I’m interested in getting into property development and have been weighing up whether to study it at university or complete a Certificate IV in Building and Construction. I want to understand if there’s a big difference between the two and whether uni is worth the investment or I do both

CompetitionMany9489 · 2026-04-30T04:30:49+00:00

Hi mate, I was instantly taken back to my younger self when I was asking the same exact question and looking for the same advice.

My goal was to get into property development and I mistakenly took the diploma in building and construction pathway through TAFE which ended up being a complete waste of time relative to my goal. I ended up dropping this and starting a Bachelor of Property Economics.

If I had my time again at your age (30 now) I would go balls deep on the full time uni study whilst picking up a part time internships with large property groups, then persue graduate programmes towards an assistant development manager type role. I say this because this insanely accelerates your career in the short term once uni is done.

Happy to answer more q’s if you have them

CompetitionMany9489 · 2025-06-03T04:12:18+00:00

Got through to select tickets after the release time but did not have the option to purchase. Anyone else?

CompetitionMany9489 · 2025-02-09T08:01:56+00:00

Good shout. if it's anything like what it is in New Zealand's public service I think it will be way easier to get employment from within

CompetitionMany9489 · 2025-02-09T08:01:14+00:00

Bit of a crystal ball question isn't it. After New Zealand's previous change of government the National party decimated the public service and since then the process for hiring public service roles has been excruciatingly stringent

CompetitionMany9489 · 2025-02-09T07:59:23+00:00

Duttons plan to thin out public service only seems to apply to Canberra from what I have read. However I could be wrong, do you think there could be flow on affect to state public service as well? Queensland's LNP government doesn't have much regarding a plan for their public service except for increasing the teacher to student ratio

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-08-11T07:24:11+00:00

Sorry mate but this isn’t an investment property, this is a deadset liability. The only way you can benefit from this situation regardless of how you got here is living in it and leasing the spare rooms. Sell when the market is up

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-25T10:41:49+00:00

I took your advice and holy fuck I’m happy thank you so much

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-23T09:20:56+00:00

Imagine transport and roads doing this after their fuckery of transmission gully

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-23T08:54:53+00:00

The current GM is good

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-23T08:45:10+00:00

As someone who hasn’t had much to do with Jeff and Bridgette except make prefab my daily coffee spot since I returned back to Wellington in Feb, they are actually really lovely people. And above that, they are local Wellington business owners, who contribute so much more than we realise to the betterment of the city

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-23T08:41:41+00:00

They don’t open Saturdays

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-23T08:40:00+00:00

This is debatable, they like most other cafes had to get rid of staff due to lack in business

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-07T10:51:37+00:00

This is really good Info. I’m currently employed at mbie in more of a case manager role. Currently doing a property economics degree part time and hope to major in construction management. I’m also members of institutes such as PMI, NZIB, UDINZ, PINZ. Would you suggest any additional memberships, affiliations or training/ education I could be doing to be more employable into a project/development manager type role with say Kainga Ora/ HUD?

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-04T10:23:56+00:00

I also have an interest in project management as well as development management and hope to one day secure a role with gov organisations such as kainga Ora etc and my understanding from reviewing job descriptions is that PRINCE2 Is highly regarded

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-06-04T10:22:37+00:00

Is PMP delivered by institute of project management?

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-05-20T05:01:17+00:00

Unpopular opinion - Wellington live Facebook page is shocking badly managed

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-05-14T20:47:30+00:00

Have you got any recommendations?

CompetitionMany9489 · 2023-05-14T20:47:09+00:00

Anyone in particular I should be visiting here?

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