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Five HITO apprentices have been chosen to work backstage with some of New Zealand’s best styling directors at the Industry NZ Hairdressing Awards show next week. Congratulations to the winners of [...]

For Pauline de Thierry, owner of Pamper Me Medispa in Thames, finding great staff has been the biggest challenge of owning a business. “My motto is; Passion, Pride and Persistence; I can [...]

Olivia Haimes isn’t afraid of a good challenge – she thrives on them. At just 16 years old, she recently started her hairdressing apprenticeship at Cremebrulee, one of Taupo’s top hair and beauty [...]

HITO and Sara Allsop are pleased to announce the Industry NZ Hairdressing Awards New Generation Competition, open to all hairdressing and barbering apprentices. Five finalists will win a trip to [...]

HITO is calling for expressions of interest for our new Industry Advisory Panel. HITO is the Standard Setting Body and Qualification Developer for Hairdressing, Barbering and Beauty Therapy. We [...]

HITO was one of 11 industry training organisations to sign a historic agreement with Waikato Tainui last week. The agreement is designed to give the people of Waikato Tainui options to earn while [...]

In November last year Machaela took to the stage after being awarded HITO Apprentice of the Year.   This is the first time a beauty therapy apprentice has won the award (we need barbers to [...]

Police have been made aware of a scam targeting hairdressers.  NZARH has verified around 100 separate instances of this in New Zealand. The scam involves a male contacting the salon by email [...]

Amelda Henderson is what you would call a ‘high achiever’. A self-determined business owner, qualified hairdresser, mother of one and now also a HITO beauty therapy apprentice working towards her [...]