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HITO is offering employers who take on a hairdressing, beauty therapy or barbering apprentice this winter the chance to win business coaching worth $3,000. Sign an apprenticeship training [...]

The Industry Awards are back for 2019! Brought to you by HITO, Kitomba Salon & Spa Software and the NZ Association of Registered Hairdressers (NZARH), these coveted awards celebrate both [...]

HITO’s new campaign #hellofrom celebrates our apprentices across New Zealand. This is your chance to get creative and show us how cool your home town/city is. To enter: Take a photo/video of [...]

If you’re a beauty therapist with a recognised Level 5 international qualification, we’re offering you the opportunity to get your New Zealand qualification and the IPSN international certificate [...]

HITO’s submission to the Government on the proposed vocational education training reforms includes examples of the views of many  of the hairdressers, barbers and beauty therapists that attended [...]

Information for HITO apprentices and their employers about the Vocational Education Training Reform proposed by Government. What is the reform? This week the Government presented a proposal to [...]

In February and March, we’ll be holding information meetings about the Government’s proposed changes to HITO and on-job training for hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy. We [...]

14 February 2019 Hair and Beauty Industry Training Organisation (HITO) Chief Executive Kay Nelson said the vocational education reforms announced by Government yesterday could have significant [...]

There have been changes to the final two unit standards in the Level 4 Professional Stylist qualification. Unit 2759 Perform hairdressing services while working in a commercial salon The criteria [...]

Are you setting goals for the new year? Want to improve the performance of your team? Diana Beaufort, winner of our 2018 Workplace of the Year award and a qualified business coach, gave us these [...]