[Link to download poster at end of blog] New Zealand’s population is fast becoming more and more ethnically diverse. This year is International Year of Indigenous Languages, and a fantastic opportunity to celebrate Aotearoa’s diversity of people, cultures and languages. In …
Congratulations ELPNZ – everyone take a bow Our student management system is now live! It’s all gone so well our national office staff had time to eat (a lot of) SMS birthday cake. Implementation of the system with Tribal Group has …
Whanganui writer and English Language Partners’ ESOL home tutor Rachel Rose was finding little to be cheerful about as 2018 wound down, with a cascade of bad news on local and international fronts. She dug deep to remember the things …
Wellington centre learners became volunteers for a day in summer – just before classes finished. Their teacher Ruth Davison liaised with Natalie Jones Conservation Volunteers NZ) and Aileen Davidson (Volunteer Wellington). Learners Another weeded out non-native plants on Wellington’s south …
Taranaki-based Doris Ryder is originally from Taiwan. She’s sharing her considerable 2018 achievements with us on International Migrants Day (18 December). We’ve really enjoyed working with Doris to help her find her feet and to achieve some of her dreams! Since …
Taranaki-based Leta Guranda is originally from Romania. She shares her personal thoughts on migration on International Migrants Day (18 December). English Language Partners hopes Leta does really well in New Zealand. We’re pleased we’re here to help with the settling …
Forty per cent of Auckland residents were born outside New Zealand. Other regions also have growing numbers of migrants and former refugees, many whose first language is other than English. Diverse skills, different cultural lenses, resilience gained by uprooting and resettling …
Victoria Ioffik is a Kiwi from Belarus. On this special day, she’s sharing her thoughts about New Zealand as a migrant. Victoria appreciates the help she’s received from English Language Partners to settle here. Thank you volunteers! To wake up every …
Long-term New Zealand resident, Clifford Owler, arrived in New Zealand from Glasgow in 1956 on the HMS Captain Cook to work as a baker. Clifford had taken advantage of the ‘Ten Pound Pom’ scheme – an opportunity to start a …
Our Work Talk course has helped many new migrants to get a ‘foot in the door’ – and even land their first NZ job! As Napier woman, Joanne Song says: “After that course, I had a new way of thinking.” …