Earning and Learning Sparks Britney’s Career Change

Kirste Floyd Energy, News, NZ Apprenticeships

When Britney Scammell was at school she always wanted to be a nurse. “I had no back-up plan.” Part-way through a nursing degree, however, Britney realised nursing wasn’t for her, and she began to look around for new career ideas. At first, thinking it made sense to stay in the health sector, she worked for several years in dentistry. All …

King’s Service Medal for Kat Kaiwai

Kirste Floyd Civil, News, Ultimit / Women in Infrastructure

Kat Kaiwai has been honoured with a King’s Service Medal for services to women and the civil construction industry. Kat, who has been a strong supporter of Connexis Girls With Hi-Vis® and a huge advocate for the opportunities offered by training and apprenticeships, is the owner of Tairawhiti Contractors in Ruatoria, on the East Coast. With her team of 38 …

A Word From Our Director – May 2024

Kirste Floyd eNews, News

Kia ora koutou, As the year progresses, infrastructure continues to be a key focus for the new government and building workforce capability and capacity to deliver quality infrastructure continues to be a critical need. While our industries continue to advocate for longer term planning, the government have announced investment in ten roads of regional significance to sit alongside the two …

GWHV connects trainee to bright future

Kirste Floyd Energy, News

A visit to a Girls With Hi-Vis event in 2023 opened up a whole new world for then 16-year-old Sofie McCormick. Sofie attended a Canterbury GWHV event hosted by infrastructure services company Ventia while still a student at local Ellesmere College. With her interest piqued in an infrastructure trade career, Sofie then landed an introduction to a possible apprenticeship with …

Girls with Hi-Vis 2024 – secondary students connect to infrastructure careers

Kirste Floyd News

Wellington, 1 May 2024: New Zealand’s female secondary school students are taking their place among New Zealand’s major civil infrastructure companies to try out different career opportunities as the industry looks to solve critical skills shortages. Throughout May and June, female secondary school students from around the country will take part in industry experience days, onsite with companies in the …

A Word From Our Director — March 2024

Mason Reiber eNews, News

Kia ora koutou, The first quarter of 2024 has included some reshuffling within our operating environment following the government’s announcement that it intends to disestablish Te Pūkenga. However, the key “need to know” from that process is that Connexis will continue to deliver infrastructure training for apprentices and trainees throughout New Zealand as we always have with no disruption to …

Powering dreams as a Senior Faults Coordinator

Martin Svehla Energy, News

“It wasn’t as overwhelming as I thought it would be. I remember my first day at Aurora six years ago, seeing the system that they used and thinking I could never do that job. “Here I am now, doing exactly that job,” she says. The biggest challenge for Courtney so far has been that she started the role without an …

Pathway to Project Management: Kylie’s story

Martin Svehla Civil, Civil Trades, News

“I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of really supportive people around me, who pushed me out of my comfort zone. Now I push myself out of my comfort zone.” Kylie Bourke has come a long way since starting her civil construction career 26 years ago, in accounts administration. “I basically started doing the dishes and making the coffee!” Thanks …

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Martin Svehla eNews, News

Happy International Women’s Day from all of us at Connexis. This International Women’s Day (IWD), on Friday, March 8th, let’s celebrate the remarkable women shaping New Zealand’s infrastructure industries and their significant contributions to showcase the exciting opportunities that await others. The theme of this year’s IWD is ‘inspire inclusion’; a sentiment we are fully committed to at Connexis in …

Water’s a winner for Abby

Martin Svehla News, Water

For New Plymouth District Council water technician Abby Rawlinson being able to earn while she trained as an apprentice has been an important part of her road to becoming qualified. Abby completed her NZ Certificate in Water Treatment (Level 4) in 2022 after training through Connexis to become a qualified water technician; a job she finds many people have never …