Weaving the way

A study of how Pacific Islands private training establishments are providing an effective alternative to mainstream education and training programmes for their trainees through their seamless meshing of cultural values and practices. Table of contents: * Education and training in New Zealand * The research project * Stories of success * One vision, two strands. Pasefika Educatin and Employment training Organisation (PEETO) * Home and away from home. Pacific Training Institute Changing the challenges. Target Training Centre * Many paths, one goal. The Open Pacific Education Centre (TOPEC) * It takes the whole village. Tangata Pasifika Resources Development trust * Motifs in the pattern * Drawing the strands together.