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Aoraki’s excellence will aid our economic recovery
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 12:02 pm | Aoraki Polytechnic
Aoraki Polytechnic will do its part in aiding the recovery of New Zealand by continuing to serve the South Canterbury community and the wider region with excellence in vocational education, new chief executive Kay Nelson says. More >>
Polytechnic’s new chief is in love with Timaru
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 11:59 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
Kay Nelson is a toiler who gets results. The educational innovator who led a Wellington-based hospitality and tourism school to become New Zealand’s first Centre of Vocational Excellence says being appointed chief executive of Aoraki Polytechnic has fulfilled ... More >>
Following-up a vital part of the business model
Friday, 10 July 2009, 2:18 pm | Aoraki Polytechnic
The human resource manager who would not shortlist a job applicant if they had not followed up on their application within 24 hours is an example of just how important follow-up should be in the business model, Aoraki Polytechnic School of Business ... More >>
Rob’s happy with a hammer
Friday, 10 July 2009, 10:01 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
Rob Taylor was a tree hut builder. His boyhood passion led to weird and wonderful structures perched high above his parents’ Levels property, none of which would have achieved building consent sign-off, but all of which contributed to a desire ... More >>
Opportunities in Timaru for midwife training
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 3:31 pm | Aoraki Polytechnic
There are exciting opportunities for Timaru-based training of midwives and the entire three-year midwife degree course on offer through Christchurch Polytechnic can be completed by students based in Timaru, Aoraki Polytechnic’s Certificate in Tertiary ... More >>
Young Aoraki cooking student wins gold
Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:42 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
A career as an Army chef or as a cooking teacher came a step closer this month for one of Aoraki Polytechnic’s students with “cooking in my blood”, Jessica Hodges. More >>
Our ethics are often put to the test
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 11:04 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
Ethical dilemmas face us all every day. Set against our own values, even small issues can sometimes present difficult choices. Social and professional workers who are out and about in the community daily perhaps face more than most of us. How do they ... More >>
Aoraki study awards open to secondary students
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:39 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
Every secondary school in the country is again being given the opportunity to select three of its students for an Aoraki Polytechnic study award, entitling them to heavily discounted fees on tuition at any one of the institution’s five Central South Island ... More >>
Aoraki art student aims to WOW Wellington’s judges
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 12:13 pm | Aoraki Polytechnic
Have glue gun, will create: Aoraki polytechnic art protégé Christeena Macdonald-Paea surrounds herself in potential materials for an outfit that will be submitted for her first-time entry in the glitzy World of Wearable Art Awards in Wellington in ... More >>
Business ownership course demand reflects times
Friday, 1 May 2009, 10:45 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
Aoraki Polytechnic business ownership courses are being seen as a lifeline for many Timaru people who have either been made redundant, or fear they are about to be. More >>
Breakfast at Tiffens’ is a family affair
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 11:49 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
In more than 35 years of cooking as a mother of now four adult daughters and feeding a family of six, Jane Tiffen has only just discovered that she has been slicing onions the wrong way. More >>
Business recession ‘cannot be fought on price’
Monday, 30 March 2009, 10:44 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
South Canterbury businesses and retailers who use price to fight the war against the economic downturn, undercutting their competitors to snare dollars from local wallets, could damage the local economy further and put more local jobs at risk, ... More >>
Already doing low-cost courses for workers
Monday, 30 March 2009, 10:43 am | Aoraki Polytechnic
Aoraki Polytechnic course providers are resourced, ready and waiting for those able to participate in the Government’s nine-day fortnight job training initiative with a range of low-cost courses for in-job training and upskilling the community, acting ... More >>
