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What a year, new premises and more events
The Porirua Youth 2 Work Movement ended 2022 with a bang; celebrating the achievements of the year and more employment opportunities for young people
Successful apprentice got his start at ‘Tradies’ meet and greet!
Max To-omaga, a drain laying apprentice with Higgins Contractors (Te Aranga Alliance), is making a big impression, and not just with his own employer.
Everything under one roof in new Cobham Court premises
For 22 years Partners Porirua has been inspiring local rangatahi to get the most out of life.
Finding a new approach in the infrastructure sector
Downer has teamed up with Partners Porirua to run Gateway partnerships with local colleges and is keen to attract more women to the infrastructure industry.
Wellington Water
Wellington Water is changing the lives of youth with its infrastructure skills course while showing its support for young women in construction.
Women in Construction Expo
Partners Porirua recently ran a “Women in Construction Expo” to inspire young wahine, college students and female job seekers to go into a career in construction.
Young wahine in construction
Young wahine are loving their careers in construction.
Cadetship key to a bright future
A civil engineering cadetship with Downer comes on the back of 12 months hard effort and sheer determination for Lopati Lapana.
Youth 2 Work ends 2021 on a high
Seventy rangatahi started new careers in 2021 thanks to the Porirua Youth 2 Work Movement (Y2W).
Booming Trades Industry seeks “girl power” to solve skills shortage
Partners Porirua and Porirua City Council jointly run a Women in Trades event to inspire women and girls to take up career opportunities in the booming trade sector.
Tradies’ meet and greet, highlight of the year
The 2020 Tradies’ meet and greet was the highlight of the year for 50 young people who were leaving local colleges or Whitireia Polytechnic to enter the workforce.
Support for Youth 2 Work movement flourishes
Partners Porirua welcomed four new business partners to its Youth 2 Work Movement at the end of 2020.
Young jobseeker finds job of his dreams
Despite graduating from Victoria University in 2019 Caleb Rapson Nuñez del Prado had been unable to find job.
Chocolate is one of the perks of the job
Courtney Mcallister is loving her job at Whittaker’s for obvious reasons!
Downer success story
Downer is a great advocate for the Porirua Youth 2 Work Movement having taken more than 30 people through the programme.
Mexted Performance Sports Surfaces
Young school leaver Jamayne Kitiseni is loving his new role at Mexted Performance Sports Surfaces, a well-established Porirua business.
Big win for young Porirua job seekers
Young people in Porirua are the big winners with hundreds more in full time employment since the inception of the Porirua Youth 2 Work Movement in 2015.
Government funds licence scheme for youth
Partners Porirua was proud to host the official launch of the Youth Driver Licence Scheme announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
New whanau community space in Cannons Creek
The day was infused with celebration and a sense of ‘Pride’ and ‘Ours’ at the opening of the new community space and park area at Bedford Reserve in Cannons Creek this week.
Cadetship opens door to careers in health
A career in health just got a step closer for two young Porirua women undertaking the first ever Youth Health Ambassador Cadetship.
Youth agency recognised for going the distance
Partners Porirua recently received recognition, and funding, for being the last partnership organisation still standing.
Corinna School bike track opening
On a stunning sunny spring morning, an excited crowd gathered at Corinna School to celebrate the opening of their long awaited and hard worked for bike track.
Porirua’s outstanding young employees 2018
Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Young Employee Award, Rafaela Madlung from OPSM Porirua.
Students get prepared
Partners Porirua has coordinated the training of students from civil defence emergency hubs alongside the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO) for four years.
Young people call the shots on city parks
There are a number of exciting park projects underway around the city, all have called upon children and young people to have a say in the direction of these spaces.
Brandon Intermediate helps restore Cannons Creek Lake
The Brandon Intermediate Environmental Group have become passionate advocates of Cannons Creek Lake as they work to restore it to its former state.
Schools on wheels
With the Bikes in Schools programme, in 2018, three new schools started their journey to install a bike track and secure a fleet of bikes, helmets and jackets for their students.
Aotea students honing interview skills
Senior students from Aotea College are experiencing what it’s like to be in a real-life job interview situation – thanks to Plimmerton Rotary Club.
Walking the talk – Partners Porirua
Landing a job at Partners Porirua was happy accident for Mytthius Asa who first got involved with Partners through its Youth 2 Work Movement.
Kāinga Ora supports students to be job ready
Students from Porirua’s Bishop Viard College are getting the unique opportunity for some on-the-job experience in Housing New Zealand’s (HNZ) customer support centre.