During the Festival of Adult Learning 2019, Our Palmerston North centre’s ESOL Intensive class lent their voices to the waiata practice group at the City Library. We began with friendly greetings in Karen, Nepali, English and Maori – thanks to …
Loneliness kills Nicola Sutton, Chief Executive | English Language Partners New Zealand “Loneliness kills. It’s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.” – Robert Waldinger. A number of longitudinal studies out of Harvard show that “Close relationships, more than money or fame, …
With Local Body Elections coming up in October 2019, the team from the Electoral Commission came and presented to our Porirua centre’s teaching team in May. The Electoral Commission followed up with some workshops in classes at the beginning of …
Our Porirua centre’s wonderful ‘Mums and Tots’ class ensures mothers with pre-schoolers are not isolated at home but can get out and about in their new community. The mums get the opportunity to meet other mums, learn English, and also get …
Congratulations and well done to all our NZCEL learners All our Porirua students in Level 1 and Level 2 NZCEL courses have achieved their NZQA certificate in module one this year. Most from Level 1 are now doing Level 2, …
Volunteer Internships are an opportunity to further support students or former students as they progress towards employment. Farzana and Sandra, two former students, did two-month internships as administrative assistants. The internships with us formed part of the final assignment for …
“Whiria te tangata – weaving the people together” is National Volunteer Week’s 2019 theme. So we’re celebrating volunteering, Mahi Aroha and social action from 16- 22 June. Over 1,700 volunteers teach new Kiwis English for work and life here through ELPNZ. …
“His empathy towards victims, I imagine, is birthed out of his own challenges and trials in El Salvador,” Inspector Brendon Keenan said about Eric Alvarez, a constable with the Rotorua police force. “He brings a greater degree of trust and …
Before moving to New Zealand, Judy Zhu worked as an environmental engineer in Beijing. Judy says her job was an ‘iron rice bowl’ job. “If you have a good job, you can eat from this bowl without risk of breaking it. …
A Nelson initiative is helping former refugees and migrants navigate their way through the complicated systems of New Zealand society. Cambodian immigrant Nary Nhean has a dream of taking her teenage son on holiday to Queenstown, to stay in a hotel …
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