About Taimahi

Our trainees develop agency and self-determination

Through free on-the-job training and a strengths-based coaching programme, we walk alongside individuals to grow life skills for a fulfilling future.

Taimahi trainee hands silverbeet to another trainee.

“It’s definitely given myself a new sense of identity. I’ve come into my own skin and I’ve come with a new voice.”

— Trainee

The training programme

Taimahi trainees learn practical, soft
and social skills through an applied learning and development programme.

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Our model is what makes us unique

Taimahi trainee checks stock levels by the fridge

The training programme is grounded in knowledge of how the brain learns and adapts. It’s delivered through on-the-job training in our social enterprises, supported by an applied learning and development programme.

Our goal is meaningful change

Taimahi is on a mission to achieve lasting, systemic change. Our approach goes beyond employability to create meaning, belonging, and community connection.