This report details an investigation into the workplace literacy (WPL) skills of Māori farm employees from five isolated pastoral farms in Northland.
It offers recommendations for interventions that could improve workplace literacy training for Māori farm employees working on dispersed pastoral farms in isolated rural areas.
While the report focusses on agriculture, the suggestions may be of use for building workplace literacy in other industries.
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Background:
A project, completed in 2012, to assess the workplace literacy (WPL) skills of Māori farm employees in Northland. The project was undertaken by Venture Group Ltd, in collaboration with the Agriculture ITO (AgITO); and with encouragement and some input from the Te Tai Tokerau office of Te Puni Kokiri (TPK) and the Retirement Commission.
Research report prepared by Neil Shaw, Gill Minogue and Jill Hartles.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)