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“Sharing good literacy and numeracy practice in

adult education”

“Sharing history and cultural values through video & art installations”
Rob George
Digital Media Expert, former Creative Arts Lecturer at MIT
Robert is an artist film-maker who places an emphasis on a strong sense of visual story-telling.
He trained and worked in the film and television industry for over 10 years before shifting his
focus to community-driven work and video art. Recently, he has tutored and lectured at MIT in the
Faculty of Creative Arts, Ōtara campus.

“Rise off the couch: Infrastructure transition to work and leadership programmes for Māori,
Pasifika and whānau – Your career starts here”

Robbie Paul
Civil Industry Manager, Connexis – ITO for NZ Infrastructure industries

In 2003, Robbie started out as Eastern Area Manager for the Contracting ITO which later became
InfraTrain. More recently he was Project Manager for the Te Poutama Kaiahumahi Māori Trade
Training programme. Prior to joining the organisation, Robbie spent 20 years with the NZ Army,
including seven years in various training roles in New Zealand and around the world. Upon release
from the services, he spent two years as an Automotive Tutor at a Trade Training School before
taking an appointment as a Modern Apprenticeship Co-ordinator in the Bay of Plenty, mentoring
apprentices in the automotive, building and construction, joinery, engineering, transport and
infrastructure industries. Robbie is passionate about the civil industry, and is looking forward to
further developing his relationships with employers in the sector. He prides himself on providing
training advice and solutions which closely match the needs and values of his customers.

“Successful programmes: How do we know?”

Bronwyn Yates
CEO Literacy Aotearoa; Te Arawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Aitanga ā
Māhaki, Rongowhakaata
Bronwyn is the CEO of Literacy Aotearoa. She takes pride in being part of an organisation that
honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi and delivers accessible, quality literacy services to New Zealanders
via 34 Poupou nationwide. Literacy Aotearoa aims to support New Zealanders to become critically
literate so that in turn they will realise their full social, cultural and economic potential. Bronwyn
implements the policy decisions and business activities of Te Kōruru Governing Body of Literacy
Aotearoa and provides advice to Te Kōruru in turn. She represents the organisation on various
Government Advisory Groups and National Trust and provides policy advice and analysis to
Government on related education, social and economic policies and implementation frameworks.
AND
Katrina Taupo
Researcher, Business Development, Literacy Aotearoa
Ko Ngāti Tipa, Ngāti Kaiaua, Ngāti Wai me Ngāti Kura ōna hapū. Ko Waikato me Ngāpuhi ōna
iwi. For the past four years, Katrina has reported on the resilience of adults and their whānau
(extended family) who have faced adversity and become agents of change through engagement
in whānau literacy and or numeracy programmes. She has also contributed to the review and
redevelopment of Literacy Aotearoa’s Assessment and Quality Management Standards. In her
spare time, Katrina works with hapū and iwi (tribal) development where she has managed the
successful completion of a 3-year project aimed at supplying clean drinking water to 350 people
living in rural New Zealand.

Click here to watch an interview
with Bronwyn Yates

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