MATES NEWS
MATES Pink Shirt Day
MATES Pink Shirt Day Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying! The MATES team is embracing the Pink Shirt movement and is ready to start a korero and take action against bullying. This behaviour doesn’t just happen at...
The Adventures of Koro and Moko
The Adventures of Koro and Moko MATES in Construction Field Officers Slade and Lance flew out to Christchurch this week to see some mates down in the South Island. Nicknamed Koro (Slade) and Moko (Lance) at the MATES office, the two flew down to Christchurch to...
PlaceMakers becomes a MATES Foundation Partner
PlaceMakers Foundation joins forces with MATES in Construction An ambition to combat the enormous toll of suicides in the building and construction industry has motivated the PlaceMakers Foundation to get behind MATES in Construction, in a partnership that will see...
Victoria and Gloria visit the busy ‘bee-hive’
Victoria and Gloria visit the Beehive in Wellington MATES in Construction NZ CEO Victoria McArthur and Programme Manager Gloria Vetekina were back down in Wellington this week at the busy 'bee-hive’ to meet with Hon Minister Michael Wood, Minister of Workplace...
MATES in Construction on TVNZ’s One News
MATES in Construction looks for Government Funding MATES in Construction New Zealand is still struggling to gain support from the Government to ensure our programme is sustainable and we can reach all our workers. We need your help. Over the past 18 months, with...
The Easter Bunny
Easter Bunnies at Piritahi drop off some goodies for the MATES Team The Easter Bunny dropped by with some awesome goodies this week! Victoria Taylor and Willow Hakiaha from Piritahi came by in a car filled with new keyboards, a screen, a sound system and lots more....
Aotearoa Invitational
MATES in Construction, charity of choice MATES in Construction are thrilled to have been selected as the charity of choice for the Aotearoa Invitational. On April 8 & 9 Aotearoa Invitational presented by SkyCity is returning to the stunning Windross Farm Golf...
Minister Poto Williams at a MATES Connector
Minister Poto Williams at a MATES training Great excitement for MATES in Construction today as we had the pleasure of introducing the Minister for Building and Construction, Hon Poto Williams to the MATES Connector programme. The Minister was visiting the Auckland...
A Mammoth week for MATES
A mammoth week for MATES in Wellington What a mammoth week for Victoria, Slade and Berhampore this week in Wellington! They inducted almost 500 workers in General Awareness Training over the time in the capital and of those, 150 put up their hands to become Connectors...
New MATES Field Officers
Lance, Karon and James join the MATES team Our MATES whānau has just got even bigger! This week we welcomed three new Field Officers, James, Karon, and Lance. The demand for the MATES in Construction programme is growing, and our workers and industry are engaging so...
