<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one kia ora marie kia ora eva how are you good thanks excellent i've had anita telling me about the family and how you've both joined forces to become rua wahine yes you know both been in business oh by yourselves for three years and now you've joined forces and you're doing such diverse things as secretarial service and tut preparing c vs for er people who are applying for jobs or have it as a record and <,> and the fun part is of doing karaoke yes that's just an extra thing that we've introduced recently and it's um it's really really good it's good fun <&>3:00 oh great well keep on talking both laugh i mean anita's given me a lot of gen but i know from your perspective how has it been to actually er you know have you know voc anita has said you've both been school mates er when you were just a few years young that's right and er now that you've you've come from being the competition in <.>auck south auckland to actually joining forces how has that been for you how did you er how did it come to pass i think it it's really good for us er what we both give each other support ae um which is is really really good um anita has her speciality within our business she's very much a front person ae um and i i am more responsible for the day to day happenings oh but it's just that support um when you're there by yourself you haven't got someone to you know go with you when things <&>4:00 are good or or to voc back you up when things aren't going so well <{1><[1>so to have the other person there is really great that's the main thing that's come <{2><[2>out of our um tut <{3><[3><,> our joining up <[1>ae <[2>yeah <[3>somebody to share the tears and the laughter laughs <{><[>yes that's right that's right <[>laughs oh that's that is GREAT mm um so you you you both have your great skills that's right and they are great skills i'm i really <,> i can <.>s i mean she was telling me about your <.>technic the <,> technology that you're implementing within your operation yes <{><[>well <[>i mean it's going to laser print you're getting the graphic design yeah my gosh i think you find in business that you really have to stay up with the play right um you know the the voc the equipment that we've got up at the office it is pretty high tech with your laser printers and and your graphics and what have you but you find that you have to cos the your competitors have them too yeah it's quality isn't it yes it is oh gosh and um since you've <.>j when when did you actually become rua wahine at the start of the year or <&>5:00 on the fifteenth of july fifteenth of july yeah and two er about two months now we've been going and we're launching a um a good a great advertising campaign hopefully through radio aotearoa in october oh good we won't say hopefully we'll just um say right <{><[>you're going to be doing a a great launching in er in october with aotearoa radio <[>laughs that's right yes <{><[>yeah <[>oh that's wonderful and and what do you want to um impact to you know those people who are gonna be listening not only to you NOW mhm but er what's the main what what's that unique feature you want to let our people know our listeners know about rua wahine sure well first and foremost that we're maori women <{><[>in business um but we particularly want to reach the unemployed or those who are looking for work <[>oh right ae again particularly our maori people <{1><[1>um like anita mentioned earlier they've got to get their c vs done they've got to come in either voc get a c v that they're happy with <&>6:00 <{2><[2>and then get themselves motivated and get themselves out there and promoting themselves <[1>ae <[2>yeah that's right now on a c v just to go into a little bit more detail i was talking to anita about it but yeah i mean you could have just the simple thing like <,> the information that you were born say maybe in kaikohe or kaitaia because hey that <.>em voc it may just click onto the employer that <,> he was actually born there er a <{><[>common factor <[>that's right that's right every c v is different ae every person is different and each of those people you know they've got special skills that they you know they need highlighted in their c <{><[>v <[>that's right a lot of our um particularly maori people i encourage them and if they're comfortable with it to put a bit on their background <{><[>you know where they're from um they they might like to even write it in maori if they want to <[>right ae those sort of things you know because a c v is um from is different from person to person ae you can put some of your personality into that c v and it really works <&>7:00 oh <{><[>god must do do you get good feedback from your people who you do c vs for marie <[>mm yes excellent <{1><[1>feedback we actually set up a a support system where once a person comes in and gets her c v done we um give them a call say three days later and then follow it up a week and then a fortnight <{2><[2>and then a month later <[1>oh <[2>is that right that <{1><[1>personal touch you know you just you know some places voc i i don't say this of all places but sometimes you feel as if um <,> tut you know <.>mao maori people do feel a lot that you know you've paid a person to do something for them and it's like they've done it and that's all they want from you is <,> that that monetary <,> voc thing but <{2><[2>you're following up on it <[1>mm <[2>yes yes yes it's <{1><[1>very important i think for a a business from a business aspect too <{2><[2>um to show that support it it helps your business in that you um you'll get feedback from the people and you can learn new things about what that person's been up to <&>8:00 <[1>oh <[2>ae ae um and also it's good publicity for the business side of things that's right i tell you what voc one thing voc one thing's for sure there er marie is you're <.