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May 25, 2022

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Partnership Brings Butchery Training to Waikato Whānau Through Mobile Marae-Based Education

June 10, 2025

Skills4Work, New Zealand’s only provider of Butchery Apprenticeships and full-time butchery training, has partnered with Waahi Paa Marae (Tainui) to deliver butchery training directly to whānau in the Waikato region. This initiative builds on successful pre-trade butchery training previously delivered to rural communities in Kaikohe and Whangārei in Te Tai Tokerau. Through the acquisition of […]
Setting a powerful example: How Skills4Work gained Ako Aotearoa accreditations for prioritising inclusive learning environments

April 16, 2024
Bakery Trainees Aly and Alecia Find Success in New Careers

May 26, 2023

Aly and Alecia are two young women who have recently found success in new careers as bakery trainees at PAK’nSAVE Riccarton. The pair completed a 12-week pre-trade bakery course in New Zealand at Skills4Work, which equipped them with the foundational skills and knowledge they needed to pursue a career in baking. Aly was working as […]
Apprenticeship Boost Extended!

May 22, 2023

Budget 2023 has extended the Apprenticeship Boost initiative to the end of 2024, at an expected cost of $77.1 million, including new funding of $17.1 million. Apprenticeship Boost provides subsidies to employers of first and second-year apprentices, to support those apprentices while working toward a qualification. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/budget-delivers-support-tertiary-education-and-training
Announcement – A new Butchery Training Advisor in the South Island joining the team

March 20, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Sam Sturgess has joined the team as our new Butchery Training Advisor – South Island. Sam started working at Fresh Choice Barrington as a clean-up boy. He was very interested in the butchery trade and an opportunity came up to become an apprentice. Sam took up an apprenticeship and […]
Study to Meat Your Edge

February 2, 2023

Skills4Work Butchery Training Course a Cut Above Marc Zabern is no stranger to the butchery industry – he grew up watching his father hone his craft as a master of meats, playing witness to both the challenges and rewards of working in a process driven sector, before joining the family business, Zaroa Meats.  Fast forward […]
Partnership Brings Butchery Training to Waikato Whānau Through Mobile Marae-Based Education

June 10, 2025

Skills4Work, New Zealand’s only provider of Butchery Apprenticeships and full-time butchery training, has partnered with Waahi Paa Marae (Tainui) to deliver butchery training directly to whānau in the Waikato region. This initiative builds on successful pre-trade butchery training previously delivered to rural communities in Kaikohe and Whangārei in Te Tai Tokerau. Through the acquisition of […]
Setting a powerful example: How Skills4Work gained Ako Aotearoa accreditations for prioritising inclusive learning environments

April 16, 2024
Announcement – A new Butchery Training Advisor in the South Island joining the team

March 20, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Sam Sturgess has joined the team as our new Butchery Training Advisor – South Island. Sam started working at Fresh Choice Barrington as a clean-up boy. He was very interested in the butchery trade and an opportunity came up to become an apprentice. Sam took up an apprenticeship and […]
Study to Meat Your Edge

February 2, 2023

Skills4Work Butchery Training Course a Cut Above Marc Zabern is no stranger to the butchery industry – he grew up watching his father hone his craft as a master of meats, playing witness to both the challenges and rewards of working in a process driven sector, before joining the family business, Zaroa Meats.  Fast forward […]
The search is ON for the best butchers in New Zealand!

July 1, 2022

Entries officially opening today for the 2022 Pact Packaging Young Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Competition. The competition aims to find the best talent in the New Zealand retail meat sector, and this is your chance to showcase your skills and be recognised by both your peers and those within the […]
Skills4Work celebrate Matariki

June 24, 2022

It was the first year we were able to officially celebrate Matariki at Skills4Work! A time to remember our ancestors and celebrate the present by gathering together to give thanks. We all shared a delicious Hāngī for lunch as we discussed ideas for the new year ahead!

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