MATES NEWS
MATES BSM Roadie – Day 6
The MATES BSM Roadie Blog - Day 6 in Cambridge. MATES is on the move! Pene (Ben) and Slade are now at their second destination for the BSM roadshow. If you spot them out in the wild in the upcoming weeks, take a photo with them and use the hashtag #matesroadtrip2020...
MATES BSM Roadie – Day 5
The MATES BSM Roadie Blog - Day 5 in Rotorua, our first stop on the second week. The second week of the MATES roadshow is on! Slade is now joined by Ben this week as they stop to 3 locations this week. First stop of their roadie is Rotorua, followed up with Cambridge...
MATES BSM Roadie – Day 4
The MATES BSM Roadie Blog - Day 4 in Ohope, our last stop. The final stop on our first week of the BSM roadshow! We want to say a big thank you to everyone that was able to come out to see Slade and Richard deliver our General Awareness Training (GAT) as a part of...
MATES BSM Roadie – Day 3
The MATES BSM Roadie Blog - Day 3 in Whangamata. Now in Whangamata, Slade spots Richie near the wharf having a conversation on the phone with what seems to be our Prime Minister Jacinda! The dynamic duo seemed to be stepping up their vlogging talents as they stop over...
MATES BSM Roadie – Day 2
The MATES BSM Roadie Blog - Day 2 in Tauranga. Slade and Richie are on the road again now at the next destination for the MATES Roadie. Stopped over at Tauranga this is their second stop on the first week of the roadshow. During the course of their travels in the next...
MATES BSM Roadie – Day 1
The MATES BSM Roadie Blog - Day 1 in Gisborne. We are off! Travelling the length and breadth of New Zealand and joining the annual Building Skills Maintenance (BSM) Roadshow. This popular event is a firm fixture on the building and construction calendar, as it calls...
Fly the Flag Week
'Suicide survivor' shares his story in effort to stop construction workers taking their lives The industry has the highest rates of suicide of any commercial sector in the country, particularly in males, according to Mates For Construction. Richie Hepi is a...
Mates initiative ready to step up and help out of work tradies as wage subsidy ends
Mates initiative for tradies is ready to step up and help out of work tradies as the COVID-19 wage subsidy comes to an end. Slade was on Seven Sharp on Wednesday night to talk about the MATES initiative for tradies. With the wage subsidy getting closer to ending, it...
MATES in August
Fly the Flag The MATES office has been a hive of activity during August to get some special parcels all packed up and ready to go! Over 250 MATES Fly the Flags will be winging their way onto sites right across New Zealand. Our Field Officers headed out in Auckland for...
MATES in July
MATES in July - Our new Field Officers Ben and Erin Mates in Construction NZ would like to introduce you to our newest team members Field Officers Ben Morunga-Toi and Erin Witana. Ben and Erin are looking forward to engaging with everyone across the industry as they...
