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Showcasing New Zealand education at Expo Dubai
Representatives from the University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand education technology company ByteEd and Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao met with key contacts and forged new relationships during their 22-25 January 2022 visit to the Expo.
Events were hosted at the New Zealand Pavilion, and the delegation invited education stakeholders to take a new look at what New Zealand education has to offer, including online and pathway options. Attendees heard more from New Zealand’s universities and vocational training sectors, learned about government-to-government opportunities, and met with innovative New Zealand EdTech companies working in the region.  The winners of the Global Kaitiakitanga Project, a sustainability-focused programme for New Zealand schools created by the NZ at Expo team and Young Enterprise (YES), also shared their student experience.
Guests at our events gained an insight into New Zealand’s unique cultural identity, with a tour through the New Zealand experience at the pavilion and performances from locally based kapa haka group Ngāti Koraha. 
The leader of the education delegation, ENZ’s Regional Director, Americas, Middle East and Europe, Amy Rutherford, was interviewed by New Zealander Brandy Scott on the popular business breakfast show Dubai Eye. The interview aired on 24 January, to coincide with UNESCO’s International Day of Education.
While in Dubai, the delegation took part in the launch of NCUK’s International Foundation Year (IFY) at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. The IFY programme will lead to UAE and other students from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and further afield studying at any of New Zealand’s eight universities in 2023 and beyond. 
ENZ also held a workshop with delegates to look at ways to align our efforts in the GCC countries and wider Middle East region.
Expo is the largest global event to take place since the Covid-19 pandemic began. As at the end of January, organisers had recorded 11,608,240 visits to Expo, and the New Zealand Pavilion had over 750,000 visitors.
“It was important for ENZ and delegation members to show up and tell the New Zealand education story to the world. New Zealand remains keen to cooperate with partners on education, we have innovative ways to offer a New Zealand education, and we are looking forward to welcoming students to New Zealand again as soon as border restrictions allow,” Amy Rutherford says.
If you are interested to hear more about how ENZ can support your organisation’s approach in the region, please contact Bronwyn Shanks, ENZ’s Senior Advisor – Special Projects, Middle East and Europe, bronwyn.shanks@enz.govt.nz.
Expanded collaboration agreement between UC and UGM Indonesia
The MoU between the two universities was originally signed in 2012, and renewed in 2021.
The renewed MoU aims to facilitate broader collaboration, including the development of short courses, student mobility, dual degree programmes, and study abroad exchanges, as UC looks to increase engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.
In comparison, the initial MoU was largely built around cooperation with the UC Geography Department under the Community Resilience and Economic Development programme (CaRED), a partnership between the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and UGM, designed to contribute to sustainable development in Indonesia.
UGM and New Zealand speakers at the ceremony emphasised the importance of maintaining friendships and partnerships in the international education space, especially while we cannot connect in person. UGM referenced the impact of projects developed under the CaRED Programme, supported by MFAT.
UC’s Assistant Vice Chancellor of Engagement, Brett Berquist, reflected on his time spent in Yogyakarta, and on the work achieved through CaRED which included three NZ universities at the time – Massey University, University of Auckland, and UC, working with UGM on economic development research projects “particularly focusing on the Eastern parts of your country [Indonesia]. It was a really wonderful story of research collaboration coming together.”
“I’m particularly thrilled to continue a bilateral relationship between Canterbury and UGM which is well known to be the most prestigious institution in Indonesia.
“The challenges you face are significant, but at the same time, the thought leadership and the research you undertake for economic development and serving your region is also inspiring.”
Ben Burrowes, Regional Director – Asia at Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao, says the agreement aligns well with ENZ’s goal of building a more sustainable international education sector, with an increased focus on diversified products and services offered to learners both in New Zealand and across the globe.
Rautaki Māori update - March 2022
The first wānanga explored what ‘global citizenship’ means from a Māori world view. The second wānanga discussed the Prime Minister’s Scholarship programme, how to grow Māori participation in it, and how to support rangatahi through creating programme connections with iwi and the Māori economy, so the programme provides greater value for Māori.
The sessions were attended by 22 participants from across iwi and sector interests, including from universities, other education providers and the Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence.
Representatives from the newly formed Kāhui Kaupapa also attended – Māori alumni of the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and Latin America.
This work is long-term in nature. We aim to build partnerships with iwi, Māori and Māori providers of education services, to transform the understanding of international education and ensure the education system delivers with, and for Māori in the international context.
Objectives – Whāinga
Key programme objectives include:

