The Wellington E2E Centre is a registered charitable service in New Zealand committed to supporting local schools in empowering young people to believe in and achieve their career aspirations for meaningful work in STEAMM and fulfilling life through research-based innovations.

OUR VALUES:

• Empathy – We listen to understand people without judgement.

• Courage – We acknowledge our fears and bravely go ahead regardless.

• Ownership – We take ownership of our work and fulfil our stakeholders' trust and investment.

• Resilience – When things get difficult, it’s ok because we know we can bounce back.

OUR PHILOSOPHY:

A happier life is a persistent self-discovery of

• who we are,

• doing what we are good at,

• contributing to what we value, and

• transforming into the person we aspire to be.

Carey Teng, an entrepreneur, the Founder and Director of the Making Futures Happen Institute (NZQA registered tertiary education provider since 2003), trading as FocusFutures.

In 2021, she established and became the Chairperson of Wellington E2E Centre to help young people to be more, do more and give more.

She is also undertaking a doctoral degree at Otago University, and her business research topic is youth employability development, directly related to the E2E Initiatives.

Josie Adlam - Strategist
Visionary and experienced leader with a deep commitment to seeing emerging and innovative businesses succeed. Her personal motivation in providing governance services as an independent director is to support and accelerate business growth. She chairs and co-chairs several boards, including Magnetism Solutions, Sustainability Trust, Tautoko Services and Lottery Community Committee – Wellington/Wairarapa.

Nathaniel Rowe - Māori Advisor
Nate has most recently worked with Te Tari Taiwhenua (Department of Internal Affairs) within Ministerial Services as their Culture and Capability Principal Advisor implementing a Work Programme in response to the Francis Review done for the Parliamentary Precinct. Nate is also a member of Ngā Taonga mai Tawhiti Regional Kapa Haka rōpū and is a Kairaranga (weaver) for of his local Marae in Pōneke Paparārangi. “My pono is that Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a representation of our past but also the now and future that ties the fabric of our national identity of Aotearoa New Zealand together”.

Mel Harrington - Pasifika Advisor
General Manager of Partnership and Engagement for Ringa Hora (Services) Workforce Development Council (WDC).

Mel is a Samoan native who grew up in Wainuiomata and has a career in public service for over 24 years. She has experience in diverse roles ranging from frontline service delivery to senior management and deeply understands community and industry needs. Mel has also worked on developing strategic accords with the Crown for post-settlement processes and has governance experience in various sectors.

Wellington City

1. Wellington College

2. Wellington Girls' College

3. Wellington High School

4. Wellington East Girls’ College

5. St Mary's College (Wellington)

6. Rongotai College

7. St Catherines College (Kilbirnie)

8. St Patrick's College (Kilbirnie)

9. TKKM o Nga Mokopuna (Seatoun)

10. Tawa College

11. Onslow College

12. Newlands College

Porirua

1. Porirua College

2. Aotea College

3. Mana College

4. Whitby Collegiate

5. Bishop Viard College

6. Te Kura Maori o Porirua

WHY WORK
WITH US?