Hui Taumata Trust, The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand and the Department of Labour are hosting  “Leave No One Behind” - a collaborative Hui focused on Maori Workforce Development, on March 15 2007.

The organisers are seeking the input of stakeholders into potential projects around Maori workforce development, in a day that will be workshop based and interactive and involve a mix of small group discussion and panel presentations.  The organisers will present the potential projects and assess interest from participants in future involvement in these initiatives.

The potential projects to be presented at the hui are:
- A Maori creative potential module – exploring Maori worldviews of workplace productivity
- Bridging support and mentoring into employment for rangatahi
- In work training and workplace learning
- Career information and guidance for Wahine in prisons

• You can read an opinion piece about this work by CTU president Ross Wilson in the March 12 issue of the Dominion Post newspaper, by clicking here [1].
• CTU Media Release, Thursday March 15 2007 on the Hui - click here [2].

Details of the Hui

DATE: Thursday 15 March 2007
TIME: 9.00am – 5.00pm (delicious refreshments will be served)
VENUE: Mecure Hotel Willis St, 335 Willis St, Wellington
COST:  There is no cost to the hui.

Please make contact and RSVP no later than Thursday 1st March  2007  to the Hui Taumata Executive Management Team, by returning the downloadable registration form to Tim Brown as directed.
 
For any further questions or comments about the “collaborative hui”, please contact Sharon Clair from the Council of Trade Unions, on 04 494 6372 or by email at sharonc@nzno.org.nz [3].

Downloads

• Biographies of speakers [4] (PDF file, 298 kb).
• Hui Programme [5] (PDF file, 339 kb).
• Summary of projects [6] (PDF file, 480 kb).