Partners & Employers
Partners Porirua is built on a backbone of partnerships with educators, employers, iwi and community organisations committed to supporting and championing rangatahi
What you can Offer
Our partners promote opportunities and benefits for young people to work together in the spirit of partnership to share resources and celebrate achievement.
There are lots of ways that partners can get involved with us.
It could be as simple as sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience, offering to be a guest speaker or hosting a workplace visit.
You may be able to provide the right mix of learning, skills training, and opportunities for experience or perhaps you can support a young person with a scholarship, apprenticeship or cadetship.
Maybe you are looking to invest in your future workforce by providing employment opportunities.
Join us today and cement your commitment to our city.
Shout-out to Partners and Employers
We’d like to do a big shout-out to all those who are formally partnering with us. We have profiled some of the employers who partner with us below.
AWF
AWF is an employment recruitment agency supplying temporary labour to local employers.
Connect Global
Connect Global is an outsource contact centre providing both inbound and outbound services.
Downer
Downer is a leading provider of services to customers in markets including: transport services; technology and communications services.
Elite Services
Elite Services specialises in electrical and electronic maintenance, hydraulic and materials’ handling equipment and automatic door maintenance.
Fusion Interiors Limited (FIL)
Fusion Interiors Limited (FIL) offers commercial office relocations and fit outs, commercial furniture installations and second-hand furniture recycling, sales and leasing.
GT Electrical
GT Electrical provide electrical and heating solutions to the greater Wellington area.
Red Badge
Red badge is a national company providing security, event services and infrastructure security.
Reds Hairdressing
Reds is an award winning hairdresser operating since 1993 from Pukerua Bay.
Mitre 10 Mega Porirua
Mitre 10 Mega Porirua is a home improvement and garden retailer.
Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council enables democratic local decision-making and provides social, economic, environmental and cultural services and activities for Porirua City.
Bupa Care Services NZ
Bupa is one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare providers with a strong commitment to helping people live longer, happier, healthier lives.
Burger Fuel
BurgerFuel is a New Zealand burger restaurant that started in Auckland in 1995 and now operates in six countries, including 54 locations in New Zealand.
Tū Ora Compass Health
Tū Ora Compass Health is a Primary Health Organisation (PHO) that provides a wide range of primary care services through 60 General Practice Teams.
New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders safe.
Porirua Chamber of Commerce
The Porirua Chamber of Commerce stimulates business vitality and excellence in Porirua City.
Taylor Preston
Taylor Preston operates a modern meat export processing plant in Wellington, New Zealand.
Te Runganga o Toa Rangatira Inc Society
We are the mandated iwi authority for Ngāti Toa Rangatira and the administrative body of iwi estates and assets.
Kāinga Ora
Kāinga Ora is the country’s largest landlord with over 643,000 properties nationwide. Their vision is to be the social housing provider of choice.
Westpac New Zealand
Westpac’s vision is “To be one of the world’s great service companies, helping their customers, communities and people to prosper and grow.”
Whitireia New Zealand
Whitireia is a government owned and funded tertiary institute of technology, known for its high student success rate and culturally diverse student body.
Aspiring Walls
Aspiring Walls has been in Porirua for more than 50 years and has one of New Zealand’s largest ranges of wallpapers and murals designed for both domestic and commercial settings.
Ministry for Pacific Peoples
The Ministry for Pacific People’s vision is successful Pacific peoples.
KiwiRail
KiwiRail is a major national carrier, employing 3,400 staff throughout New Zealand.
SARNZ
SARNZ is the industry body for scaffolding, access and rigging in New Zealand providing a united voice for issues of concern to the industry and to its members.
Unite Recruit
Unite Recruit specialises in civil, industrial and commercial recruitment. Recruiting, screening, training and processing potential employees.
Whānau Manaaki
Bunnings Porirua opened in 2004 and sells trades supplies as well as a comprehensive hardware and gardening range. They offer a variety of additional services, on-line, in-store and out of the store.
Bunnings Porirua
Bunnings Porirua opened in 2004 and sells trades supplies as well as a comprehensive hardware and gardening range. They offer a variety of additional services, on-line, in-store and out of the store.
Mexted Performance Sports Surfaces
Mexteds Performance Sports Surfaces is a leader in the sports turf sector, specialising in the drainage, construction and maintenance of natural, hybrid and artificial surfaces for all sporting codes.
Dine Academy
Dine Academy is a social enterprise offering a pre-employment training programme involving hands on training within the commercial workplace.
Porirua Development
Porirua is growing and changing – more warm, dry homes are needed for current and future generations.
Te Puni Kōkiri – Ministry of Māori Development
Te Puni Kōkiri is the lead policy agency to Government on Māori wellbeing outcomes.
Road Transport Forum New Zealand
Road Transport Forum New Zealand (RTF) gives one voice to companies moving goods around New Zealand by road.
Jennian Homes
Jennian Homes offers a range of proven plans as well as design and build services.
Higgins
Higgins has been in business for over 60 years and is a New Zealand civil construction business with a team of over 1700 staff.
First Retail Group
First Retail Group are award winning experts in developing potential, driving performance and managing risk.
Mitsubishi Motors NZ
Mitsubishi Motors NZ has been part of the DNA of Porirua since 1973. That’s when the Todd Group assembly plant opened in Porirua assembling Mitsubishi cars, trucks and buses.
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ
As New Zealand’s national statistics office, Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ supports the decisions that the Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGO’s and New Zealanders make every day.
“Our partnering employers are actively giving young people opportunities and offering jobs. It’s so rewarding for us to see that happen.”
“Working with the Youth 2 Work team we know the candidates have been screened – they want to work and are happy to put in the hard mahi to get the treats.”