they could pursue their education experienced men. and sporting endeavours. So I needed to Cliff says Natasha has succeeded with re-train in a new industry. the support of her family, crew, employer “I was fortunate enough to be offered and through her own commitment. a trial for a position by Stephen Dewes “She’s shown that apprenticeships are at Dewes Contractors. Following the trial not just for new entrants to the industry I successfully attained a position within — you can achieve at any stage of life,” Natasha Mankelow and her crew, from left, Hayden Grace, Johno Page, Rick the crew and company, which ultimately says Cliff. Wilson, Natasha Mankelow, Stephen Dewes and Shaun Smith. led to an apprenticeship with industry “She’s a proud mum and a very humble training organisation Competenz. There woman who turns up to work every day are no words to describe how grateful I am and does her job to the best of her ability. to Stephen for giving me the opportunity A true professional woman of forestry – a that kickstarted my career in the logging wāhine toa.” industry.” “It’s never too late to start learning,” Dewes Contractors operates a cable says Natasha. “Through my experiences yarder mechanised operation harvesting in the forestry industry which is male- forests inland from , for forestry dominant, women are proving they can be consultants PF Olsen. Natasha’s partner equally as qualified. I hope more females ACROSSOVER THE 40 INDUSTRY CAREER . . . SOMETHING PATHS FOR EVERYONE! Aaron also works for the contractor, but will seek out opportunities to work in she says she knew little about the forestry forestry, which will help eliminate the industry when she signed up. stereotype that forestry is only for men — “Forestry is not traditionally a female I encourage them to take that step. occupation and I admit I had no idea “Yes, it’s hard at the start, but if you what I was in for. But with the support of constantly strive and challenge yourself Competenz and crew, I progressed through to be the best you can be, and you’re the years on the skid and groundwork to always open to learning, then I believe any now operating the Waratah — a 40 tonne woman can do it.”

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Capturing Gisborne in the lockdown Gladstone Road (above) and Childers Road deserted during lockdown. Pictures by Mahalia Rush When n ew Zealand went into study involves a combination of both Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown, general arts and design with specialist Whitecliffe student Mahalia Rush Photo Media courses, giving Mahalia came home to Gisborne to be with her the opportunity to try a range of creative family. It ended up being the perfect practices. opportunity for the Photo Media student The programme covers practical and to quickly capture the eerily empty streets theoretical skills and knowledge where of Gisborne, as she adjusted to life in students develop core skills in design, lockdown and learned to engage with drawing, materials and processes, together her studies online with support from her with critical and contextual studies. tutors and fellow students. “What I love about the course is that Mahalia, who is in her third year of it’s a smaller group of people, so we’re a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Whitecliffe quite close. It also means that everyone College of Art and Design in Auckland, gets an opportunity with the lecturers and spent most of her high school years at tutors.” Campion College before transferring to Graduates of the Photo Media major Gisborne Girls’ h igh School. will be well positioned to embark on “I thrived in art,” she said. “I always dynamic and creative careers. Alumni thought I would do something creative of the major have established their own after school. I did a lot of painting and commercial and fine art practices, assisted then I got the opportunity when I went to professional photographers, and worked Girls’ h igh to do photography so I tried in galleries and photo labs. that and really enjoyed it.” Mahalia is definitely thinking of In high school she experimented with bringing her trade back to Gisborne one portrait shots, before finding a fascination day, but in the meantime she’s enjoying in the natural world. the city life and is thinking about doing Word of mouth lead her to the creative her h onours within the Photo Media TAIRĀWHITITAIRAWHITI ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY INDUSTRY CHANGE YOUR TAIRĀWHITI ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY possibilities at Whitecliffe, which has department. CHANGEOFFICE YOUR VIEWVIEW …MOVING….MOVING THROUGH THROUGH campuses in Auckland, Manukau, The Bachelor of Arts programme OFFICE VIEW …MOVINGOUROUR REGION! REGION! THROUGH Wellington and Christchurch. Many at Whitecliffe is underpinned by the EVERYDAYEVERY DAY OURWant REGION! to become a professional truck driver?! of Mahalia’s friends were planning on delivery of essential skills, techniques, EVERYDAY WantLet to us become help you a professionalget your licence truck and driver?! gain work Let usexperience help you getat the your same licence time. and gain work starting their studies at the art and design and methodologies to foster students’ experienceCome check at the outsame our time. tent at the Career Expo on the college. creative, practical, and contextual Want to become a professional truck driver?Come6th check Let& 7th us outof help April our you tentat the atget Gisbornethe your Career licence A&P Expo Showgrounds and on the gain She found the move to Auckland a little development. Students develop this work experience at the same time. No6th two &and 7th days Events of April are Centre. atthe the same. Gisborne Drive A&P our Showgrounds region! and TakeEvents a rideCentre. in one of our BIG trucks and meet our daunting but having family there made creative potential while gaining an Takefriendly a ride in team one andof our specialist BIG trucks drivers and meetand trainers. our it easier. The 20-year-old misses the e ast understanding of professional practice From: • Courier/Delivery • Machinefriendly OperatorLearn team about • and Livestock the specialist different drivers industries and andtrainers. what it is truly Coast beaches and says of Gisborne, “the applicable to their industry. To read more • Freight • Bulk Haulage • LoggingLearnlike about• toLong be the a Haul truck different driver. industries There’s aand career what waiting it is truly for you. smallness is quite nice sometimes”. about the qualifications, from Certificate ………….There’s a career waitinglike toCOME forbe ayou! truck AND driver. BE OUR There’s NEXT a career DRIVER! waiting for you. “It takes about 10 minutes to get to Masters level programmes in Arts, COME AND BE OUR NEXT DRIVER! anywhere, but here in Auckland it takes Design, Fashion and Technology, head to You’ll need a full Class 1 driver’s licence fi rst. about an hour.” whitecliffe.ac.nz or call 0800 800 300. The first year of the fine arts degree COME AND BE OUR NEXT DRIVER. WE NEED YOU!

