Producing guardians as well as guides

August 2017

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Jackie Lee Loffley-Wilson guiding a raft through the white water. Photo: Supplied
On NMIT’s adventure tourism diploma, students not only gain invaluable hands-on experience, but the contacts needed to find a job after graduation, writes Rachel Rees In 2015, Jackie Lee Loffley-Wilson had a ‘whoops’ moment that led to her first job as a rafting guide. The 18-year-old and her fellow Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) […]
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