During the recent Government consultation on the redesign of the work-based learning system, industry leadership was strongly unified in favour of an industry-owned system and the Government listened to their feedback (see media release of 24 April 2025).
Industry is taking the lead in determining the future of its training provision with an industry Transition Board established to work with MITO on transitional arrangements and liaising with officials.
The industry representatives are:
- Sturrock Saunders, Chairperson
- Warren Flowerday, Deputy Chairperson
- Dean Eggers
- Jason Land
- Kim Milne
- Iain Haycock
- Warwick Wilshier
Government announcement on Industry Skills Boards
On 2 July 2025, the Government announced the outcome of its consultation around the new Industry Skills Boards that will set the standards, oversee quality, and enable industry input into on-job training from 1 January 2026.
Following MITO’s transition to become an industry-owned private training establishment, it will sit within the future network of providers aligned with these ISBs.
What this means for our community
This transition is a change of ownership—not a change in service. MITO will continue to provide the same support and training facilitation for all our employers and learners. You can keep signing up to our programmes and working with your Training Advisors as usual.
We will continue to provide updates on this page as the details of this transition are worked out. If you have any comments or questions for MITO, please email us at info@mito.org.nz.