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Seven years working in forestry has “For fitness we had to run 2.4 kilometres been replaced with a career in the n ew within 12 minutes for men and 14 minutes Zealand Army for Gisborne man Tiki for women to pass services entry level. v iqasi. “I found out on that course how easy He decided to apply for the army while that was to achieve. doing the e IT Tairawhiti Services Pathway “We started on 15 minutes and it kept course in 2018. decreasing.” Fijian national Tiki was working in the Playing club rugby for YMP also helped silviculture and planting side of forestry. fitness levels. “As soon as I got residency status I Tiki and his Gisborne partner have two started thinking about extra studies. children (aged three and two months). “I saved up and I liked the e IT After applying and being accepted, the (Tairawhiti) course because for the cost of first three-month basic training was the one course I could see into many different hardest for the young family. Tourism career options — police, navy, air force, Tiki commutes from his Palmerston army or fire service. n orth base when he has time off but the “I had spent the past seven years in family is looking to move closer to the forestry and I liked the outdoors, so the army base. Hospitality army appealed to me.” He loves learning in his new work. Another aspect of the three month e IT “We are always learning new things course that was very helpful was personal — skills and equipment-wise — while development and learning the ethos and at the same time increasing stamina and Management values of all the services such as courage, resilience.” commitment, comradeship, diversity and Anyone interested in learning more empathy. about a career in the services can go to the APRIL, JULY & OCTOBER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS The course was good for motivation and e IT Tairawhiti website or call into the GET THE SKILLS - EARN MONEY - TRAVEL helpful for physical training. main office on Palmerston Road. Are you after high income and secure employment? TRADES TRAINING CENTRE Guaranteed hotel job as part of the course! Automotive I Mechanical Engineering I Carpentry NZ, Australia and the UK. For more info visit www.pihms.ac.nz Start your or email [email protected] future now

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Former Lytton High School student walk. Scarlet Conquest made up her mind This month she will start the hotel to pursue a career in tourism when she management segment of the course. travelled to a tourism school in Paihia in The students have weekly assessments her last year at school. throughout which are worth credits. Now her study is under way at the New “We learn something new each week and Zealand School of Tourism in Wellington then do the assessment. If you fail you can and she thinks she has made the right resit but I haven’t failed anything so far.” choice. The New Zealand School of Tourism “I got a little push with the scholarships also helps students into jobs. — I got the first Tourism Eastland “I would like to get an internship at a scholarship and one from the New Zealand hotel at the end of the year. Some are paid School of Tourism. For the Tourism and some are unpaid. Eastland scholarship I had to do an “I found the transition (from school to interview. I’ve used that money towards tertiary study ) quite hard because my dad buying a laptop,” she says. used to pick me up and take me to school “I loved high school. We were quite a each morning. small year group so we all got to know one “Now I have to rush out the door every another and my teachers were really cool. morning to get the train. “I only decided about a month before “I do like travelling to school but it’s school was ending what I was going to do. quite stressful — if you’re late you get 0.25 My school paid for a trip to Paihia and I off your attendance and you’re only allowed was able to see some different options in four days off for the first course. tourism so that was when I made up my “I’m really looking forward to the next mind.” part of the course.” Born and bred in Gisborne, Scarlet went Most of the students last year got to Awapuni School, internships at the end of the year so she and then Lytton. She has just turned 18 so hopes to find work once she has completed HOME AGAIN: Former Lytton High student Scarlet Conquest was back in Gisborne it was a big decision to move away from the course. for a short break before heading back to Wellington where she is studying at the New home and begin studying in the capital. “A representative from Disneyworld Zealand School of Tourism. Picture by Liam Clayton “I found it a bit scary moving away from comes every year to interview students and home and got quite homesick.” if you get accepted you just have to pay She is studying Aviation and Hotel your airfare and you can work there for Management with the first half of the year three months.” focused on aviation which covers flight Scarlet has already done some travelling Choose a career attending and airport management. and liked the fact people on holiday are “We have the opportunity to go and get generally in a positive space so it appealed our wings badge and get a certificate in to her working with people who were in flight attending but I am more interested holiday mode. in chiropractic in hotel management. “I like the idea of connecting with people “So far we’ve studied regional tourism and having something to present to them. If helping your community and learned a lot about Wellington airport.” There are lots of opportunities in tourism.” “My aim is to raise the The course runs from 9am- 4pm In terms of advice to school leavers she standard of healthcare express greater health and Monday to Friday and Scarlet travels by said to look at all the options. in my community” wellbeing inspires you, then train to get there. She is staying with her “Work hard and try to get Level 3. Take chiropractic is the perfect aunt and uncle who live in Ngaio on the advantage of opportunities to look at what Ihaia, Second Year Johnsonville train line. is on offer. If there are trips offered, go on Student from Gisborne career choice. You can read It’s a 40-minute commute — a 20- them.” Ihaia’s full story at minute train trip followed by a 20-minute chiropractic.ac.nz/ihaia To find out more about studying chiropractic, visit our website or phone 09 393 9873. Ogilvy/NZP0007U Would you care enough to help? You might make a good Youth Aid O icer.

