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• Graduation for Girls in Tech Indonesia Scholarship recipients

  Selected from applicants from more than 50 universities across Indonesia, the women received training in either product management or data analytics, supported by mentoring sessions, before presenting their final projects in TECHTalk series to the public. 

  Internships are next on the agenda, as the scholarship recipients are entitled to internship opportunities at Qasir, an Indonesia-based point of sales start-up.  

  ENZ worked with Girls in Tech Indonesia to deliver the programme, as well as with Code Avengers, a Hamilton-based EdTech company focussed on digital learning, and with Indonesia-based training provider, Remote Skills Academy.  

  ENZ Regional Director for Asia Ben Burrowes says there are always new things to learn in the world of technology.  

  “Our goal is to build international relationships and we can achieve this by promoting New Zealand’s education products and services. Through this particular initiative we are also supporting more women to take the leap into technology or continue to develop their tech career.” 

  Code Avengers Head of Australasian Distribution Steve Budd says digital literacy is becoming more and more important in the global job market. 

  “Being able to provide an opportunity for these remarkable students to kick-start their careers is a great honour.”  

• October update from Immigration New Zealand

  Update on student visa processing* 

  Since the borders reopened on 1 August 2022, we have received 7,710 student visa applications from international students outside New Zealand. We have decided 4,885 of these applications with over half of these decisions being made in less than 4 weeks and 95% being made within 7 weeks.  

  *Figures current as at 17 October 2022. 

  Submit your student visa application for early 2023 study now 

  Thank you to everyone who has followed our guidance around waiting to submit applications for a student visa for 2023 study. We now encourage students who are intending to begin their studies in New Zealand in early 2023 (up to the end of March) to submit their applications. If you have all your documents ready (including your offer of place and up to date financial evidence) then apply now to give enough time for your application to be processed before your intended travel date. Follow the checklists on the INZ website Student visa information | Immigration New Zealand for guidance on what to provide with your application. 

  Sending your passport to INZ 

  We have changed the rules for when you need to send us your passport. Now, if you are applying for a student visa you only need to send us a high-quality scan of your passport, you will not usually need to send your actual passport to be scanned at a Visa Application Centre (VAC) or an Immigration New Zealand office. This is a temporary measure to help with visa processing. Please note applicants may still receive an automated letter asking for a passport to be submitted. This is not required. We are updating the letter to address this issue. 

  More information: Sending your passport | Immigration New Zealand 

  Post-study work visa eligibility 

  Changes have been made to the Post-Study Work Visa eligibility requirements and visa conditions, to reflect the government decisions announced on 11 May 2022. For more information check the INZ website:  New Post Study Work Visa requirements announced | Immigration New Zealand 

• NZ’s education brand remains stable despite border closures

  A recent presentation by Jason Cate of Kantar, who carried out the 2022 annual brand survey for ENZ, considers two broad questions: 

  • How is the demand for international education changing post-Covid 19? 
  • How is New Zealand’s brand as an education destination being impacted? 

  “This programme tracks perceptions of New Zealand as an education destination globally, but also specific association statements and overall sentiment, appeal and attractiveness,” Jason Cate says.  

  “It’s always interesting to see how this develops and changes over time, particularly over the last couple of years, given all the challenges.” 

  More than 4,800 potential students were surveyed online across 11 priority countries, as well as their parents in some markets. The 16-24 year olds surveyed were mostly current students, and all of them were considering further study in an offshore, English-speaking country. 

  Jason Cate says the survey shows the overall nature of demand for offshore education is stable in 2022, and only slightly lower than before Covid-19.  

  The core reasons why students are considering studying offshore haven’t changed: 

  • to live and travel overseas 
  • to meet new people 
  • to enhance their employability. 

  The survey shows there has been a significant reduction in the proportion of students delaying their studies because of Covid-19 (from close to half of students to around one third), but the proportions of students considering both study offshore and at home, or study offshore and online, have increased. In other words, there is a shift in their preferences for the mode of delivery. 

  Across most of our key partner countries, perceptions of New Zealand are relatively constant, with the only change being a small decline in awareness. New Zealand again tussles with Singapore for the fifth strongest brand in student mobility among English-speaking countries. 

