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School Programmes
That Create Real Pathways
Puatala delivers culturally grounded secondary school programmes that build skills, confidence, and clear pathways beyond school. Programmes integrate real-world work experience, unit standards, and practical support for further education, training, or employment.
Supporting Rangatahi Through Real-World Learning
At Puatala, we partner with secondary schools to deliver culturally grounded programmes that prepare students for life beyond school. Our programmes connect students to diverse industries, meaningful work experience, and unit standards that contribute toward NCEA credits, building confidence, capability, and self-belief.
Through strong industry connections and practical learning, students gain real insight into future pathways across education, training, and employment.
Secondary School Programmes We Deliver
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HIIT910 Programme
(Year 9–10)
This high-impact programme runs as five two-hour sessions over five weeks, building a strong foundation of character, confidence, and practical life skills.
Covering mindset, goal setting, money management, leadership, conflict resolution, communication, and wellbeing, the course introduces students with the tools to navigate real life challenges.
Incomparable
Programme
(Year 11–13)
This Level 2 or 3 five-day programme combines two-days of classroom learning with three-days work experience.
Students can achieve up to 9 NCEA credits while also gaining real-world skills and confidence through our structured work experience. Students can select from our range of industry partners.
Work Experience Programme
(Year 9–13)
This three-day work experience programme places students in real workplaces across a diverse range of industries, giving them firsthand exposure to the world of work.
Puatala manages all coordination, placements, and daily check-ins, ensuring students are safe, supported, and gaining meaningful experience.
Voyagers Trilogy (Year 11–13)
This five-day programme is where home economics meets real-world learning.
Students spend two-days in class and three-days in the work experience, gaining practical skills in financial literacy, mindset, and work readiness.
Students build confidence, resilience, and communication skills - preparing to thrive in school, work, and life beyond school.
HANNAH S.
Had so much fun and learnt a lot, really appreciate all the effort put in to making this experience engaging.
AMANIA W.
This programme helped me with my fear of public speaking.
LOGAN D.
Going out to different sites and seeing how the North Power workers do their job, like changing power poles, changing the power lines and checking out the drone work.
ZOE H.
The people on the panel didn’t take a straight path to get to their role... even in high school they weren’t sure what they’d be doing so it gives me hope that through experience, I’ll know what I’m meant to be doing.
TYLER I.
The people and how friendly they are and helped understand what they do. It really opened my mind to explore the work options and that I dont have to settle on one so soon.
NOAH A.
The Schools Experience Day was helpful to someone like me that is in high school setting unsure of what to do with my life. A lot of people here come from different backgrounds and a lot of time they change what they do.