32824-01 32825-01 8 Lytton high schoo L people get the correct medication.” “I am better at practical hands-on work.” “She was so awesome and helped me a lot. Caleb Collier His advice to students trying to figure out what The careers department at Lytton have helped She’s a family friend too.” they want to do when they leave school is to do me get my licence. I’ve got my learners and “Ever since I have wanted to do pharmacology. Caleb Collier is something they are really passionate about. they sent me on a 10 day course to get my I’ve just been so amped to get started — to go to a prefect at Lytton restricted licence. They have sent me on a few university and really get into it. At university you High School and other courses — I’ve done a chainsaw course, a can pinpoint that one thing you want and strive he is passionate Jordan Patuwai building course and an ATV (quad bike) safety for that. about reading and Jordan grew up course. She said she is worried about the financial acting. Last year in and Jordan said that while he is a bit nervous strain of studying and has started a second part- he was cast in a attended school about getting a job, he is also keen to get into time job to try to save money. role in Musical there until coming the workforce and make his own money and be “It is not cheap to study medicine. I am quite Theatre Gisborne’s to Lytton High in independent. reliant on scholarships at this stage. If I get to production of Year 9. He is doing be Dux I automatically get offered $6000 from Mamma Mia! and the Primary Industry the universities.” said it was a great Erana Hogarth Organisation Trades experience. Academy. Born and bred Caleb is especially As part of the in Gisborne Erana fond of Shakespeare and has been involved in Georgia Hintz requirements for the began her education drama at Lytton High School throughout the last Primary Industry at School. At 16 years of age, five years. He is looking forward to being part of Academy, all Year Due to changes Georgia is a young the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival this year 12/13 students have in zoning, she Year 13 student. She and will be directing one of the pieces. He has to choose either a started at Gisborne grew up in been involved in this festival for four years. horticulture or agriculture work placement. One Intermediate before where she attended “I love the Pop Up Globe in Auckland and day a week, Jordan is placed with Mike King to transitioning Whangara School the way they include Kiwi humour in their study beekeeping. Last year he was one of 10 to Ilminster until starting at performances — it’s so entertaining.” students who completed a 10-week beekeeping Intermediate for the Lytton High School Caleb is interested in medicine and plans course run by a Turanga Ararau tutor Paddy second half of Year 8 in Year 9. to take health science courses at Otago Cowan. The course taught him how to look after before starting high Georgia is mad University next year with the goal of becoming a a beehive and see if there were any diseases in school at Lytton. about dance and pharmacist. a hive. She loves sport and is involved in squash, regularly takes part With this in mind, he has concentrated on Jordan has worked as a presser for farmer Ian football and cricket. in competitions. sciences throughout his high school career and Kirkpatrick for three seasons, working during the “I’m into fitness in general. My dad — who She does a variety is taking chemistry, biology, physics, statistics, school holidays and over weekends. is a policeman — and I do a lot of exercise of styles — hip-hop, jazz, contemporary and classical studies and English in Year 13. A presser is employed as part of the shearing together. We go to the pools and the gym — musical theatre. The prospect of leaving school and moving team to bale wool and help with other tasks the police gym — it’s open 24/7. I do running She is passionate about cooking and would away from home was nerve-wracking and around the shearing shed, such as putting the on the treadmill or I will just run around our like to make this her career when she leaves exciting for Caleb, but he is looking forward to sheep into pens for the shearers. neighbourhood. school. living in a different city and meeting new people. Because shearing work is seasonal, Jordan “My passion is medicine and I love sciences. “I love making food for people. Cooking is one As a prefect, he is applying to be the arts and hopes to supplement this with beekeeping. I love PE and learning about the human body. I thing I’ve always done.” culture leader which fits with his interests. His dad has advised him that while working in would like to go to Otago University or Auckland She learned from her mum and dad who are “If health sciences doesn’t work out, my back- the shearing shed is good mahi and good money, University, which both offer medicine.” both keen cooks. up plan is to be a drama teacher.” it is not year-round work so it is important he She has the option of doing health sciences or At this stage, Georgia is thinking about “My parents have always said to be open- continues