  For more details about global demand and perceptions of New Zealand’s education brand in individual markets, you can listen to the full presentation on Intellilab here, by registering and logging in through MaiENZ. 

   

• Chilean university’s shared interest in innovation

  Nicolás Olguín Aguilera and Arturo David Quezada from UDP’s Department of Online Education managed to pack a great deal into their few days in Auckland, on a visit funded by the Chilean Ministry of Education. They saw innovation centres and labs at AUT and at the University of Auckland, while a site visit to VR Voom in Newmarket enabled the pair to explore New Zealand-developed virtual reality and interactive experiences. They also met with Virtual Medical Coaching from Christchurch, who demonstrated the radiography and childbirth simulations they developed, which are used by Ara.   

  Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) was involved in supporting the visit to UDP by an international education delegation earlier this year, led by Education Minister Chris Hipkins, says Market Development Manager Alana Pellow. 

  “This visit has been a good opportunity to further strengthen the relationship and showcase New Zealand’s use of innovative technologies in learning and curriculum development in our universities and ed tech companies.” 

  “Our time in Auckland has been fantastic for so many reasons I wouldn't dare to count them,” Nicolás Olguín Aguilera said.  

  “Every place, every person we've met means a deep experience of discovery and learning. We came here to explore spaces that teach with technology and to meet the people behind them. The results are above and beyond our expectations. We take a great deal of knowledge back to Chile and look forward to keeping an active bond with our New Zealand peers.” 

   

  

  (l to r): Dr Nasser Giacaman of Byte Ed, Kenneth Holt, Thomas Male of Byte Ed, Arturo, Nicolas, and Peter Dong Founder and CEO of Byte Ed, at VR Voom

  

  (l to r) Nicolas Olguín Aguilera, Lee Jackson, Senior Technician at AUT, and Arturo David Quezada at AUT’s Motion Capture Lab

  

  Arturo testing Virtual Medical Coaching’s radiography simulation at ENZ’s Auckland office

   

• Record audience for ECE symposium streamed live from China 

  Thousands watched the third annual New Zealand – China Early Childhood Education Symposium, as it was livestreamed from Guilin in southern China on 23 September 2022. A further 200 attendees were present at the event in Guilin, and New Zealand presenters and attendees joined via webinar. 

  Sponsored by Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ), the New Zealand Embassy in China, and the China Centre for International People to People Exchange, and co-organised by Guangxi Normal University, the 2022 Symposium’s theme was: Together for a Shared Future: Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Education and Care. 

  Thought-provoking and inspirational presentations covered a wide range of topics, including education systems, language development and practical examples of play-based learning. You can view the 2022 ECE Symposium programme, including details of the presenters, here. 

  

  Miranda Herbert at a media engagement with Chinese news channels

  Miranda Herbert, ENZ’s Regional Director for Greater China was invited to an interview with Guilin TV to explain our collaboration with China’s Ministry of Education, to support dialogue around best practice in the early childhood education field.  The event was also covered by other key news outlets in China, including Guangming Daily, a national Chinese-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China.   

  “New Zealand is recognised as one of the first partners with China for early childhood education, as a result of the symposium,” Ms Herbert said.  

  “Now in its third year, the symposium has grown from strength to strength each year, and is highly valued by the Ministry of Education in China.” 

  

  Representatives from Te Rito Maioha presented a talk on the theme 'My language and my culture are my identity'.

  Arapera Card, Senior Advisor Māori at Te Rito Maioha, said meeting the organisers both from Beijing and Aotearoa set a sense of whanaungatanga and manaakitanga ahead of the symposium. 

  “As an organisation Te Rito Maioha found this experience to be overall well executed and amazed at the number of participants across China.  That was lovely to see, and should the opportunity come around again, we will be sure to increase the numbers of participants attending from Aotearoa.  The line-up of presenters from both countries absolutely showed that the early childhood sector is in good hands,” Ms Card said.   

  New Zealand and China have been collaborating on early childhood education since 2020 and this is now an item under the mechanism of the Joint Working Group on Education and Training, last held in February 2021. 

