Tricia Cutforth Email & Phone Number

Whangarei

Venture Group (NZ) Ltd provides consultancy and contracting services to the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. The company focuses on regional economic development, business advisory services and workplace training. Our mission is ‘turning ideas into action’. We bridge the gap between policy and operations. Our strong regional networks give us access to great fieldwork opportunities; our backgrounds in research give us strong analytical skills. Developing networks, linking businesses together and growing industry and sector clusters is our specialty area. We also write tenders, business cases and proposals and funding applications for significant projects. .

Northland

Fixed term contract helping Northland businesses to access R and D co-investment from Callaghan Innovation. Supporting business, industry and sector development, in particular value-add primary processing, ag/tech engineering, and a regional cluster of emerging food producers.

Northland

Originally known as the Education and Training Support Agency (ETSA), became Skill New Zealand as part of the govt restructuring of the training and employment sector in the late 1990s, and then redeveloped as the Tertiary Education Commission in late 2002. Responsible for post compulsory education - initially vocational - industry training and targeted pre-employment training; Modern Apprenticeships, Gateway (secondary/tertiary transition). 10 staff, 2 offices, $12 million regional training budget.Chose to leave and establish business in Northland once TEC was bedded in.

Based In Auckland

Leading a team of 10 Community Development Advisors across the greater Auckland and Northland regions. Responsible for liaison and projects with local government and community sectors, inclduing DIA funding e.g. COGs, Lotteries.

Rotorua

New Zealand craft design store, specialising in blown glass, ceramics and turned wood.

Rotorua

The first food place in Rotorua to sell espresso coffee and a selection of vegetarian food. Long blacks! Flat whites! Vegetarian sausage rolls! Loved by overseas visitors - the locals weren't so sure.

Rotorua

NZ craft design store - the first in Rotorua!

Masters In Public Management, Public Sector Management, Merit

Part of the first intake for the inaugural Masters of Public Management degree at Vic. Research paper: “Stretch and flex in Skill New.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sociology, First Class Honours

Partial Diploma of Criminology while completing B.A. (six Stage 3 Sociology papers.) Tutor in Sociology Department while completing MA..

Education record

Education record