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On Sunday evening, 6th November, The Industry Awards were held at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre. We were thrilled to finally announce the winners of the Training Awards, and celebrate the [...]

We spoke with Hannah Burton, winner of the Jasmine McBeth Memorial Scholarship 2021, about why she chose an apprenticeship and what she loves about hairdressing. Why did you decide to start a [...]

HITO kaimahi attended to mark the occasion of HITO becoming a division of the Te Pūkenga subsidiary Te Pūkenga Work Based Learning. HITO supports on-job training across the hairdressing, [...]

We spoke with Allison Murray-Travers, the winner of Industry Assessor of the Year at The Industry Awards 2021, who is a passionate advocate for the hairdressing industry, about her big win and [...]

We spoke with Emma Peterson from Skin and Beauté, about her experience as a HITO apprentice and what she loves about her industry. Emma took out Beauty Therapy Apprentice of the Year at The [...]

Please join us to learn more about HITO and the future of apprenticeship training in hairdressing, beauty therapy and barbering. Kay Nelson, HITO CEO, will be in your region, discussing [...]

The Industry Awards team are thrilled to announce our return for 2022! Entries are open Entries are now officially open, and you can find the forms on our website. We had so many first-time [...]

Long time hairdresser, Janine Simons, won big at The Industry Awards 2021, taking out the Industry Trainer of the Year and Excellence in Marketing awards. We spoke with Janine about her [...]

We spoke to Industry Awards judge and HITO Assessor, Jeremy Scarle. Jeremy started his hairdressing apprenticeship in 2007, after stumbling upon it by chance. It didn’t take long for hairdressing [...]