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The Ohu Ahumahi Workforce Development Councils were disestablished on 31 December 2025. Eight Industry Skills Boards now provide vocational education standard setting functions. Please visit the website to find out more: Home – Industry Skills Boards

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give greater voice to industries in the vocational education system

Ohu Ahumahi Workforce Development Councils work together to create a greater voice in the vocational education system, improve education pathways, and ensure industry's future skills needs are met.

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Enhancements to our Skills Forecasting tool
We’re excited to announce major enhancements to our Skills Forecasting tool, which helps users explore how workforce qualifications change under different training and demand scenarios.   What do the forecasts show?  The...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Muka Tangata
A final thank you from our Chief Executive
At the start of the year, my leadership team and I faced a reality none of us expected: after three years of building something from... The post A final thank...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Ringa Hora
Te Oho Reedy appointed as Chief Executive of Services Industry Skills...
The Board of the Services Industry Skills Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Te Oho Reedy as its new Chief Executive. Board Chair Bruce Robertson said Te... The post Te Oho Reedy...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Ringa Hora
Hip-hop meeting leads to boom cleaning business
When Pookie Bristowe (left) and Aman Singh (right) first met online to discuss music, they had no idea it would lead to a fast-growing cleaning... The post Hip-hop meeting leads...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Ringa Hora
Ringa Hora Recap November-December 2025
Ringa Hora kaimahi were honoured to attend this week’s NZ Vocational Education and Training Research Forum, which brought together almost 200 people dedicated to connecting... The post Ringa Hora Recap...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Ringa Hora
Mā te wā from Toi Mai
This is our final pānui before we are disestablished on 31 December as a result of the Government’s reform of vocational education and training (VET). On behalf of the Toi...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toi Mai
Latest update on the VET reforms: ISB coverage for Toi Mai sectors and...
The Government has formally established the eight new Industry Skills Boards (ISBs) with legislation coming into effect on 1 January 2026. The creative, cultural, recreation and technology sectors that are...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toi Mai
Health and Wellbeing Core Skill Standards Approval 
Health and Wellbeing Core Skill Standards Approval  We are pleased to announce that NZQA has approved twelve new Health and Wellbeing Core Skill Standards that will provide transferable, sector-wide skills...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toitū te Waiora
New Ophthalmic Technician Skill Standards and Micro-credential
We are pleased to announce that NZQA has approved three new skill standards and a micro-credential to meet the needs of the Ophthalmic Technician workforce.   Identify the anatomy and physiology...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toitū te Waiora
New Disability Support Qualifications and Skill Standards Approved
New Disability Support Qualifications and Skill Standards Approved by NZQA Toitū te Waiora is pleased to announce that NZQA has approved and listed two new New Zealand Certificates in Disability Support and six associated skill...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toitū te Waiora
Emergency Communications Centres Qualification and Standards Review an...
Skill standards approval We are pleased to announce that NZQA has approved six new skill standards to align with the New Zealand Certificate in Emergency Communications Centres (Level 3) with optional strand in Dispatch [Ref: 3020].  These skill standards will...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toitū te Waiora
First Aid Skill Standards, Unit Standards, and Micro-credentials
We are pleased to announce that NZQA has approved three new skill standards (41051-41053) which will replace the existing 6400 series unit standards (6400-6402). NZQA has also approved a new...
Published on: 7 months ago
Source: Toitū te Waiora
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Ohu Ahumahi Workforce Development Councils strengthen industry voice in the vocational education system.

The Workforce Development Councils (WDCs) are working to give industry and employers greater leadership and influence across vocational education. Success for WDCs will mean employers – including Māori business owners – are confident that vocational education graduates are ready for work and that the future skills needs of their industry will be addressed by the vocational education system.

Six WDCs were established in October 2021 through the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE).

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Toi Mai

Toi Mai

Toi Mai is the Ohu Ahumahi Workforce Development Council for Ngā Peka o Toi. Our kaupapa is to be the voice of the creative, cultural, recreation and technology industries in the reform of vocational education. We engage with industry, whānau/hāpu/iwi, Māori businesses and underrepresented communities such as Pacific peoples, tāngata whaikaha, wāhine, the neurodiverse and LGBTQIA+ to ensure the vocational education system meets industry and workforce development needs.
Muka Tangata

Muka Tangata

Muka Tangata is the Workforce Development Council (WDC) for the food and fibre sector. We work on ways to enhance vocational education and training (VET) to meet the needs of industry, iwi and hapū Māori, ākonga (learners), and kaimahi (workers), and support them to flourish.
Waihanga Ara Rau

Waihanga Ara Rau

Building a highly skilled workforce We are responsible for developing and maintaining qualifications, unit standards and micro-credentials for the construction and infrastructure industries, ensuring professionals are equipped with the right skills and knowledge to excel. By constantly refining and updating qualification content in partnership with industry and providers, our goal is a highly competent and agile workforce. See if we’re working on any updates for your industry right now.
Ringa Hora

Ringa Hora

Ringa Hora (Services) Workforce Development Council represents industries including Advisory Services, Aviation, Cleaning Services, Business Services, Contact Centres, Financial Services, Hospitality, Local Government, Real Estate, Retail, Security Services, State Sector, and Tourism & Travel.
Toitū Te Waiora

Toitū Te Waiora

We are about people helping people, and we are proud of the difference our sectors make in Aotearoa. Toitū te Waiora (Community, Health, Education, and Social Services) Workforce Development Council represents sectors including,
Hanga-Aro-Rau

Hanga-Aro-Rau

Hanga-Aro-Rau Workforce Development Council represents the manufacturing, engineering and logistics industries including wood manufacturing, bakery, butchery, mechanical, automotive and marine engineering, dairy processing, extractives and drilling, and transport. We ensure our sectors lead and influence the vocational education system and its transformation.