his education. bio-med which is offered at Auckland University. applying at NZMA for her tertiary education minded about what you want to do in the future “Dad has encouraged me to keep going to “I want to do pharmacology which is heavily which offers a number of cookery courses, but I’m quite fixated on being a pharmacist school and get a good education and see what chemistry and biology-based. I want to do a lot including a diploma in professional cookery. She because it’s something I’m passionate about.” my other options are. of reasearch and creation — like drug testing. would like to become a qualified chef and, with He has been taking a health science course “Beekeeping is one of my key interests but I am This year Erana is taking statistics, biology, Dutch and German heritage, said she would like every Thursday with the mentorship programme still seeing what else I could do.” chemistry, English and PE, where she learns to travel and work in Europe one day. Kia Ora Houra. He said he would start off working for someone about anatomy and biomechanics. “I am studying math, English, chemistry, art “They are helping to guide us into the correct else but his ultimate goal is to get his own hives. “I’m really quite happy with where I’m at with and pathways which is learning about your area of health sciences. His dream job would be to do engineering and he my marks. I’m striving for Dux this year — that’s career. “My dream job would be to work in a pharmacy is still looking into this as an option. my goal. “Head of careers, Mr Wilkie, has been a big — accurately measuring pills and making sure “This year I’m taking extra internals to give me help in terms of giving me options of where I an opportunity to gain more excellence credits. could go to study next year. One of our family To get into health science or bio-medicine you friends is the owner and head chef at USSCO need to get a certain rank score. The rank score Bar & Bistro — Thomas Boyce — he will I need is either 280 or 320. Every achieved hopefully be able to give me some advice.” credit you get is worth two, merit is three and “I’ve done a few courses in preparation, excellence is four. That’s 70 credits at excellence including a barista course. level over the whole year. “I would like to be a chef — not so much in the “There is also a certificate year offered at baking side of it but in the savoury side. Auckland — which is similar to a bridging year “One day I’d like to have my own restaurant — where you build up that rank score if you don’t that would be pretty cool.” achieve it in Year 13. The rank score at Otago is Unfortunately Georgia has not been able to lower — I think it’s 180. That’s just to get into take cookery as a subject in her final year of health sciences in general and then I can branch high school. off into pharmacology. “I’m keen to finish school and do what I want “I’ve known I wanted to do health sciences to do but I’m nervous about leaving home as I for a long time, but I have changed my mind am close to my family.” a few times — at one stage I thought I’d do Her advice to other students thinking about Come and work with us physiotherapy.” what to do when they leave school is to focus on Her dream job would be to work in a lab doing what you want to do and study hard. reseach and testing — hands-on work. “Be true to yourself. Don’t let your friends Chemistry teacher Erin Sycamore has been distract you from what you want to do. 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Madelaine Ashworth me.” In Year 7, when her grandparents passed away, studies and never stopped from there. He said writing and researching puts him at she lost the link of going up the coast and “The project was to make teachers aware of ease. He enjoys essay-based subjects like Madelaine meeting students. mental health issues, educate students to manage history, classics and English. Ashworth has a “I would help out whenever I could. I even ended personal wellbeing and take the stigma off mental “Sciences are not for me.” dream of becoming up showing the teachers a website I found useful health.” He matched the attribute of researching and a doctor, and and they wanted to use it at their school too, so I He figured out business was what he wanted to reading to the subject of law and the same for specialising in taught the teachers how to use it.” pursue because he is self-directed and can only commerce. dermatology is Campion College offers impact projects where see himself pursuing that pathway. “I enjoy the business-related things like the something she is students can study what they want. Rebecca “I have a lot of discussions with my parents economy, numbers, financing, audits. considering. chose to do work experience every Friday at St about how I can make the most out of what I want People he has told about his career goals “I definitely want Mary’s School where she helped new entrants. to do.” have been pretty positive and some even said to work as a doctor “Working with the students and seeing how He is looking forward to exploring further “that’s pretty cool”. but I haven’t made teachers impact the young ones made me want to options in the business sector and has already He said going down the business and any concrete become a teacher. developed a strong foundation. commerce path means there are a myriad of decisions on what “I still see some of the students who have “My mother owns her own business teaching jobs he could go into, including accounting. I want to specialise grown up and can read now, it made me feel ballet and I’ve had different influences from my He decided to pursue this career path at in.” good. family.” the end of the Year 11 exam period where he She had the idea of working in health since Subjects she has taken at school include The subjects he has taken are