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Meet NZ s first female navy helicopter pilot 26 Jan, 2021 06:42 PM 2 minutes to read Otago Daily Times Jo Brook has flown all the way from Dunedin into the history books. The 27-year-old Dunedin woman has just graduated as New Zealand s first female navy helicopter pilot, an achievement she hopes will inspire other young women to consider a career in the Defence Force. But joining the Royal New Zealand Navy was not always on the cards. Read More Advertisement I always thought if you did well academically, that was the path you had to take, she said. It was leading me down a path to an office-type job . That didn t excite me at all. ....
Teachers take to the sky to learn skills for 21st century 22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Students who are focused just on good academic grades are in for a big shock in 40 classrooms around New Zealand. Teachers have spent this week at the Whenuapai air base doing practical things like planning and executing a search and rescue mission at sea. They have met entrepreneurs, programmers, scientists and technologists who work in the air force. Their classrooms will never be the same again. Advertisement The School to Skies educational internship week was organised by 21C Skills Lab, an Auckland-based social enterprise aiming to transform education by developing the skills needed for 21st century work, such as teamwork, entrepreneurship, creativity, resilience and design thinking . ....