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NZMA Brings World-class Hospitality Training to Rotorua One of New Zealand’s leading hospitality schools is opening its doors in Rotorua to give local teenagers the chance to launch exciting careers in one of the world’s booming industries. From February 27, NZMA began delivering free hospitality training courses for 16 – 19 year olds under the Youth Guarantee scheme. Students will graduate with NCEA Vocational Pathway: Service Industries Level 2, and from there will be able to staircase onto NZMA’s Certificate in Hospitality Level 3, which launches in Rotorua in July. According to NZMA’s Regional Manager for Manukau, Waikato and Bay of Plenty, Monique Le Marque, the arrival of NZMA in Rotorua will bring great benefits to locals. “NZMA is a well-established and well regarded hospitality management school and will bring a significant increase in opportunities for local students keen to study
hospitality,” she said. “There will also be a growth in international student numbers which will benefit the Rotorua economy.” The free Level 2 course takes six months to complete and covers everything from barista training, customer service and making non-alcoholic beverages, to baking, food costing and tourism. Tutor Hemi Ruru has a strong customer service background with Air New Zealand and has extensive experience as a senior trainer with the New Zealand School of Tourism. The newly launched programmes will be delivered from the New Zealand School of Tourism campus in Rotorua’s Pukaki Street, and are just the beginning of NZMA’s long-term strategy for delivering high quality hospitality and hotel management training to the area. “Rotorua is a top tourism destination for New Zealand and the hospitality industry
is very much a part of this. The foundation programmes NZMA will be delivering in Rotorua for 2017 are just the beginning. Longer term we will be looking to offer our full suite of hospitality and hotel management programmes Levels 2 to Level 7,” Monique said.
Monique Le Marque
Hospitality New Zealand’s Training Academy delivers on nationwide seminar series that are affordable and smart so hospitality operators can focus on maximising their profitability and productivity.
business operators train with Create a successful team culture in your workplace! As an upcoming or experienced leader, you may be tasked to figure out how to create a successful and cohesive team culture in your workplace. To help you achieve this, Hospitality NZ’s leadership workshop series ‘Talking Teams’ starts on 7 March and will be delivered across the country to help leaders like you develop and retain high performing teams. Be amongst the best and register online at www.hospitalitynz.org.nz/training.
Workshop Dates: • • • • • • • • • • • •
Tuesday 7 March - New Plymouth Wednesday 8 March - Auckland Tuesday 14 March - North Auckland Monday 20 March - Napier Tuesday 21 March - Napier Wednesday 22 March - Taupo Tuesday 28 March - Hamilton Tuesday 4 April - Dunedin Wednesday 5 April - Timaru Tuesday 11 April - Wellington Tuesday 2 May - Christchurch Wednesday 3 May - Nelson
For more information go to www.hospitalitynz.org.nz/training or email nsc@hospitalitynz.org.nz.
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