English, thought to himself “where will I go with my Year 10. English, math and science. Rebecca thinks statistics, history, business studies and studies?” In Year 11, Madelaine was a part of the Kia Ora English and math are the most important. economics, believing those will help lead him into “I started researching different careers that Hauora programme. It gave her the chance to After high school, she wants to study a a business career pathway. were related to my interest in writing and shadow health professionals at the Gisborne Bachelor of Education via Massey University’s “History is one of my favourite subjects. I researching. I was thinking about law. I didn’t Hospital. distance learning. enjoy using resources and the concepts of think much about commerce back then. “The shadowing was really cool. It inspired “I want to do it via distance because I race cars researching. I enjoy the researching side of it, “Economics and accounting seem to come me because I got to see what all the different in my spare time. I want time to race, work and going through old files to find information. I enjoy naturally to me so I decided to pursue that.” professions do.” study.” the methodological process.” After high school, Andre aims to go to the “They way health professionals work and go He decided to pursue this career pathway pretty University of Auckland and do a conjoint degree about doing things is very interesting,” she said. recently. or a commerce degree on its own. Nathan Proctor Madelaine spent time in ward five and in the “Entering Year 13, it hit me that I need to think “I hear studying law can be tough so it emergency department which inspired her Head boy of Campion College, Nathan Proctor about what I want to do.” depends on where I feel I can go. I want a because it showed her how different areas of a wants to pursue a “I am really lucky with the opportunities I have secure route where I won’t fall off a cliff. hospital operate. career in business been given, including the support from Fishing “I explored career avenues by making a The Kia Ora Hauora programme also gave her with a management for a Solution.” documentary based on university and trades as the chance to speak with health professionals role that will give him “There was a business mentor from the Young an impact project for school last year. I was able and find out what their studies consisted of. the potential to own Enterprise Scheme who shared information to gain more knowledge of my fields of interest “It was really nice to get an insight into what his own business later and had regular meetings with us about what in law and commerce. the profession is like from people who work in in life. processes we used to reach our goals.” “For instance, I managed to get in contact with health.” “I don’t know what “We learned about the management roles an environmental lawyer who graduated from “The programme was so helpful. It makes you sort of business I they have in the office and this gave us the Harvard Law School and gave me a rundown of sure of what you want to do.” want to work in but I opportunity to adapt this to our business project. what the process was like in becoming a lawyer. The subjects Madelaine has completed at high definitely aim to get It was a great chance to get insight into business “Through people that I got in touch with about school were psychics, chemistry, biology and into a self-directed in the real world because I didn’t know much their career plans and their experiences with English. In Year 11 she did Level two calculus role. I like to work and about it beforehand.” universities and trades, it enabled me to gain and finished Year 13 statistics in Year 12. learn independently.” Nathan is a full-time surf lifesaver and is a better understanding of what people want “I love the science subjects.” Campion College offers impact projects where thinking about taking a gap year where he will to do once they leave school and how people Her mother is a nurse and Madelaine said students have the freedom to learn whatever they explore surf lifesaving and possibly complete deal with post-secondary education, as well as “she has probably been the biggest influence want on a Friday. a commerce paper by correspondence or head allowing me to understand my career path a for me”. In 2016, Nathan started a mental-health focused straight to tertiary study at Victoria University in whole lot more,” he said. She plans to go to university in Otago or project called Fishing for a Solution where he had Wellington after high school. Auckland where she will study health science to fundraise and organise a large event. and aim to get into medicine the following year. Rebecca Brew “I used commerce themes and started business Rebecca dreams Andre Dabb of becoming a primary school Andre Dabb teacher and her wants to get into ultimate goal is business and being a principal at commerce with a rural school on Make a difference with the possibility the East Coast. of becoming She decided on a chartered a career in health this because her accountant or grandmother was financial advisor. a principal and Andre said he teaching is in the really enjoys family. studying “She taught at economics, many schools around Gisborne. She taught at accounting and school in .” finances. Rebecca said she was really influenced by “I decided in the last couple of years to pursue family history. this career path,” he said. “My grandmother taught at a school in the “I was originally looking at studying law but Waioeka Gorge and has been a principal at things changed and I decided to head in the many different schools. Both of my aunties are direction of commerce and law. That way I will teachers. One taught English in Malaysia. I just be able to enjoy both and see where that takes have felt the vibe and want to do it.”

