News
31 January 2023
An all-new arboriculture programme is the final piece of training for technical arborists wanting to reach the top in their trade.
14 October 2022
Growing up in Bulgaria in a region where winemaking has been a way of life for hundreds of years introduced Marlborough winemaker Diana Katardzhieva to her lifelong career.
2 July 2018
Sami Baker, this year's Primary ITO Got a Trade Ambassador, clearly remembers driving past a crew of arborists in Christchurch years ago who were dangling from trees holding chainsaws and thinking ‘that would be a dream job’.
27 February 2018
Climbing tall trees and wielding chainsaws is a dangerous business, so health and safety is a top priority for employers such as Franklin Trees.
8 December 2017
Auckland University graduate Josh Symes held a degree in geography and environmental science but like so many other young people, he was left wondering ‘what now? ’
8 December 2017
She is a five times world tree climbing champion but Chrissy Spence still remembers her first ever arboriculture job when she realised she was “petrified” of heights.
19 September 2017
Trained, highly-skilled, experienced arborists are hard to come by in New Zealand right now.
19 September 2017
Working at heights is an essential part of arboriculture and Mathew O’Connor already had plenty of experience in that department when he first entered the industry in 2016.
5 September 2017
As a small child Lennon Sharplin loved to climb the enormous gum tree that sat in his family’s front yard in Mount Wellington.
12 August 2017
Each year one new apprentice is hired by Wellington City Council’s arboriculture team and up to 60 people apply for the job.