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Our Mission

To facilitate partnerships between businesses, the educational sector and other organisations to excite youth about the working world.

Our services include:

  • bringing mentors from the business world to assist teachers with educational projects, making learning more relevant for today's young people
  • exciting youth about the working world with work experience, information about careers, mentoring, training and job placement

In 2010 Partners Porirua is celebrating its Tenth Anniversary!

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Located at the Porirua Employment Hub

6 Hagley Street, Porirua
Postal Address:

PO Box 50462
Porirua 5240
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2011 Porirua Youth Awards

Cabinet Ministers, Hon Paula Bennet and Hekia Parata, along with Porirua's Mayor Nick Leggett presented the 2011 winners of the Porirua Youth Awards to a packed audience at Pataka on October 4th.

2011 Porirua Youth Awards winners with National Party MPs Paula Bennet and Hekia Parata and Porirua's Mayor Nick Leggett

Congratulations to all winners for 2011 who are all shining examples of outstanding achievers and leaders in our community.

“You’re getting the recognition you deserve and you should wear it with pride but there are also responsibilities that come with it. You have a responsibility to care for others. You’ve got something special to give and mustn’t ever forget that.”

Hon Paula Bennett, guest speaker and Minister for Social Development and Employment and Minister for Youth Affairs.

Click here for fill list of winners - Youth to wear their Awards with Pride

2011 Young Employee Awards

The Awards are designed to reward young employee that make a successful contribution to our local economy, through their innovation and tenacity.

2011 Young Employee Awards winner Jonathan Cameron of Art Frames Ltd

Winner has been announced at the Awards evening on Friday the 28th October 2011.

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Celebrating Young Employees

2011 Young Employee Award

Youth Success Stories

Reach for the Sky

"Believe in yourself. The sky is

Back left Ron Manulevu and back right Jonathan Malifa with Porirua College students

the limit if you are prepared to make sacrifices", was the message delivered by Fijian medical student Ron Manulevu to a group of year 12 and 13 science students from Porirua College.

Ron and his colleague from the Ministry of Health, Jonathan Malifa, were invited to address the students as part of Partners Porirua "Futures in Health" programme. The programme aims to motivate students and make them aware of the range of career opportunities in the health sector.

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