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Strengthening the manufacturing, engineering and logistics industries

We ensure our sectors lead and influence the vocational education system and its transformation.

Hanga-Aro-Rau Workforce Development Council represents the manufacturing, engineering and logistics industries including wood manufacturing, bakery, butchery, mechanical, automotive and marine engineering, dairy processing, extractives and drilling, and transport.

Find out more about our industries.

Mā wai te huarahi e hora? Mā ngā ahumahi!

Who will pave the pathway forward? Industry will!

Our sectors contribute:

163,688

People employed

21,230

Businesses

$43 Billion

to New Zealand's GDP

9,272

Learners (out of 280,000 VET Learners)

What matters to industry, matters to us.

We are proud to be partnering with industry to create transformational change in vocational education.

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Latest News

New Waste Qualifications Aim to Tackle New Zealand’s Growing Resource Recovery Challenges
12/06/25

New Waste Qualifications Aim to Tackle New Zealand’s Growing Resource Recovery Challenges

A major review of qualifications in resource recovery is paving the way for a more sustainable and better-equipped workforce to tackle New Zealand’s mounting waste issues.
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Laying the Tracks for the Future: Building New Zealand’s Rail Workforce
28/05/25

Laying the Tracks for the Future: Building New Zealand’s Rail Workforce

Aotearoa New Zealand’s rail industry is poised for transformation, but we must ensure the workforce has the right skills to be able to seize the...
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New Apparel Qualification Set to Stitch Together Industry Gaps
28/05/25

New Apparel Qualification Set to Stitch Together Industry Gaps

Aotearoa New Zealand’s fashion and textiles sector has taken a significant step forward with the development of a new Level 3 Industrial Sewing qualification and...
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Buckley Systems and Tāmaki College – a partnership for success
08/05/25

Buckley Systems and Tāmaki College – a partnership for success

Our event at Tāmaki College – ‘Enabling Tamaki Makaurau Pacific Workforce Talanoa’ – late last year marked the beginning of an exciting partnership between the...
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Pacific Rising from the Factory Floor
01/05/25

Pacific Rising from the Factory Floor

In the heart of Auckland’s industrial sector, amidst the hum of machinery, music from JBL speaker, laughter and the scent of resin and fibre, a...
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Expanding Opportunities Beyond Inspiring the Future
02/04/25

Expanding Opportunities Beyond Inspiring the Future

Hanga-Aro-Rau partnered with the Ministry of Social Development’s Connected Service to deliver the Inspiring the Future event in Christchurch, aimed at connecting rangatahi with various...
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