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under his belt and then think about doing a one Building runs in his family. Cobus Kleynhans year Architectural Technology course. “My father used to be a builder and his As an Architectural Technology student he father before him so I’d like to follow in their Cobus moved to Clayden Hope would learn the principles of building design footsteps.” Gisborne from South through drawing, computer-aided design “When I was young I wanted to be a Clayden is Gisborne born and raised and Africa in 2017 and and modelling, as well as working as part policeman but I’ve gone off that now. I read all has graced the said there were lots of a design and construction team turning about it and changed my mind.” pages of The of similarities to concepts into reality. Students gain skills such He admits to being a bit nervous about Gisborne Herald Mossel Bay where he as establishing a design brief, presenting potentially leaving home to go to university and for his efforts in came from. Mossel preliminary designs, developing building is still weighing up his options. surf lifesaving for Bay is a harbour concepts and preparing working drawings. They In an ideal world he said he would like to work Waikanae Surf Club town on the Garden also develop skills in areas applicable to the in the building industry but also be a personal in the past. Route in South wider construction industry including health and trainer, part-time. He is also a Africa’s Western Cape safety plans, quality assurance and construction Careers head of department Mrs Jefferson keen hunter and Province. It is known methodologies. said Joshua was an ideal student because he does competitive for its farming and went through Trades and into Gateway. shooting for the tourism, much like “That’s a good way to do it because it means school. Gisborne. when our boys go out on Gateway they will be He and his dad He started in Year 9 at Gisborne Boys’ High Joshua Kelly work ready. like to hunt pig and School and said he made friends easily at the Joshua grew up “Josh has tried something, he’s liked it but deer at his uncle’s school and has kept those friends. He is not in in Gisborne and is he’s keeping his options open because we like block of land at any hurry to leave Gisborne and is weighing up a keen rower. He is the boys to have a plan B. Matawai. his career options at the moment. a club senior at the “He will also have the opportunity to have a He started in surf lifesaving at the young “I’m thinking of either doing a building course Gisborne Rowing look at a couple of universities this year.” age of four and competes at both regional and at EIT or going straight into an apprenticeship,” Club and trained hard national competitions. he said. for the North Island Last year his favourite subject was metal One of his favourite subjects this year is DVC champs where he work/engineering and this year he is taking (Design Visual Communications) where he is Rikki Noble raced in the fours math, business, PE high performance and learning to draw house plans using architectural and doubles races at People might know history. software and also drawing two dimensional and Lake Karapiro in late Rikki from being Next year he is looking at doing a gap year three dimensional plans. March. the drummer in Sit volunteering overseas. Another subject he is enjoying is Design “They limited how Down In Front, the He will do this through a company called Technology where students have to design and many races you could Gisborne band which Latitude which arranges youth volunteer make a product from scratch. enter this year to three. We used to enter a lot played support for exchanges around the world. At this stage “I’m designing a sword. I saw one on a movie more than that.” Australian rocker Clayden is looking at working at an outdoor and it was pretty cool. I’ll be melting the metal In the winter he keeps training in preparation Jimmy Barnes. education camp in Canada. and moulding it.” for the summer season — working out at the gym “It was incredible. Here he would have all accommodation and Since talking with the careers department to keep up his fitness and strength. He had three gigs food provided and there would usually be time at school he has taken an interest in learning His favourite subject at Gisborne Boys’ High — Christchurch, to do some travelling at the end. more about plastering and he will soon begin School is a new subject the school is offering Dunedin and One of the things he is thinking about is the Gateway programme where he will get work — High Performance, which is gym training. He Auckland and we officer training in the military and his parents experience with a plasterer. takes PE, both academic and practical and is opened for him then are supportive of him taking a year out before “At first I was thinking about doing building contemplating doing a PE degree at university. he invited us to play at the Cold Chisel concert entering the Armed Forces. but now I realise there are lots of areas I could This year he is taking maths, history, high in Tauranga,” Rikki said. “My dad was in the reserves and he was not specialise in like plastering.” performance, Te Reo Maori and music. Sit Down In Front have a classic hard and keen for me to go straight into the army from “My dream job would be to be an on-site project He is also thinking about being a builder and fast, raw punk sound. The band members are school. manager working with an architect and having took part in the Trades programme last year childhood friends who got together during a “He wants me to do something else first so input into design.” where he learned some of the basics. garage jam session. that’s where a gap year could work.” Careers