What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! Ben Love (pictured) in our Wellington team has been a champion for the Te Aroha programme in sharing his story and life experiences. Like Agoge, the Te Aroha programme is all about people. Their purpose is supporting Work & Income recipients who wish to pursue employment opportunities or further learning. A core component of the programme is the support received from Champions... such as Ben Love - our Wellington Solutions Manager who was recently approached to give a talk! Ben shared his story, giving a well received talk...

Siosaia Mataele was made redundant from his previous role and with his family to look after, he needed to earn something and fast. He applied for a job, but was skeptical using a recruitment agency because of rumours we’d take a cut of his pay. Siosaia soon learned that we meant it when we told him we’d look after him, and make sure he’s happy and succeeding in his role. Siosaia was desperate and just hoping to get hired, but after an interview he showed he had the right personality, attitude and drive to succeed in a better role. He...

We were chatting with a friend last night who is doing a course in Distribution of all things. I say this purely because you wouldn’t have expected it. She was telling us how she is learning to drive a forklift and strap down a truck. She has also had to do numeracy & literacy assessments, that cause her to reach deep into the cobweb covered archives of her brain, and reignite her stored knowledge. And as she talks there is excitement in her voice. She is excited to be learning something new. Something outside her comfort zone. At work at...