• Programme Objective 1 (Outcome 1): Young researchers have gained international research experience and further international qualifications.
• Programme Objective 2 (Outcome 2): Bi-national research collaborations are strengthened and are the starting point for further collaborations.
Delegation promotes NZ in Japan
Arrangement with Japan Women’s University
An Education Cooperation Arrangement with Japan Women’s University (JWU) was signed on 22 April by Dr Ryoko Imaichi, Chancellor, Japan Women’s University Educational Corporation, and Grant McPherson on behalf of Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao. The Prime Minister was also present and spoke at the event.

Image above: From left, Grant McPherson, ENZ, Dr Ryoko Imaichi, Chancellor, Japan Women’s University Educational Corporation, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Professor Satoko Shinohara, President, Japan Women’s University, Misa Kitaoka, Director of Education – Japan, ENZ
The partnership with JWU will see more students from the university and its four affiliated schools come to study in New Zealand. Eleven university and school students from the JWU network attended the signing ceremony and spoke with the Prime Minister about their pre-COVID 19 experiences travelling to New Zealand.
This event came shortly after the Prime Minister met with her former homestay sister from over 30 years ago. The homestay sister also attended the signing ceremony, where the Prime Minister spoke about her personal experience of international education, including hosting homestay students in New Zealand and studying abroad at Arizona State University.
“Like Japan, New Zealand is a long island nation from north to south, and while being influenced by diverse cultures, I deeply sympathize with the historical background that has led to the present. Moreover, the current New Zealand society, which embodies world-leading sustainability, should be a great learning experience for our students,” Professor Satoko Shinohara, President of Japan Women’s University, said.
In Japan, there is a strong focus on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals at the national and institutional level. Gender equality has received more emphasis in recent years and the new arrangement is timely for many reasons, as New Zealand and Japan focus on reconnecting to look towards the future.

Relaunch of Game On English
The Prime Minister, alongside the President of Fonterra Japan, Yasuhiro Saito, and the Commissioner from Japan Sports Agency, Mr Koji Murofushi, relaunched the Game On English programme that had been paused due to COVID-19. The 2022 phase of Game On will see female rugby players travel to Hamilton to study English and receive high-performance rugby training, sponsored by Fonterra.
Originally launched in 2014, during former Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s visit to New Zealand, Game On English was an initiative that allowed New Zealand to support Japan’s efforts to lift international skills and English language capability while also supporting rugby skills development in the lead up to the Olympics and Rugby World Cup 2019. More than 195 female and male high school rugby players have visited New Zealand to participate in the three-to-four-week programme.

Image above: Prime Minister Ardern speaks at Chichibuya Stadium in Tokyo on 22 April 2022 to support the relaunch of Game On English for female rugby players to study English and receive rugby training.

Working Holiday Scheme students
Former Working Holiday Scheme participants from Japan were invited to an event held at Cookie Time Harajuku (Tokyo) store. Several students spoke about their work or study experience, and a recurring theme was how New Zealand changed their life. Working Holiday visa holders from any country can study for up to six months while on a working holiday visa in New Zealand.

Image above: Prime Minister Ardern speaks to former working holiday visa holders about their work and study in New Zealand.
There has been extensive media coverage of all three events in Japan, including via national newspapers and TV stations. This coverage will support ENZ’s promotional activities before the New Zealand border reopens on 2 May 2022 to short-term students from Japan, as a visa-waiver country.
NZ-China Tripartite Partnership Funds awarded
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao congratulates Dr Stephen Croucher and Associate Professor Mingsheng Li from Massey University; Dr Shengnan Wang from the University of Auckland; and Professor Nicholas Rowe from the University of Auckland.
The awardees were selected from a number of proposals by an assessment panel which included representatives from the Ministry of Business, Immigration and Employment; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and ENZ.
The New Zealand-China Tripartite Partnership Fund is an ENZ-sponsored initiative to encourage the development of strategic research relationships between New Zealand and China, as part of our wider goals to develop strong global connections and highlight the quality of New Zealand education and research.
The fund was established in 2005 when the New Zealand and China Ministries of Education agreed to formally support and promote tripartite relationships between Kiwi and Chinese institutions, in which a New Zealand university became the ‘third brother’ to an existing ‘two brothers’ agreement.
Massey University – Dr Stephen Croucher
“Protection of the Endangered Languages and Cultural Diversity in West China: A Case study of Miao Minority Language in Guizhou Province, China”
Massey University will continue its established Tripartite relationship in the humanities and social sciences with Beijing Jiatong University and Guizhou University. The relationship is supported with a Memorandum of Understanding signed in February 2022 by the three institutions for the next five-year period.
The 2022-23 funding will support research into how to maintain, protect, and revitalize the Miao language, a minority language categorized as severely endangered. Research findings will be shared through publications, conferences and reports. Funding will support transcriptions, data entry, conference costs, and travel to rural areas to conduct research.
Professor Stephen Croucher, Massey University

