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"I think that if you’re looking for an employer who will support you to further your personal development and growth, then the public sector will beat anyone hands down!"Iria Pene - Operational Systems AdviserPublic Prisons, National Office
Department of Corrections
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"I expected a challenge – but I’ve been blown away by the support."Paul Pascoe – Statistical AnalystStatistics New Zealand
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"So different, so varied, so unique, so interesting. You don’t feel like you’re part of a conveyor belt here."Natalie Sandifer – Laboratory TechnicianMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
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"This job is a dream come true.""He tino moemoea tenei noku i hua ai"David Kukutai Jones – Kaiwhakahaere, Kohikohinga Reo MaoriTe Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
National Library of New Zealand
[Maori version]
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"My job is still really exciting – there's a lot of room for growth. As a scientist, I’ve stayed in the same job, but it has grown with me. We’re both constantly evolving."Susan Timmins – ScientistDepartment of Conservation
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"Finding the talent within someone is awesome – being a part of that on a larger scale is what makes this job so brilliant. It’s really cool."Dave Wood – Project AdvisorMinistry of Youth Development
(administered by Ministry of Social Development)
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"I enjoy working for an organisation which has such a good reputation, nationally and internationally, with a culture that can only enhance my own professionalism."Lily Qiu – Management AccountantNZ Customs Service
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"Working in the Public Service gives you a sense that you’re working close to where key decisions are made. That you’re part of the process that makes those decisions effective."Sarah Ingram – Communications ManagerMinistry for Culture & Heritage
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"I guess being able to lay your own personal values over the organisational values and find that they match is important to me."Jeff Montgomery – Operations ManagerMinistry of Justice, Office of Treaty Settlements
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"I love what I do, I love the way I get to work with people and what we’re trying to achieve."Jeannie Skinner – Library AdviserTe Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
National Library of New Zealand
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"Getting a good education for the children of New Zealand is really, really important. It’s the one way that we can make things fairer, especially for children – and that truly matters to me."Te Rina LeonardEducation Review Office
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"I feel a great affinity to New Zealand in the way it’s run as a country, in the way it’s moving forward, the multicultural feel here, the respect and reverence given to the indigenous people, the general concern for the environment. The whole country operates so wonderfully."Diane AnorpongMinistry of Women’s Affairs
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"You really are at the hard edge – there’s no dodging the issues here. What you do and how well you do it will impact on people’s lives. It can be stressful, but it’s exciting, too."Ann ReevesDepartment of Internal Affairs
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"It’s daunting sometimes, but it’s a great achievement to see your work pass muster."Benesia SmithMinistry of Justice
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"What I’m doing is significant for conservation of New Zealand’s biodiversity. Doing good policy work here in Wellington helps those out in the field do what they’re good at more effectively. That’s very satisfying."Sean GoddardDepartment of Conservation
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"Your ability to think clearly and use your brain is valued and your ideas are exposed to a high level of analysis and rigour – that’s enormously stimulating."Martin ConnellyMinistry of Education
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"What’s my reward? I guess it’s at the end of the day, feeling like I’ve done a good day’s work, but that the issue has progressed – and so have I."Emily BarrettMinistry of Health
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"Being stimulated and challenged, learning new skills, working with great people – all wrapped up in an EEO environment – brilliant!"Debra TuifaoMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
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"Representing our country overseas is a very rewarding thing to do. The job requires us both to be sound policy analysts, good communicators and team players."Roger Ball and Nicky MacDonaldMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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"My career goals have definitely been strengthened, as has the idea of working in the State sector after graduating, because of the range of opportunities."Stephanie DonaldBA - Employment Relations, Org Studies, Italian,
Auckland University
05/06 Internship with NZ Police, Wellington
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“This has been an excellent opportunity to put the knowledge and skills that I have acquired at university into early practice in a highly professional environment.”
Adam ForbesBachelor of Applied Science majoring in Software Engineering,
Otago University
05/06 Internship with the State Services Commission
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"I feel like I can come away from this knowing what it is like to work for the government. I have extra knowledge of so many skills that I know I would not have found had I worked in retail for the summer. "Sarah PettettLLB/BA - Psychology and English Literature,
Victoria University
05/06 Internship with Civil Aviation Authority
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"My time here has strengthened the idea that there is more to science than the lab. I now have skills I wouldn’t have been able to develop in a lab, like writing, communication and planning."David ReidBSc - Medical Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Victoria University
05/06 Internship with Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
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"My goals have been enhanced and my eyes have opened up to the career paths available here that before hand I have no idea were available."Matthew ToppBCom - Management,
University of Otago
05/06 Internship with the Department of Corrections
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"I think spending three months getting an inside look on the ways in which initiatives in government are put in place is a great opportunity for a student who has not yet worked in an environment that applies those skills. "Ben WauchopBA - Politics and linguistics,
Victoria University
05/06 Internship with Archives New Zealand