Global Fisheries Scholarship Programme
The two latest recipients of Te Ohu Kaimoana's global training programme run in conjunction with Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd (Nissui) in Japan, will leave shortly to take up their 12-month tenure in Tokyo.
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| Francene Wineti |
Te Ohu Kaimoana CEO Peter Douglas recently returned from Japan where he visited the Global Fisheries Scholarship Programme and introduced the two new trainees as well as congratulate Francene Wineti of Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi and Ngati Kahungunu and Joseph Butterworth of Te Arawa and Ngati Porou, who will be returning home soon on completion of their year-long study.
In a handing-over ceremony, Peter acknowledged the assistance of Nissui, with which Te Ohu Kaimoana runs the elite training programme. “Our partnership with Nissui makes me feel optimistic for the future of our respective businesses, for our industry as a whole, and for the future of Maori,” he told a gathering of students and Nissui representatives.
The programme was established in 2000 as an elite 12-month, international business-training programme and provides for two Maori students each year to work in Japan with Nissui, which are 50 percent shareholders in Sealord Group and joint partners with Te Ohu Kaimoana in the scholarship programme.
The recipients of the scholarship are given intensive Japanese language tuition and culture before they leave. “These people are Maori ambassadors to Japan and Sealord's ambassadors to Nissui,” Peter says.
Two new trainees – Tania Jackson of Ngati Kahu and Te Aupouri who is currently employed at Sealord Shellfish in Nelson and Nathan Reid of Tuwharetoa and Te Aupouri – take up their positions in October 2005. Tania grew up in Tauranga, has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Waikato University majoring in biology, and a Master of Applied Science Degree from the University of Tasmania majoring in aquaculture.
Nathan grew up in Taupo and has a Bachelor of Management Studies with a major in Finance from Waikato University. He is employed as an Operations Manager at Tahi Marine Limited in Hamilton and is married to Jodie, with whom he has a two-year-old daughter, Halle.
Te Ohu wishes Tania and Nathan all the best for the challenging times ahead of them. We know that what they gain from their time at Nissui will benefit themselves, their whanau and their communities.
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