Student Lachlan Hutchison of Greytown is enjoying the new taster course at Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre in rural Carterton. Now those plans are back on track with the re-opening of one of New Zealand’s pre-eminent agricultural training institutions. The 20-year-old Greytown student’s plans were knocked off course in late 2018 when Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre in Carterton collapsed under a mountain of debt. READ MORE:* 99 years and bust - what now for Taratahi farm training school? “The old Taratahi was a private training institution and the debts that incurred are tied to that institution, and the whole point in this process was to ensure sustainability in agricultural training, and it was clear to us that the model Taratahi had previously could not achieve that sustainability.

Source: Stuff July 30, 2020 04:07 UTC