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Jackson Whitman

Jackson Whitman

In 2008 Jackson Whitman started as a 111 call handler, moved to a dispatch role, then team leader and other roles before securing his current position as Operations Process Manager for St Johns Clinical Control Services. Jackson is based in East Auckland and the pressure is on.

There are several layers to jobs at St John, not just a caller teeing up an ambulance. A lot can go wrong, so a lot needs to go right.

In his Year 13 at Thames High School, Jackson did not envisage he would one day be a St John employee. Like many at that age, he was unsure where he wanted to go and exactly what to do. He had a stint at a Telecom call centre before he ended up at St John. There are no regrets and no burdensome student loan.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications Project: Leaving School Magazine For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Samuel Armstrong

Samuel Armstrong

Samuel Armstrong is a 22-year-old carpenter working for D. James Builders Ltd, based in Birkdale on Auckland’s North Shore. He has just completed his carpentry qualification after a three-year BCITO apprenticeship.

He had already shown his talent placing second at the 2017 Northern Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year.

Samuel enjoyed the training, and now loves the work environment and is well placed to make his way up in the building industry.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications Project: Leaving School Magazine For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Dylan Prole

Dylan Prole

Dylan Prole is a productive development engineer for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of medical products and systems used for respiratory care, acute care and the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea. Dylan started his latest role in January, and has already done courses in anatomy, physiology and statistics.

His high school education was geared around entry into a tertiary engineering degree. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from the University of Auckland. 
 Client: Oliver Lee Publications Project: Leaving School Magazine For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Maggie Zhang

Maggie Zhang

Maggie Zhang has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science, from The University of Auckland. The 24-year-old had planned to do a Bachelor of Science majoring in Mathematics at the University of Auckland, until she discovered Computer Science when she took it as an optional paper in her first year.

Maggie completed her science degree last year, and is now working as a software engineer at Eroad, a software company on Auckland’s North Shore.

In her spare time, Maggie volunteers with Code Club Aotearoa, teaching kids coding. In the future she would like to become a teacher and use her industry experience to inspire more children, especially girls, to get into computer science.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications Project: Leaving School Magazine For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Rez Gardi

The 2017 Young New Zealander of the Year was born to Kurdish parents in a Pakistani refugee camp, resettling to New Zealand when she was six. Twenty years on, Rez Giardi is working as a solicitor with Chapman Tripp, one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, and has plans to do her Master of Laws at an Ivy League school in the United States.

In 2010, Rez started a conjoint Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts at the University of Auckland, finishing five years later with a double major in Arts and Honours in Law. This was followed by an exchange programme to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in the United States.

During university breaks, Rez gained overseas experience. This included working for the United Nations in Kenya as a human rights intern and teaching English in South America. Outside of her studies, Rez was a Refugee Services Volunteer for the Red Cross, and is now a National Youth Advisor and Deputy Chair of the National Youth panel.  

She has travelled to Geneva to represent New Zealand and has established a charity, Empower, for refugee youth in New Zealand.

Rez was our delegate at the Women Deliver Conference in Denmark last year and was also an ambassador for the University of Auckland Refugee Scholarship Appeal.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications Project: Leaving School Magazine For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Max Fitzgerald

Max Fitzgerald

Max was introduced to the world of commerce by both his uncle and his mum’s former partner, who were accountants. 

During his time at university, Max discovered he was more interested in the markets and share trading than straight accounting, and in his final year at the University of Auckland Business School, he elected to do more papers based in finance and markets.

Today he works as an online broker, a role which sees him buying and selling shares and helping ASB clients with their share trading needs. 

Max has a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law, from the University of Auckland.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Henno Claassen

When Henno Claassen left Ermelo High School in his native South Africa, he was not sure what he wanted to do for a career. He had done well at school in the core subjects of maths, science and history particularly, but he had also not planned on becoming an electrician.  He completed a one-year Certificate in Electrical and Related Trades (pre-employment) through Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. He then completed two more years of study with ETCO, an electrical apprenticeships and training provider. Henno now works for Hepburn Electrical in Rotorua.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Leonora Marsh-Ngatai

Leonora Marsh-Ngatai (Leo) gained her New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Works – Level 2 by studying fulltime at the Solomon Group, based in Panmure. Upon completion of her training through the Southern Initiative’s Maori and Pasifika trades training she has successfully secured fulltime employment with Watercare.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Morgan Loughnan

Morgan Loughnan works as a Quantity Surveyor with LT McGuinness.He completed a Bachelor of Construction, majoring in Quantity Surveying, through Massey University. Morgan took Maths, Physics, PE and Business Studies in Year 13. He also found his Year 12 subjects Graphics and English to be useful for his undergraduate studies.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Joanne Palmgren

Joanne Palmgren is working as a Senior Digital Account Manager – a job she never knew even existed when she left school. Joanne’s job is to guide clients and develop their digital media strategy, work with publishers and suppliers to bring that strategy to life, and then track and optimise once the activity is live. Increasingly her job involves finding smart ways to leverage data to better target people with more relevant messages.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Sam Hieatt

Sam Hieatt completed an Introduction to Trades course through Wintec. This led to an ATT Apprenticeship, and work experience with plumbing company F.B. Hall & Co. He is a fully registered plumber and needs to pass two further examinations to become fully certified.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Caitlin Hollings

Caitlin Hollings works as judges’ clerk at the Auckland High Court. She has a conjoint degree — Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Philosophy) and a Bachelor of Laws — from the University of Auckland.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Caitlyn Desanges

Caitlyn Desanges has a Diploma in Accounting from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, a New Zealand Diploma in Business and is a qualified accounting technician. She works as an assistant accountant and is studying toward becoming a chartered accountant.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Jack Keeys

A former head boy and proxime accessit of Paeroa College, Jack Keeys believes focusing on studying and getting high marks isn’t enough – at school or at university. “Most of my success, and the success of other high-achieving students, comes from working part-time jobs, volunteering and getting engaged with plenty of extracurricular activity, while balancing studies.” Although challenging at times, this balancing act has paid-off for Jack. He has received over $50,000 in scholarships, completed summer research projects and work placements and received several job offers ahead of his graduation
 in June.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Alex Smith

Alex Smith just loves working on cars, in fact most of his spare time is spent at home tinkering with his two vehicles. His passion for mechanics is proving hugely beneficial for him, as he is well into the first year of an apprenticeship to become a fully qualified automotive technician.

Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

For more photos visit the 4pm website here.

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Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

In the highly competitive world of investment banking Michael Kelly is an associate at Cameron Partners, a leading investment bank. He has a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Accounting and Finance from the University of Auckland. His internships and work experience saw him travel to London with Claridge Capital. 

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Client: Oliver Lee Publications

Project: Leaving School Magazine

Ehraj Bakhtevari is enjoying part-time work in the industry he loves. After a two year employment skills programme at Unitec, Ehraj was referred to Poly-Emp. Poly-Emp is a charitable trust the helps people with intellectual and learning disabilities find paid employment. With a mild learning disability, it could have been very difficult for Ehraj to find suitable work opportunities. However, with the ongoing support of Poly-Emp and his happy outlook on life, Ehraj is working at a tyre-importing company - a job that is increasing his general confidence every day.