04/10/2026
Sometimes work experience starts well before the first day on site 🌺
In the last week of Term 3, after a last-minute change to their original plans, we spent a morning with these two young men from Fairfield College to get them ready for their building work experience.
We drove around Hamilton, visited the site they'll be working on, and stopped at a few others along the way. We talked through the everyday language of the building industry, right down to what a "quote" is and how it works. At 16 and 17, they hadn't come across much of this before. That's exactly why these experiences matter.
Back at our Hamilton East office, by way of our old base at Five Cross Roads, we shared the LM4 Group story: where it started, how Alignz Recruitment, Puatala and Oyonnx fit together, and how far we've come.
The message we wanted them to take away was that none of what they see today just happened. Not the office, the vehicles or the growth. It's been built on hard work, sacrifice, mistakes, failures and a lot of learning.
The opportunity itself came through Steven at Oyonnx. It's a real example of how our businesses connect and back each other to open doors for others.
We wrapped up with a feed at McDonald's 🍔 and sent them off ready to get on the tools with WAH Builders next week.
Fa'afetai for the talanoa, boys. We can't wait to hear how you go 💪🏾