head of department Maria Jefferson “I loved it. First we did a bit of theory then we Rikki is beginning Year 12 at Boys’ High He is also thinking about doing a Bachelor has proposed that he get a few years of work made a picnic table and a playhouse.” so has another year before he has to decide of Outdoor Education which would fit with exactly what he will do when he leaves school his interests and strengths. Another option — but it will definitely involve music. Rikki he is considering is a three year degree in has a good academic record — endorsed with environmental tourism, in Christchurch. excellence for Year 11 — which gives him plenty The volunteering option was something of options. Clayden talked about with the GBHS careers Music and math are his favourite subjects department last year. He is also keen to check and this year he is taking music, calculus, out a few different universities. English, physics, chemistry and DVC (design Careers head of department Mrs Jefferson visual communications). said the school had a great track record with “In music you do all sorts of things, students who have done a gap year through like writing your own pieces, doing group Latitude. performances, playing solo performances and “We’ve had boys go to Argentina, Poland, learning how to use music software. 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Wananga or EIT (she is not sure which one yet). through tertiary study. “It is a programme that teaches you work Natalya Lucas She found out about this lead-in to Police “My family situation is readiness and you get to work with other College through GGHS. not that rich so I need people.” Every time Natalya Aaliyah says her teachers at GGHS have the money so when I It also teaches soft skills like communication Lucas talked about been really supportive. They made sure she am ready I can get into and time management while the students have wanting to be a vet, investigated her chosen career path to make sure my degree and support the chance to work for 10 hours, during class people would tell her she was prepared. One of her teachers, Rayner myself.” time, in an industry of their choice — as long as how hard it would be. Jahnke, introduced her to the prep course. Sophie, 17, wants to do employers are available. But last year, the Aaliyah is looking forward to working with marketing and finance Through LTW, Sophie has worked in the 17-year-old started to children and the community after she graduates. and will study at EIT Council finance department. think more about her She will be the first member of her family to be Tairawhiti. “It was really good, and I am going back there career, and decided in the police force. The Year 13 student this year. I gained computer and analytical skills to go for it. Aaliyah grew up in Wairoa and Hawera. She said she loves math and learned about all the layers of security.” “If you have a would like to be a police officer in Wellington because it is more Sophie says the reason she signed up for LTW particular interest where she has family. organised than English. Her plan is to focus on was because she did not think she was work- in something then She hears the negative things some people say marketing but have accounting as a back up. ready. it is best to pursue about the police, but she understands they are Sophie took part in the Licence to Work (LTW) “Now I know I’m employable.” that. It’s better to just doing their job. scheme. do something you’re excited about first and And it is something she is looking forward to foremost.” doing one day soon. Natalya is doing just that. While still at school, she works part-time at Animates. “Becoming a vet was the thing I always wanted to do and couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Jade Keelan Her Dad works for the Department of Jade Keelan is a Conservation and she had always been How we can passionate student surrounded by animals her whole life. who knows exactly “The most important thing in my life was to do what she wants to do. something I love, and I wasn’t going to not do it Next year, the Year just because it was hard.” 13 Gisborne Girls’ To get accepted in to the Massey degree, help you. High School student Natalya has to do eight hours of clinical work, is off to Otago which she will do at Eastland Vets where she has University where already begun her work experience. StudyLink is here to help students make informed decisions about their study she will study for a Natalya had been heading in the environmental Bachelor of Medicine options. We want students to get the financial assistance they are entitled to so direction, so she had to reassess and add and Bachelor of physics to her current curriculum — after she they can complete their studies successfully. There are a range of ways we can Surgery. did that, physics was no longer a prerequisite for Then she wants to help including the Student Allowance, Student Loans and extra help with costs. veterinary studies but she is enjoying it anyway. bring her degree home and be a GP on the East After Natalya has graduated, she would love Coast. Come and see us at the expo to find out more. to take her new qualifications with her on her www.studylink.govt.nz • www.msd.govt.nz “I find health sciences very interesting. And overseas experience. In particular, she would since I’m Maori, we are quite under-represented love to work with animals in Asia and Africa. in health.” Natalya’s chosen degree will mean five years of She said she goes to “nerd camps” and study at Massey Univeristy. The vet course does it was on one of these that she got to see not accept students until they have completed how important it was for Maori to enter into the first six months of study to the highest level. professional roles in health.” 14509-02

