Maths

[Groovy guitar music playing and a camera pans around an office with a window overlooking office buildings and a harbour view.]

[Lisa and Noah are sitting together in an office.]

[Greeting in a Pacific language] My name is Lisa and I'm Associate Director in the Deloitte forensic team. 

I was born in Fiji. I'm part Rotuman, and I went to Saint Dominic's College in Henderson, Auckland. Saint Laurent.

My name is Noah Matai'a. I'm Samoan. I went to Saint Peter's College in Auckland and I am an analyst here at Deloitte. 

[Screen reads Why do you love your job?]

I think one of the reasons why we both love our job is that we get to work with such smart people who can really think outside of the box and you get to work with a lot of technology that's really innovative and really helps you learn as you go along. 

[Screen reads What unique skills do Pasifika people bring to this career pathway?]

We need more Pasifika people like you in jobs like ours because essentially we need people with fresh ideas and different backgrounds and perspectives. 

[Camera pans across some traditional tapa cloths.]

I think one of the things that Pasifika people can bring to this field is empathy, really understanding the people aspect of the work. We come from big families where relationships are really key. And understanding that and cultivating that is really important in this type of work as well. 

[Screen reads What subjects in school are a good pathway into this career?]

Some of the subjects that will help you along this pathway include maths, stats, computer science and physics. 

These will help you get your mind going and help you really think logically and innovate. 

Some of the things I think STEM subjects can offer, they allow you to pay attention to detail. 

And the work that we do involves a lot of technology, and that's always evolving, always progressing. 

So even week by week, we get introduced to new things and new ideas. 

So getting as in tuned to that as you can with STEM subjects would really help in the long run.

So, Noah and I are really encouraging you to get stuck into your STEM subjects because I think that STEM subjects are the way of the future and will help you get some really cool, exciting jobs. 

[Groovy guitar music playing and a camera pans across a wall of barber's awards.]

[Peleti is sitting in front of some shelves, he is wearing a yellow beanie and a black T-shirt with 'Flaxmere' written in yellow across it.]

Talofa lava [greeting in a Pacific language] Peleti Tavita Oli-Alainu'uese [greeting continues.] 

I am a barber at Someh's Touch Barber shop which was named after my late brother Someh. 

[Screen reads Why do you love your job?]

When I have the clippers in my hands and I'm cutting someone's hair, I realise that I have the power to give them the best haircut that they've ever experienced. And that's obviously gonna boost their morale and confidence. 

So that's the reason why I love being a barber, I can influence people in a good way. 

[Screen reads What unique skills do Pasifika people bring to this career pathway?]

We have a natural talent for seeing something, picking it up, figuring it out, and then executing it. So we're very good at watching and learning. 

[The camera shows Peleti in his barber shop putting a cape on one of his customers in preparation to cut their hair.]

On the other side of things, is the connection between the barber and the person sitting in the chair. If we can resonate and relate to the person in the chair. 

So that builds a good friendship and relationship with the clients as well. 

So talking with your barber, is something that Polynesian people are really good at, is just having a chat.

[Screen reads What subjects in school are a good pathway into this career?]

For myself personally, I felt English class was a good class to have. English, but also mathematics as well, especially because you are handling money. You have to be on time so, you know, have those foundations of numbers. 

And the other one is being creative. So art classes are good subject to take on. 

So yeah, yeah believe in yourself. Don't ever listen to other outside negative influences because the only person that you can be accountable to is yourself. 

And yeah you owe that to yourself. 

You've been through so much in life. And yeah, I'll see you there, on the other side.