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New Zealand’s top hair and beauty professionals were celebrated for their dedication, creativity, training and business skills at this year’s Industry Awards. The glamorous, annual event was held [...]

Off-job training arrangements for hairdressing apprentices have been confirmed for 2019. For the following regions we have scheduled off-job training as day release classes: Northland, Auckland, [...]

There was applause, advice and two special awards at HITO’s 2018 graduation ceremony. Held at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland, the ceremony celebrated the achievements of barbers, hairdressers, [...]

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Hairdressing Qualifications in New Zealand. To commemorate this, we’re running a #50YearsOfHair campaign and calling on all hairdressers and barbers [...]

HITO beauty therapy apprentices and their trainers now have access to an online training guide called myHITO.  The guide is accessible on phones, tablets and computers and means apprentices will [...]

After much anticipation, the regional winners for The Industry Award’s Apprentice of the Year have been announced. The winners are: Emily Southern (Northern) Courtney Hale (Northern Central) Jade [...]

The Industry Awards 2018 finalists have been announced. Head to industryawards.co.nz/finalists to see the full list of finalists. Winners will be announced at The Industry Awards event in [...]

Hair was the hero at HITO’s runway show at New Zealand Fashion Week on September 2. Ten HITO apprentices and graduates created hairstyles to complement new season black and white streetwear by [...]

31 August 2018. Avonmore Tertiary Institute made us aware of their liquidation yesterday evening. We are working as quickly as possible on a new solution for our apprenticeship training and [...]

Like many artists, Joel Hornell gets inspiration from nature. But you won’t see his pieces on gallery walls. As Creative Director at boutique hair salon Badaro, his clients carry his work on [...]