Her parents are very supportive, she said. 32823-01 Jade’s school workload is already heavy and Aaliyah Hawley intense as she gears up for what will arguably be an even heavier workload next year. Ever since she was Jade has six years of study ahead of her, with younger, Aaliyah an additional three years to specialise. Hawley has wanted “I’m very prepared, I love learning.” to work for the police. “I love how GPs know everything. I see how She is inspired by the doctors make a big impact on people and I’d job they do to protect like to do that — hopefully up the East Coast, the community. Carve out because I know how much doctors are needed Seventeen-year-old up there.” Aaliyah is a Year 13 Being a doctor is something Jade has wanted student at Gisborne to do since intermediate. She will be the first Girls’ High School. person in her family to go in this direction and She has not a Career wants to be an inspiration to others — showing wavered in her that you can do what you set your heart on. determination to be a police officer, although did dabble briefly in finding out about Sophie Nepia AT AFFCO the military. But because she does not yet have her full Next year, Sophie Nepia wants to get a job first licence — a prerequisite for police college — H of all, so she can earn money to support herself Process quality New Zealand beef and lamb Aaliyah will do the police prep course at the in our Wairoa plant with great people H Full training provided H Upskill and build your career while you earn

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‘AttitudeWaipaoa farm manager James Maher talks about is the Waipaoa everything’ Station Farm Cadet Training scheme. The Waipaoa Station Farm Cadet Certificate in Agriculture. Life on the station isn’t all work Training Trust is a registered charitable Key skills learnt include animal though. trust established in 2007 and has been health and handling, how to Fish and chips night happens on training five cadets every year since. break in a young heading dog the first Friday of the month at the Located an hour inland from Gisborne, and huntaway dog, how to break social club. Waipaoa Station is home to 10 young in a young horse, feed budgeting, Cadets help at Waipaoa and cadets — five seniors teamed with five financial planning, benchmarking dog trials, as well as the juniors. and business analysis as well local dog sale. At such a young age and working as environmental planning and There is a wide variety of in close proximity can produce its ups nutrient budgeting. hunting on the station and and downs, but the lifeskills learned are Industry professionals are used at Gisborne has several beautiful invaluable when the cadets move out into every opportunity to reinforce what beaches on offer. the industry. is taught throughout the course. A large number of cadets play Throughout the two-year course there Senior cadet Penny Wilson says rugby, netball, hockey, cricket or is an emphasis on personal development she loves the hands-on learning football. at an individual level. and how practical everything is. The Sports Club is a Respect, self-management, “I also enjoy the paperwork and great way to start making contacts accountability, leadership, teamwork and how it coincides with what we are around the district. conflict resolution are key values cadets doing on farm.” Networking on offer in a small take with them into their subsequent Junior cadet Jed Gollan likes rural community such as Gisborne careers. learning something new every day is valuable when the cadets enter Ultimately attitude is everything. and being in a team environment. the industry. YARD WORK: Senior cadet Luke Jamieson teams up Waipaoa Station is 1700 effective h e hopes to manage or own a Applications must be in by the with junior cadet Lilly Deihl to bring sheep into the yards. hectares, but is now part of a 4500ha farm in the future. end of July. Pictures by Anna White property wintering in excess of 45,000 stock units. Cadets are fortunate to have exposure to various technologies associated with intensive farming — cash cropping, 120ha of irrigation, bull finishing and lamb fattening, as well as the core traditional skills involved with a breeding ewe flock of 16,000 and a cow herd of 1,500. The diversity on offer, as well as the one-on-one nature of the learning, is a real advantage of Waipaoa. Cadets are not just another number. They are recognised as unique individuals and learning is tailored to suit. The farm staff — manager James Maher, Te h au manager Jon Douglas, Waipaoa senior shepherd Steve Kelleher, Waipaoa station general hand Mark e wart and other on-farm staff — are extremely passionate about teaching cadets. The pastoral care the cadets receive from trust cook and cadet “mum” Tina SHEARING SHED: Senior cadets Lincoln Eastwood and Cole Claydon get practical experience handling wool in the shearing Takarua is second to none. shed. The course is broken up into two years, with a focus on teaching the cadets how to apply classroom theory to the farm. Senior and junior cadets spend a day a week in the classroom. With the lecture facilities and student accommodation based at Waipaoa Station, they can better integrate the practical and theoretical components of their training. At every stage of the two years cadets are on-farm, there is an emphasis on health and safety. The first year is spent working toward a Level 3 Certificate in Agriculture provided by e IT. Practical skills learnt in the first year include quad/LUV/tractor handling, chainsaw and handpiece skills, butchery, water systems, fencing and how to break in their own heading pup. The second year is more stock and management-focused. The qualification gained is a Level 4