ZEDUCATION

Over two years, MSD and Zeducation delivered Voyage to Success — a culturally grounded pathway that enrolled 155 Pasifika Aucklanders and moved 108 into secure, sustainable work, beating every target and delivering on budget. Here is how it was done.

Low literacy and numeracy were quietly costing Essano's production floor 15 to 20 packaging errors a week. Over 20 weeks, Zeducation delivered a workplace literacy and numeracy programme to 23 employees at their Māngere plant, funded through the TEC Employer-led Fund. Packaging errors fell by around 95%, LNAAT numeracy scores rose 96.1%, and team members who once called themselves "not very smart" now complete their own documentation. Here is how it happened.

A partnership between Spark NZ, GirlBoss and Zeducation, the Turama Pathways Cadetship helped 10 young women build the confidence and belonging to step into tech. The result: 6 job placements and 100% finishing sure there's a place for them in the sector.

Simione Uhatafi came to Auckland with a farming background, a traffic control job, and a dream of becoming a social worker. He had no qualifications, no experience, and a family depending on him. Here is how he went from volunteer translator to Clinic Coordinator at Langi Malie Tongan Health Association.

We sit down with Mavaega Mupo — a 66 year old Samoan migrant, qualified electrician, and Voyage to Success graduate — to share the story of what persistence, community, and one extraordinary phone call can do. Mavaega Mupo did not come to New Zealand looking for an easy life. He came in 2018 after a career spanning decades as a qualified electrician in Samoa. He had retired at 55 in Samoa, and eventually made the journey to New Zealand for a better future for his family. New

Marima Lay joined the very first Tūrama Pathways cohort as a rangatahi stepping into one of Aotearoa's most competitive industries. Today, she has been promoted to Assistant Lead at Spark Takanini. This is her story.

Last week we buried my Aunty Mele. At her funeral, my father stood up and did something no one in that Tongan church had ever heard before. What he did next, and what he said when the faifekau pulled him aside, taught me more about leading across generations than most books have in 300 pages.

87% of NZ companies say AI is reshaping their workforce. Only 41% of Kiwi workers actually use it. The gap is foundational. Here's the AI strategy most employers are missing.

Financial education is finally becoming compulsory in New Zealand schools. But for Pacific whānau, a curriculum alone is not enough. Here is why culturally grounded financial capability matters more than ever.