Mahi
Work should strengthen more than a CV
Tangatake works alongside employers, community organisations and specialist partners to identify meaningful opportunities and build pathways that reflect each person's strengths, circumstances and aspirations.
Why this pou matters
The distance between a person who wants to work and an organisation that needs their capability is rarely a lack of willingness. More often it is practical: confidence, transport, a licence or certificate, or support that ends too soon.
Mahi exists to close those distances, so that people can move into work, education or training that reflects who they are and what they carry.
Identity before job readiness
Employment preparation begins with knowing who you are, what you are good at and what matters to you. From there, participants learn how to communicate their strengths, recognise the environments in which they can thrive, and make informed decisions about employment, education and training.
Kaiārahi alongside, from preparation to beyond placement
Kaiārahi remain alongside participants as they prepare, transition and settle into employment. Support continues beyond the first few weeks and responds to the person’s changing circumstances, workplace experience and longer-term goals.
Where a placement is supported, that means a paid role where both the participant and the employer receive appropriate support during the transition.
Wraparound navigation
Employment does not sit separately from the rest of a person’s life. One-to-one navigation helps participants identify practical barriers and connect with the services, resources and relationships needed to address them.
Participants may also be connected with budgeting and financial capability support, particularly where a move into employment changes how income, bills, debt or whānau commitments need to be managed.
The opportunities we build
We work alongside local organisations to identify genuine capability needs and create suitable opportunities for participants.
Opportunities may include structured community experience, work experience, supported paid work, employment placements, education or training. Each opportunity should build transferable skills while responding to a genuine organisational or community need.
Digital confidence for the working world
Digital confidence and AI literacy are increasingly part of looking for work, applying, communicating professionally and doing the job itself, so they are woven through this pathway. That capability is built through our Matihiko pou.