>d when you actually doing these people's c v <.>w and as you think expansion you'll automatically find the person YOU want to be part of your organisation well that's right yes that's a perk of the job laughs <{><[>yes there's a lot <[>laughs that's a real plus there's lots and lots of talented people out there that's right <{><[>i think our and and these are our maori people our maori youth <[>mm mm <{><[>mm <[>oh great look <{><[>um i'm glad you're doing this kind of <,> you know doing this <,> c vs the way you are because um <,> tut it's so in line with what is maori kaupapa <,> to be supportive <[>mm yeah <{><[>yeah laughs well it's just something we're doing um <,> i suppose because we are maori that we offer that i'm not i'm not really sure <,> but um it's just something WE do <[>yeah yeah and we're very comfortable with doing it and we look <{><[>forward to doing it and <&>9:00 offering that support there's so many people they i think it helps the client as well because if they're feeling a bit down in the dumps you know and we can give them a call and and that might pick them up enough to you know pick up the phone apply for another job <[>oh that's brilliant that's right to <{><[>just keep on plugging <[>mm mm <{><[>mm definitely <[>that's right is there anything else you'd like to share with our listeners <,> er marie oh there's lots <{><[>there's lots laughs <[>oh look please go for it i've um <,> tut voc i don't mind <{><[>and i'm sure our listeners don't mind <[>oh well that's laughs there's only me to argue with so both laugh but you know er please do that please share because you know in this voc maori women in business there there is <,> you've got to pick up a unique thing that'll make you different make that that will make er people come to you <{><[>and er that i mean you're doing this with a lot of feeling with a voc lot of support these c vs in your whole general work i mean anita was talking about the secretarial services and saying look there's more maori <&>10:00 than ever that are actually getting into business <[>yes you do yes mm yes no there's there's there's like anita mentioned also um we could help a lot of those maori setting up in business um a lot of them might need the basic typing skills <{1><[1>we can offer that um they might also just need the phone answering services things like that would <{2><[2>save their overheads in the long run if they looked at putting using an agency like ours <[1>ae <[2>mm ae for a while until they're up and running and they can afford their own staff <{><[>you know there's there's ways and means to everything but i think the most important thing and and um one of the things that has come through um your show this evening <[>ae oh <{><[>yes <[>is that support oh true yeah true you need it <{><[>you really do it's um <,> tut it's just a knowing that that there are people there who are totally <,> for you <[>mm yes you know they they may cheeky you and they may laughs think oh you know but they do it with love <&>11:00 yes that's right yeah no that's right yeah gosh that's great look please speak on er my production man's just coming into the studio so i can i've got time oh great laughs okay well i'll i'll certainly speak on <{><[><.>an <[>please do laughs probably um one of the the important things that again nita has mentioned before is monitoring everything as you go through ae um when you're setting up business you've got to monitor your sales you've got to monitor your cash flow and a lot of people won't know that before setting up business and they should know it mm um anita and i <.>b because we've done our three years in business that's where we learnt basically <{><[>through that previous <[>you learnt your hard knocks there yes through that previous three years experience and now we're up and running with this with um rua wahine <.>we we monitor everything it <{1><[1><.>it's it's so much easier once the facts are down on paper you know this is how how much in sales we did last week the last two weeks last month this <{2><[2>is where our money's <.>g <&>12:00 <[1>ae <[2>it's that attention to detail sorry attention to detail definitely ae definitely cos so you monitor yeah so that's where you um so you know where you've been so that you can monitor where you're gonna GO <,> <{><[>which is really important <[>oh great yeah well i was <{><[>reading the <.>m er one of the things is with our people is that you know you've got to look to the past to go with the <.>pr present and look to the future <[>mm that's right and er that is <.>m maori way yes it is again gosh <{><[>yes so you're up there in um <,> tut forty atkinson ave <[>mm yes and er <,> level two that's the one i must mention voc you know voc please you know i'll just let our listeners know please call us on two seven eight oh six oh three auckland oh nine two seven eight oh six oh three and if you know i don't mind plugging these maori women in business <,> totally biased <{1><[1>laughs but i can get away with it <{2><[2>too while the bosses are away <[1>laughs <[2>laughs laughs <&>13:00 laughs i'll just you know engineer it i um but thank you very much for your time thank you for <{><[>the opportunity <[>is <.>an oh look not a problem it's been great is anita voc would like to say something towards the end i'm sure she would and thank you marie is there anything else you would like to say i i'd really like to get in contact with um <,> all the rest of those maori women that we've been speaking with this evening <&>13:20