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Industry Engagement team
Industry Relationship Manager

Mathew Vandy

Mat is the Industry Relationship Manager for Hanga-Aro-Rau and is responsible for leading the Industry Relationship team. Mat has held various positions in vocational education for over a decade, in
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Mathew Vandy

Industry Relationship Manager
Industry Relationship Team Lead

Maree Thomas

Maree Thomas leads a team of Industry Managers at Hanga-Aro-Rau. With 25+yrs experience in youth and social development, industry training, brokering industry and secondary school relationships, career development advice and...
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Maree Thomas

Industry Relationship Team Lead
Industry Manager

Croydon Smith

Talk to Croydon if you're in these industries:
  • Air and Space Transport
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Automotive Parts and Wholesaling
  • Automotive Reglazing
  • Collision Repair
  • Forklift (Powered Industrial Lift Trucks)
  • Motorcycle Engineering
  • Motor...
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Croydon Smith

Industry Manager
Industry Manager

Karl Burke

Talk to Karl if you're in these industries:
  • Boat Building and Maintenance
  • Composites Technology
  • Extractives - including Blasting and Drilling
  • Industrial Textile Fabrication
  • Marina Operations
  • Marine Retailing
  • Marine Technology
  • Non-metallic...
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Karl Burke

Industry Manager
Industry Manager

Ross Fothergill

Talk to Ross Fothergill if you're in these industries:
  • Dairy Processing Engineering
  • Dairy Systems Engineering
  • Engineering Design and Consulting Services
  • Engineering Fabrication
  • Fire Protection
  • Locksmithing
  • Maintenance Engineering
  • Mechanical Building Services
  • Mechanical...
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Ross Fothergill

Industry Manager
Industry Manager

Mike Lortan

Talk to Mike if you're in these industries:
  • Energy and Chemical Plant Operations
  • Fibreboard and Paper Packaging
  • Furniture Manufacturing
  • Irrigation
  • Metal Manufacturing
  • Plastics
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Solid Wood Manufacturing
  • Tissue...
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Mike Lortan

Industry Manager
Industry Manager

Fiona McDonagh

Talk to Fiona if you're in these industries:
  • Alcohol Manufacturing (excluding wine)
  • Baking
  • Dairy Processing
  • Fellmongery
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • Meat Processing
  • Primary Processing Support
  • Retail Meat and Butchery
Fiona joins...
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Fiona McDonagh

Industry Manager

Industry Manager

Andrew Riches

Talk to Andrew if you're in these industries:
  • Aluminium Joinery
  • Binding and Finishing
  • Commercial Road Transport
  • Customs and Freight Support Services
  • Direct Mail Production
  • Driving Skills
  • Glass Processing
  • Joinery
  • Postal...
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Andrew Riches

Industry Manager
Industry Manager

Lyndall Clarke

Talk to Lyndall if you’re in these industries:
  • Apparel
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • Competitive Systems and Practices (CSP)
  • General Manufacturing
  • Offsite Manufacturing
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product Manufacturing
  • Textiles (Manufacturing)
Lyndall has joined Hanga-Aro-Rau from...
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Lyndall Clarke

Industry Manager
Pathways Team
Senior Pathways Team Lead

Astrid van Holten

With over 20 years’ experience as a career practitioner, Astrid van Holten has worked across the spectrum of the career industry, from individual clients through to implementing strategy. She enjoyed...
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Astrid van Holten

Senior Pathways Team Lead
Senior Pathways Advisor

Beth Nalter

Beth Nalter started her working life as a primary school teacher before discovering a passion for careers. She has worked in careers roles in NZ and...

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Beth Nalter

Senior Pathways Advisor
Senior Pathways Advisor

Hayley Gray

Hayley Gray joins us from the Ministry of Social Development. She previously worked as a careers practitioner helping schools incorporate careers more effectively into the curriculum. Prior to that, she...
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Hayley Gray

Senior Pathways Advisor
Māori Workforce Development team
Poumatua

Darrell Lambert

Darrell Lambert (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu) has 25 years of experience in the tertiary education sector across a wide range of functions....
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Darrell Lambert

Poumatua
Poutiaki Whakahiwa - Māori Workforce Development Manager

Flo Samuels

Tēnā Koutou e te iwi He uri ahau No Te Paatu. Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi. I whanau mai, ā, i tupu ake hoki ahau ki Māngere. Kei Tāmaki Makaurau ki te tonga ahau e...
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Flo Samuels

Poutiaki Whakahiwa - Māori Workforce Development Manager
Māori Relationships Lead

Morgan Toki

Morgan Toki (Ngāpuhi, Ngātiwai, Ngāti Hine) has been with Hanga-Aro-Rau since its inception in October 2021, bringing her relationship-building skills and considerable experience in vocational education to her role of...
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Morgan Toki

Māori Relationships Lead

For more information, visit our Māori Workforce Development page

Pacific Workforce Development team
Pacific Workforce Development Team Lead

Vaivaimalemālō Fred Luatua

Connect with Fred about our work with:
  • Pacific communities
  • Pacific education providers
  • Hanga-Aro-Rau Pacific general inquiries
  • Ports
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Vaivaimalemālō Fred Luatua

Pacific Workforce Development Team Lead
Pacific Workforce Development Lead

Aiganapule (Ina) Sola

Connect with Ina about our work with: Automotive Commercial Transport Extractives Marine Supply chain
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Aiganapule (Ina) Sola

Pacific Workforce Development Lead
Pacific Workforce Development Lead

Manaini Cama

Manaini is dedicated to driving educational equity in Aotearoa and has been working to support ākonga to have the learning experiences they deserve for over a decade. She has worked
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Manaini Cama

Pacific Workforce Development Lead

For more information, visit our Pacific Workforce Development page