  Want to know more about ENZ initiatives in China? Contact China@enz.govt.nz  

• Fifty years celebrated with Chile

  Cultural performances, together with a series of panel discussions on government initiatives, research connections, educational exchanges, and the experience of Chileans in New Zealand showcased the variety and depth of the relationships that have been developed over the past 50 years. 

  Speakers included both Ambassadors, as well as academics from all New Zealand’s universities, alongside alumni and government specialists. A number of distinguished guests were part of the large audience that attended throughout the day at Parliament Buildings in Wellington and online. 

  

  (l to r) Former Prime Minister Helen Clark and Javiera Visedo, Director of Engagement Latin America for ENZ, took part in a panel discussion on government initiatives.

  

  Lisa Futschek, ENZ’s General Manager International, chaired the panel discussion on educational exchanges.

  Videos of the event are available on the CAPE website here.  

• NZ education publishers at Frankfurt book fair 

  New Zealand education publishers were represented virtually and in person at the event, which hosted 4,000 exhibits, attracting around 93,000 trade visitors and 87,000 members of the public. 

  Catriona Ferguson, Association Director at Publishers Association New Zealand (PANZ), organised the New Zealand stand, with support from Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao. The New Zealand stand attracted a lot of interest from attendees at the fair and provided a great opportunity to meet with book trade representatives from around the world.  

  Six of New Zealand’s education publishers were represented by PANZ and had a virtual presence at the fair: BIOZONE International, EduMaxi, Essential Resources, Global Education Systems, Huia Publishers, and Sunshine Books. Dame Wendy Pye from Sunshine Books attended the fair in person, together with several other New Zealand publishers.  

  

  Dame Wendy Pye of Sunshine Books with Marina Wilmerstadt from ENZ

• Looking back and looking ahead in India 

  “We’ve seen some successes and we also have some learnings to share with the sector,” says Jugnu Roy, ENZ’s Director of Engagement based in New Delhi. 

  “With New Zealand’s borders remaining closed for the first half of 2022, it was certainly a challenge to sustain the Indian student pipeline into New Zealand for higher studies. We knew going conventional wouldn’t help, and so we amped up our PR efforts.”  

  Aligned with ENZ’s approach of offering future-focused education, the team targeted learning opportunities for tertiary students under the umbrella of an integrated campaign – Unlock Potential for the New You. Using digital platforms as well as mainstream media, the strategy included a mix of suitable learning opportunities and unique ways of engaging with our stakeholders. This successful campaign won Gold awards at 2022 South Asia SABRE Awards, ETBrandEquity Kaleido Awards, STAKES PR & Communications Excellence Awards 2022; Silver at Adgully IMAGEXX Awards 2022 and a Bronze at Campaign India PR Awards 2022. 

  Kick-starting the year with the first event of its kind, ENZ’s India team hosted the ‘Women of the Future’ virtual event. To ensure maximum reach, we collaborated with leading digital platforms such as Femina India and Tweak India, among others, achieving more than 5.8 million impressions. More recently, the collaboration with popular Indian celebrity Soha Ali Khan is helping to create a stronger recall value of New Zealand among Indian study abroad aspirants.  

  2022 was also a year of big announcements from New Zealand such as the global I AM New Campaign, the reopening of New Zealand’s borders, new scholarships exclusively for Indian students, and a series of visits from New Zealand universities to name a few. Supported by our PR agency, Ruder Finn India, these announcements all made headlines in prominent Indian publications and portals including The Hindu, The Indian Express, Financial Express, and Education Times.  

  “It’s always a challenge to be heard,” Ms Roy says.  

  “Some types of stories are much more likely to be picked up than others. For example, stories about our borders reopening, new research on Covid-19, scholarships for Indian students, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are of interest, as well as stories about Indian students or academics. 

  “Our team is always interested in success stories involving Indian students, and we look to New Zealand education providers to help us with sourcing these.  

  “It’s also important for institutions to be selective about the timing of their announcements, so journalists have the space to focus on each story, rather than choosing between multiple announcements at the same time.  

  “It's good to establish a single spokesperson for a given institution, and to ensure that Indian journalists seeking information get a timely response – if it’s a wide-ranging article they are likely to go ahead without input from New Zealand, which is a missed opportunity.” 

  The team is busy pulling together their plans for 2023, including how best to profile these initiatives to ensure high visibility.  

