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Māori and Pasifika in tech: How paid internships work
11 Apr, 2021 08:00 PM
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Leroy Pohatu s tech career started with a paid internship in high school. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Leroy Pohatu s tech career started with a paid internship in high school. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Leroy Pohatu s trade tools are a Macbook, a company phone and a PC toolkit. The 22-year-old field engineer looks after the IT of eight schools in Auckland, including his alma mater Tāmaki College.
Kids at school often go up and sit next to him while he works. They look at my screen and ask me questions, do you look after IT? Is it hard? How did you get the job?