Associate Professor Mingsheng Li, Massey University

Associate Professor Haiyan ZHANG, Beijing Jiaotong University

Professor Lin SHEN, Guizhou University

University of Auckland – Research Fellow Dr Shengnan Wang
“The Project Hui: An innovative virtual exchange programme for preservice teachers in New Zealand and China”  
This new Tripartite Partnership in the social sciences is with Beijing Normal University and Qinghai Normal University. The University of Auckland received funding to conduct research into international exchange experiences for preservice teachers. Professor Wang proposes the Project Hui, a six-week digital international exchange programme aimed at bringing together the preservice teachers and education experts from each of the three partner universities.
The Tripartite Fund will enable all three partners to design the virtual exchange programme and implement a pilot trial to test efficacy. The proposal outlines the potential for growth and expansion of Hui as a virtual alternative exchange programme.
Dr Shengnan Wang, University of Auckland

Professor Guoyuan Sang, Beijing Normal University

Associate Professor Weiyu Song, Qinghai Normal University

University of Auckland – Professor Nicholas Rowe
“Teacher training for creativity and collaboration”
This new Tripartite relationship in the arts and social sciences is with Chengdu University and Beijing Normal University. The research project is built around an online learning tool that can provide effective professional development for teachers of creativity. The tool is currently under development as a microcredential at the University of Auckland and through the Tripartite Partnership Funding, the research and development of the digital resource will be expanded to explore the professional development needs of tertiary educators in China.
Image below: Professor Nicholas Rowe (University of Auckland) front row, centre and Professor Tuomeciren Heyang (Chengdu University) front row, to the right of Prof Rowe with staff of the Faculty of Creative Arts at Chengdu University

Image below: From Left to Right Professor Jie Wang (Beijing Normal University) Professor Lv Yisheng (Beijing Dance Academy) Professor Nicholas Rowe (University of Auckland) and Haiwen Wu, (Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance Test Centre), in Beijing.
Cohort 4 students arriving
Andy Walker, Business Development Manager at Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao, says the nomination process for Cohort 4 has now closed.
“We recently made a final reallocation of unused places to providers from across the sector, who had demonstrated they have travel-ready students.
“Students whose nominations have been confirmed are encouraged to submit their Request for Travel application to Immigration New Zealand as soon as possible. Immigration New Zealand have advised that as at 21 June, 4,709 RFTs had been approved and 1,862 student visa applications granted.
“We’ve worked very closely with the Ministry of Education and collaborated with Immigration New Zealand throughout this process. We have particularly valued the partnership with education providers across the sector to successfully implement the cohort,” Andy says.
“I’m very pleased that we’ve been able to bring back these international students sooner than would otherwise have been possible. International students bring a wealth of social, cultural and economic benefits, and we’re all looking forward to welcoming them back to New Zealand.”
Strong NZ presence at NAFSA 2022
Education Minister Chris Hipkins spoke at the opening plenary event, which was co-sponsored by ENZ and the University of Colorado Denver, and attended by around 2,000 in-person guests including education professionals, government representatives, technology vendors, immigration agents, and specialist media from around the world. A further 2,000 people watched through NAFSA 2022 online.
Alongside the NAFSA programme, Te Pūkenga launched their international education strategy,and ENZ launched the sector’s new global marketing campaign, I AM NEW.

Minister Hipkins with Dr Leon Fourie, Te Pūkenga International Chief Executive

New Zealand’s stand at the expo featured three of the stunning kākahu (garments) at the heart of the marketing campaign. We were delighted that Kiri Nathan, who was the lead designer for the kākahu, was also able to attend NAFSA and spoke at the Thursday plenary event, sponsored by ENZ.

