About us

Muka Tangata is the Workforce Development Council for the food and fibre sector.

Muka Tangata is the Workforce Development Council (WDC) for the food and fibre sector. We work on ways to enhance vocational education and training (VET) to meet the needs of industry, Māori agribusiness, employers, employees and learners.

• We analyse industry workforce and skill needs, through both data analysis and discussions with industry and employers, and provide that analysis to industry, government, and training providers.
• We use that analysis to develop qualifications, standards, and micro-credentials to make sure people in our sector have the skills needed to enhance productivity and growth.
• We advise the government on how much to spend on these qualifications, standards, and programmes across vocational education and training, to maximise the impact for industry and the nation.
• We moderate and otherwise provide quality assurance of the delivery of these qualifications, standards, micro-credentials and programmes, to ensure that industry needs are being met in practice.
• We do all of this in ways which honour te Tiriti o Waitangi and advance Māori Crown relations, so Māori agribusiness can flourish.

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