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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]