Just the Job – Maori Tourism
Just the Job is a TV series giving high school students a unique up-close and personal insight into the career paths they may wish to take in New Zealand.
The series will be played weekly on TV2 and features 10 half-hour episodes with three careers each programme. They are designed to help secondary students gain an understanding of what happens day to day in different jobs.
ATTTO has invested $10,000 in the development of the Maori Tourism episode which will also be available from ATTTO on DVD. The episode was filmed in Rotorua where Trevor Fitzell, 17, of John Paul College Rotorua spent a day experiencing and exploring a career in Maori Tourism.
Maori Tourism provides a unique insight in to Maori heritage and traditions as well as ways to interacting with a living culture. The primary entry into Maori Tourism is in tour guiding with opportunities to move into administration, marketing and customer service.
Trevor started his day at Tamati Heritage Experiences with Eden Doige the Operations Manager. Tamati Heritage Experiences hosts over 100,000 people each year in a recreated Maori Village. Trevor demonstrated to a tour group how a traditional hangi is prepared.
He also spent time at Whakarewarewa tour guiding with Guide Supervisor Paora Tapsell and was able to be involved behind the scenes at Te Puia with Operations Manager, Piripi Inia.
“If you’re entering into the tourism I’m talking about it’s about being proud about who you are and understanding the values and virtues of your ancestors and to bring that to the world. If you do that then it will be extremely rewarding for you,” says Te Taru White – CEO of Te Puia.
ATTTO Business Development Advisor, Justin Te Hau has previously worked as a tour guide at Whakarewrewa and enjoyed supporting the filming to promote Maori Tourism as a career path to students.
“Maori tourism is made up of some unique dynamics which make it all the more special being a part of Just the Job and exposing our Rangatahi (young people) to a career in Maori Tourism. It was a pleasure and a priviledge,” says Justin Te Hau, ATTTO Business Development Advisor.
The National Certificate in Tourism and Travel (Core Skills) (Level 3) National Certificate in Tourism (Tour Guiding) and National Certificate in Tourism Management (Level 5) are ATTTO qualifications that can help further develop careers for people working in Maori Tourism.
This episode of Just the Job will feature on TV2 on Saturday 24 July 2010 at 9.30am.