  “Finally, I would really encourage New Zealand tertiary education providers to think carefully about what Indian students and their families are seeking from investing in an international education experience, and how individually and as a sector we can work together to meet those expectations,” Ms Roy says. 

• New Zealand-German university projects funded   

  The arrangement for the exchange of early-career academics (PPP) was signed between ENZ and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in November 2021, and applications for this round of funding closed in June.  It enables young academics involved in the projects to further their careers and expand international research links.   

  The four successful New Zealand applications came from academics at Massey University, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, and University of Waikato. The projects, undertaken with German university partners, cover a range of subject areas, from biotechnology and microbiology, to law and sustainable landscape development, to engineering and climatology.    

  This is the first time ENZ has offered funding under the PPP programme. We plan to launch a second round in April 2023 for projects that will take place from 2024 and 2025.   

• Huge education potential with Viet Nam

  “It was a great privilege to be part of this visit. We were warmly welcomed everywhere, and there was a lot of interest in New Zealand education,” says Grant McPherson, Chief Executive at Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ).  

  “An education forum in Ha Noi was a late addition to the programme, in response to a request from Viet Nam’s Ministry of Education and Training - this shows the high level of enthusiasm and energy for this relationship.” 

  Eleven representatives formed the New Zealand delegation for the education forum. Key officials and education sector representatives from Viet Nam joined the event, which was hosted by Vice Minister Nguyen Van Phuc. Institutional autonomy, scholarships, and foreign investment in education were the three main topics on the agenda, generating animated questions and discussion. 

  Three education arrangements were signed during the Prime Minister’s visit. The Education Cooperation Arrangement between the Ministries of Education in both countries was renewed, with the signing witnessed by the two Prime Ministers. 

   

  University of Auckland Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater also signed two arrangements with Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCM-UT), relating to qualifications in computer and data science. 

   

  The visit also included an opportunity for the Prime Minister and the delegation to meet with around 70 Vietnamese alumni.  

  

  “Over the years, many Vietnamese students have studied in New Zealand, and they have become part of a network of influential alumni. These relationships span every sector of Viet Nam business and government,” Mr McPherson said. 

  “Five alumni showcased their businesses and social projects at the event and had the opportunity to discuss their work with Prime Minister Ardern Dave Quach, Hoa Pham, Nhien Le, Van Nguyen, and Ngan Le. Their work spanned sustainable textile manufacturing; a kindergarten that applies values of New Zealand’s early childhood education curriculum, Te Whāriki; mindfulness photography for social development; a tech-enabled platform that supports young people to pursue their study abroad dream; and an innovative agribusiness model for women of ethnic minorities in northern Vietnam.” 

  In recognition of the achievements of alumni and to support them as a community, Prime Minister Ardern  launched a digital badge for Vietnamese alumni, I AM NEW, at the event. 

  Education was on the agenda at a business dialogue on 15 November and a business breakfast on 17 November provided a valuable opportunity to catch up with local institutional partners and agents. 

  The Prime Minister’s visit generated significant media and social media coverage in Viet Nam, and built on an earlier series of targeted events to promote New Zealand education in Viet Nam: 

  • Viet Nam Agent Seminars that enabled numerous New Zealand institutions to connect with education agents in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City on 28 and 31 October, and where agents heard directly from Immigration New Zealand about student visa requirements 
    
    
  • ENZ’s Viet Nam Education Fairs on 29 and 30 October in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City, enabling New Zealand providers to connect directly with prospective students and their families. These fairs generated similar levels of interest to events pre-Covid, and again included an opportunity for students to hear directly from Immigration New Zealand about student visa requirements 
  • Viet Nam School Leaders and Counsellors Meet-ups on 28 and 31 October in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City, which enabled New Zealand tertiary providers to connect with representatives from international and private schools 
    
    
  • Launch of Te Pūkenga at an event that was well attended by education agents in Ho Chi Minh City on 31 October 
    
    
  • Education Workshop on Micro-Credentials in Future-focused Education on 1 November, in association with The MindLab and NZQA.  

  The sector has recognised the opportunities in education with Vietnam. Sector and government agencies’ work so far is helping to raise the profile of New Zealand and the quality of an education delivered by New Zealand.