Our Work
What we do
Project Management – we design and implement community based projects.
Community Based Horticulture – support communities to develop and train their own food production systems.
Community based value add Food Products and Food Security – support the development of value-add horticulture based products.
Primary Industry based Vocational Education – both on campus, work based and distance education.
Qualification and Programme Development and Review – designing, implementing and reviewing learner centric vocational education programmes.
Academic reviews – qualification and programme reviewer.
Teaching and Learning – developing and training collaborative learner engagement.
Academic Quality – academic compliance and systems management for vocational education.
International Education – developing and implementing vocational training programmes and collaborations in China and the Pacific.
Our Vision.
Growing community-based collaborations to solve horticulture and vocational education challenges across Aotearoa and the Pacific.
Living Our Values:
- Whanaungatanga – we explore and grow the connections between us
- Manaakitanga – we show care, kindness, respect, and support for each other
- Mahi Tahi – we work together to build lasting collaborations and solve challenges
- Whakamana i e tangata – we protect and enhance the dignity and mana of people.
- Tino rangatiratanga – we value the importance of self-determination, ownership, and control in the communities where we serve.
Jeff wilson
Tōku Pepeha
Ko Pūtauaki tōku maunga,
Ko Rangitāiki, ko Tarawera, ko Whakatāne ōku awa,
Ko Mataatua tōku waka, Ko Ngāti Awa tōku iwi,
Ko Ngāti Awa te toki tangatanga i te rā, tē ngohengohe i te wai.
Jeff is a highly experienced New Zealand horticulturist, adult educator, tertiary educational leader, project manager and academic reviewer, with over thirty years’ experience leading teams within New Zealand’s horticulture and vocational sectors.
He is highly experienced and skilled academic and quality leader, programme developer and project manager across a wide range of domestic and international community based vocational educational sectors, particularly focusing second chance learners and transformative youth development into employment.
Jeff’s main personal strength has always been his ability to communicate, motivate and support, through shared values, teams to reach their full potential, and deliver innovation, monitor quality standards, solve problems to achieve the desired results, always within complex funding, compliance and project frameworks.
He is a qualified and experienced horticulturist who specialises in solving problems for communities in New Zealand, the Pacific and China through project-based initiatives that bring people together through long term collaborations.
Jeff has a Master’s Degree in Management, a Bachelor in Adult Education and a range of Horticulture and Te Reo Māori qualifications.
He can help you solve complex problems and challenges in community-based horticulture and vocational education sectors in New Zealand and across the Pacific.