Upendra Rana, a former New Zealand Certificate in English Language student, just popped in to visit our Porirua centre bouncing with excitement. He’s just passed his Level 3 Automotive Engineering at Weltec and wanted to share his exciting tertiary study …
Exciting merger: introducing our English Language Partners Central & West centre We’re making an important change to how we deliver services across central and west Auckland. We’ve merged two of our Auckland centres: ELP Auckland Central and ELP Auckland West. We’ll …
During Maori Language week, the Porirua Mums ‘n’ Tots and ESOL Literacy classes visited Porirua’s Pataka Museum. The classes firstly checked out the exhibition about Migration to New Zealand over the last 1000 years, enjoying the stories and paintings about …
“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 …
On World Biodiversity Day, 22 May 2019, Palmerston North English Language Partners ESOL Intensive class did their bit for biodiversity in New Zealand by planting native trees. They volunteered with Biodiversity Services and they learned how to plant trees. In …
[Link to download posters and facebook posts at end of blog] Race Relations Day, March 21, is a chance for Aotearoa to come together in unity and solidarity with our ethnic communities at a tragic point in our history. “We …
It’s International Mother Language Day on the 21st February. 2019 is also International Year of Indigenous Languages, and a fantastic opportunity to celebrate Aotearoa’s diversity of people, cultures and languages! Maitreyee Banerjee, a new teacher at our Palmerston North centre …
Ngā mihi o te wā – season’s greetings Former refugees and migrants are typically hard-working and highly-motivated employees, keen to build new lives and contribute. This year, we’ve worked with businesses around the country to ensure staff have the right …
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.” …
My name is Navy Khuy. I came from Cambodia. I came to New Zealand in 2011. My first job in New Zealand was working in a bakery on Botanical Road in Palmerston North, then I started running my own bakery, Olympic …
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