A career professional is available at New Plymouth Connected to help you make a personalised career plan, find work or training, and gain confidence in your decision-making.

Book ahead for a 30-minute appointment.

When: Every Wednesday, 9.30am-2.30pm. Every Thursday, 1pm-4pm

Where: New Plymouth Connected, Work and Income service centre, 160 Devon Street West.

To book, email Taranaki_EC_NPY@msd.govt.nz.

Women in Trades is a not-for-profit, showcasing the benefits and rewarding careers of working in the trades.

This event includes opportunities to give things a go and an interactive panel.

Event details:

• 7 May 2026, 10am-1pm 
• Located at the TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood.

Find out more (external link)

Join Health NZ, where you will have the opportunity to help drive the organisational culture while helping people with health needs.

Health NZ encourages collaboration and leadership and you will have plenty of opportunities to develop and upskill.

There are vacancies open in a number of areas ranging from nursing, engineering to customer service.

Find out more and apply (external link)

The Chamber Hub is an initiative that connects people and businesses through employment and training. You can find support in the following ways:

• Promote you in their network of employers in the region
• Provide feedback on your job applications
• Help you create a strong CV and cover letter
• Provide resources to support you during your job search

Find out more (external link)

Find a Job is for anyone looking for work – you don’t have to be on a benefit. If you find a job you’re interested in, contact Work and Income to be put in touch with the employer.  

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Gain tools and knowledge to keep you and your co-workers safe onsite.

You will learn:

• To identify the importance of being healthy and safe in a construction side/environment
• To identify your rights and responsibilities and your employers rights and responsibilities under the legislation in relation to your role on the job
• To identify way on how to keep yourself physically and mentally healthy and safe
• To identify common controls that are used in a construction environment.

Contact Nuala on 029 200 8632 for a booking

You can access free instructional videos and prepare for the test day with www.drive.govt.nz (external site). The website offers interactive road code and practice tests along with many other tips and tricks to help you towards achieving your Learner, Restricted or Full Driver Licence.

Through a handy app, friendly real-life coaches help you to set goals specific to your individual journey and support and coach you through your journey and towards achieving your goals.

Te Heke Mai is designed to mentor and help individuals grow the skills to manage life and work challenges.

To discuss further email hello@tehekemai.co.nz

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Whether you want to upskill in the digital world, better your literacy and numeracy skills, get help with sitting your learner license, learn about leading a healthy lifestyle of if your already in employment and need a bit of help with your numeracy and literacy there is a course suitable for all! 

All classes are held at the Literacy Aotearoa campus, 89 Liardet Street, New Plymouth (Corner of Lemon and Liardet Street) The following courses are now open for people to join at any point: 

• Digital Literacy: Mondays 10am-12pm or Thursdays 9:30am-11:30am
• Literacy and Numeracy: Tuesdays 10am-12pm or Tuesday 1pm-3pm
• Learner's License: Wednesdays 10am-12pm
• Healthy lifestyles: Thursdays 10am-12pm
• Workplace - Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy: Thursday 12-3pm
• NCEA Support for extramural students: Thursday 12pm-3pm

To enquire email info.c5@literacy.org.nz or ring the office on (06) 759 4650. View more about Literacy Aotearoa here: www.literacy.org.nz

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MSD in partnership with the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce have created the Chamber Hub which is a hub to connect employees with employers.

If you have any job opportunities reach out to the Chamber Hub to see if any of their candidates are right for you. This could be permanent placements or short-term jobs, the Chamber Hub Coordinators know their job seekers well, so you can be confident of their recommendations.

Give Melissa a call on 06 759 9080 or send  her an email at melissa@taranakichamber.co.nz

The enterprise advisory team at Venture Taranaki is available to meet with you anywhere in Taranaki and offer a customised approach to helping your business succeed. Some of the assistance they can provide is below,

• Mentoring support
• Partnerships and Networks
• Advisory support
• Entrepreneurship and start-up support
• Exporting goods support

Does this sounds like some support you could use?

Apply online (external link)

Inland Revenue (IR) offers three practical sessions:

• Starting a business? Introduction to Business offers information on the different ways to structure your business, expenses you can claim, and how income tax and provisional tax works.
• Are you registered for GST or thinking of registering for GST? GST is to help you learn who needs to register for GST, what GST is charged on, what information must be recorded and how to send this to them, and ceasing your GST registration.
• Are you employing? The Employers session covers who needs to register as an employer, and what information must be recorded and how to send it to IR.

With a choice of format, don't miss out and register today!

For more information (external link)