Designer Kiri Nathan with Minister Hipkins

Our marketing campaign is now well underway, with paid advertising in key partner countries supported by media releases, direct mail, social media, online video, programmatic display and other activities. It is driving a significant increase in engagement with our Study with New Zealand website, including many new users. You can view the campaign video and related images on BrandLab.
To date the campaign has reached 48 million people (this is a duplicate total across channels) and has driven 17,000 active visits to the I AM NEW campaign landing page. The Study with New Zealand website has seen 2,164 people sign up since the start of the campaign, with 754 referrals and 1,038 enquiries also registered to various institutions.

Bronwyn Shanks and Emma Wilkins from ENZ on the welcome desk

Next year will be NAFSA’s 75th year, and the conference will be held from 30 May to 2 June 2023 in Washington, DC.

New Zealand's successful presence at NAFSA was supported by many people.
ENZ’s new partnership with the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships Programme
The Manaaki scholarships represent the government’s single largest investment in international scholarships and have been awarded for more than 70 years.
The scholarships are a key pillar of Aotearoa New Zealand’s International Development Co-operation, offering more than 1,100 scholarships annually to students from 112 eligible countries to study in Aotearoa New Zealand, in the Pacific, or online.
“This partnership plays to the strengths of both MFAT and ENZ,” says Andrew Needs, MFAT Deputy Secretary – Pacific and Development Group.
“It will help us ensure that not only are we demonstrating manaaki to our scholars, but also offering scholarships that address the skills and knowledge requirements of each of our partner countries.”

ENZ will participate in joint governance of the programme and provide data and insights to inform investment decisions, as well as operational management, drawing on its expertise in supporting a world-class scholar experience. The partnership offers opportunities to develop closer connections between scholarship partners and tertiary education providers and encourage innovation in product development.
ENZ already manages the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and Latin America as well as scholarships on behalf of the Ministries of Business, Innovation and Employment, and Primary Industries.
“This is an excellent example of ‘NZ Inc.’ cooperation in action,” said Grant McPherson, ENZ’s Chief Executive.
Two recent Manaaki Scholars are Aminat Razaq from Nigeria, who has completed her New Zealand studies on sustainable energy – you can read about her experiences here; and Jason Nath from Fiji who completed a Postgraduate Clinical Doctoral Degree in Paediatric Dentistry in New Zealand – you can read about his experiences here.
ENZ hosts its first famil since 2019
Eleven public universities were represented in the Malaysian delegation of senior executives from the Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations Sdn Bhd (METEOR). METEOR is a consortium of universities that aims to provide advanced solutions through technology. This was an exploratory visit, to enable delegates to discuss a range of opportunities and possible partnerships with New Zealand universities and Te Pūkenga.
The visit was exciting on many fronts as our institutions demonstrated their expertise and explored mutually beneficial relationships, regions showcased their attractions, and the famil delegates from Malaysia experienced many aspects of New Zealand.
The eight-day visit included Wellington, Canterbury and the Waikato. While the start of the week coincided with a cold southerly storm, this was mitigated by warm hospitality and the promise of sun later in the week.

L to r: Lisa Futschek, GM International at ENZ; ENZ’s Chief Executive Grant McPherson; Mr Muhammad Afiq Bin Redzuan, Group Chief Executive Officer at METEOR; and YB Senator Tuan Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian, after signing an Education Cooperation Agreement.

The delegation was fortunate to meet with Minister of Education Chris Hipkins during their visit. While in Wellington they also signed an Education Cooperation Agreement with ENZ that provides a framework for our relationship going forward. They also met up with Malaysian students at various institutions and heard about their personal experiences here.

The delegation saw trades in action at WELTEC’s trades campus where they observed building apprentices on a block course.

Famils are important for ENZ as well as for New Zealand institutions, as they establish relationships and strengthen people-to-people links. They are also a key way to showcase some of the best education New Zealand has to offer across different regions.
ENZ looks forward to hosting more famils in the coming months, in partnership with institutions and regions throughout New Zealand.
You can read more about the METEOR famil on the Ara website here.

A Kiwi welcome was on offer at a private bach in Duvauchelle near Akaroa.