Ringa Tapahi
Cutters lay out and cut fabric to make clothing and soft furnishings.
Cutters usually earn
$20-$26 per hour
Kaihangarau Pūeru
Garment technicians choose clothing fabrics and designs, and make sure clothes are made to quality standards.
New garment technicians usually earn
$42K-$45K per year
Experienced garment technicians usually earn
$45K-$70K per year
Kaikutikuti Makawe
Hairdressers/barbers cut, colour and style hair. Barbers also shave and trim hair, moustaches and beards.
Hairdressers/barbers usually earn
$42K-$65K per year
Highly skilled hairdressers/barbers usually earn
$65K-$100K per year
Kaihanga Taonga Rei
Jewellers design, make, alter and repair items such as rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
Manufacturing jewellers with up to five years' experience usually earn
$42K–$60K per year
Manufacturing jewellers with more than five years' experience usually earn
$60K–$100K per year
Pouwhakanao Kōhatu
Stonemasons work with stone to construct or renovate buildings, fittings, walls and paving, or to create monuments.
Stonemasons usually earn
$20-$40 per hour
Kaiwhakakite Kākahu
Models display and promote clothes or other goods on television, online, in magazines and advertising, and on catwalks at fashion shows.
Pay rates for models vary depending on your ability, where you work, and the type of modelling you do.
Kaitoi Whakapaipai Kanohi
Make-up artists apply make-up to enhance or alter people's appearances.
Pay rates for make-up artists vary depending on their ability, how often they work, and what type of work they do.
Kaihangarau Rama
Lighting technicians set up and operate lighting equipment to provide light and special lighting effects in theatres, at events, and for film and television productions.
Event lighting technicians usually earn
$20-$27 per hour
Entertainment lighting technicians usually earn
$36-$70 per hour
Ringa Tauira Kākahu
Patternmakers turn clothing designs into patterns.
New patternmakers usually earn
$20-$22 per hour
Experienced patternmakers usually earn
$21-$36 per hour
Kaiwhakamahi Pūrere Tuitui
Sewing machinists stitch together clothing, canvas for tents and awnings, and soft furnishings.
Sewing machinists usually earn
$20-$25 per hour