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New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Rules
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is reviewing the NZQA Rules to reflect amendments to the Education and Training Act 2020 which came into effect on 1 August 2022, and to ensure the rules remain up-to-date and fit for purpose.
Consultation closed on 21 October 2022. Go to https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/providers-partners/rules-consultation/
New Zealand International Education Strategy 2022-2030
The Minister of Education is refreshing the New Zealand International Education Strategy. The Ministry of Education has developed a draft Strategy and was seeking your views on the proposed changes.
Consultation closed on 28 June 2022. Go to https://consultation.education.govt.nz/te-puna-kaupapahere-policy/new-zealand-international-education-strategy-2022/
Enrolling international fee-paying students under Year 9
The Ministry of Education was seeking your views on the future of enrolling international fee-paying students under Year 9 (primary and intermediate level).
Submissions closed on 11 March 2022. Go to consultation.education.govt.nz/international-education/intlenrolunderyear9
Immigration policy settings
The New Zealand Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake an inquiry into what immigration policy settings would best facilitate New Zealand’s long-term economic growth and promote the wellbeing of New Zealanders.
Submissions closed on 24 December 2021. Go to www.productivity.govt.nz/inquiries/immigration-settings
ENZ made its own submission to the inquiry, which you can read here (links to Productivity Commission website).
Draft policy statement: high value for international education
The Ministry of Education was seeking your views to help it define what ‘high-value’ means for international education.
Submissions closed on 24 September 2021. Go to consultation.education.govt.nz/international-education/highvalue/
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EdTech famil programme provides eyes on New Zealand for innovation
The programme included visits to Singapore, Viet Nam and Indonesia by a New Zealand delegation that included nine companies. The nine companies had a diverse range of education expertise, products and services from cutting edge Neuroscience for early childhood education to delivering TV-style drama series for English language education young adults. Six core companies participated across the three counties - Language fuel, Neurofrog, Chasing time English, StepsWeb, Jix Reality, and PipiLearning, while three additional companies already in the regions Writers' toolbox,Komodo wellbeing and Kami, joined the Singapore programme for specific elements.
The programme included meetings with the Ministries of Education of all three countries, specifically to understand the digital adoption and education roadmaps of each. Singapore shared their Transformation of education technology masterplan 2030 as a capability multiplier for educators and learners, and Viet Nam shared their focus on and investment in technology and management systems and using education technology to build the human potential of their citizens. Indonesia shared their Super App which allows for their 646.2 thousand schools, 4.2 million teachers and lecturers and 71 million students to all benefit from the large-scale acceleration of an economy moving at pace with a firm policy that ‘no one is left behind’.
Alana Pellow, ENZ’s Business Development Manager, led the delegation and said that the programme was carefully put together to ensure the visit was as much about showcasing New Zealand’s expertise and innovation in EdTech as it was to learn about what other countries and leaders in this space are doing.
“Across the three countries, the EdTech companies had the opportunity to meet and visit education providers from schoolteachers and leaders, vocational education providers and universities to education enrichment centers. They also heard from New Zealand business leaders and government agencies in each region, as well as had briefings and networking with local EdTech owners to gain a deep understanding of the economic and EdTech landscapes in each country.
“The public, private and enrichment education landscapes, which offer significant opportunity for EdTech’s, was a great eye opener particularly in Early Childhood Education (ECE), English language, literacy and English language teacher’s space.
“For example, in Viet Nam it is not uncommon for parents to spend 30% of their income on education – including after school enrichment education such is the ambition of parents for their children,” said Alana.
The private school market across all three markets is viewed as particularly significant for New Zealand. During the visit, it was noted by a number of diverse education related professionals how the New Zealand EdTech group were subject matter experts with education specific capabilities and expertise across many areas from linguistics, literacy, English language, teaching, academic R&D and collaboration with recognised and respected global experts such as – Oxford University Press, Oxford University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore, Institute of Technolgy Education and the University of Auckland.
Interest in New Zealand’s Education Technology was picked up by the local press in Indonesia and Viet Nam, with Viet Nam in particular seeing 17 stories feature across its various media channels. This has provided valuable visibility of New Zealand’s innovation and expertise in digital education across a wide education subsector value base from ECE and K-14 to R&D at tertiary level. Positive leads have followed and the founder and CEO of SIS and Inspirasi schools, which has schools across Indonesia, South Korea, Myanmar, and India, has already been in touch with two of the NZ EdTech companies to explore future collaboration.
Meeting with Politeknik Negeri Jakarta (VET) Indonesia.
ENZ’s EdTech delegation meeting with Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director (Digital Transformation), and colleagues at the HCMC Department of Education & Training, Ho Chi Mihn City, Viet Nam.
The delegation also attended the EDUtech Asia Policy Summit in Singapore where education, education policy makers and education technology solution providers came together from across Southeast Asia. Highlights included:
- The pace and scale at which many SEA countries are upskilling and shifting their policy and philosophy to equip their educators, citizens and systems to be meaningfully productive.
- That digital literacy training is not just the domain of learners. Educators also need high quality digital training, materials and resources.
- Artificial Intelligence is forcing a rethink on everything and in assessments, what do we care about assessing? Knowledge attainment or the deep skills for being human?
- Partnership is hard but offers competitive advantage and ‘’success’’ when human skills are done well, and many global universities are doing partnership well and reaping the rewards.
Any New Zealand EdTech and Education publisher companies interested in finding out more about the SEA market can contact Alana Pellow - alana.pellow@enz.govt.nz
ENZ’s EdTech delegation meeting with Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director (Digital Transformation), and colleagues at the HCMC Department of Education & Training, Ho Chi Mihn City, Viet Nam.
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ENZ launches new tool to help students with visa application process
Developed as a resource for both students and education agents, the video guides students through the steps of applying for a visa to study in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The video, now available in English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Thai, offers students helpful tips to increase their chances of a successful visa application outcome.
As we near the October and March period when Immigration New Zealand (INZ) receives its highest volume of visa applications it is important that students not only apply early for their visa but also complete their application properly to ensure it is processed as quickly as possible. INZ recommends that students apply at least three months before their intended travel date to give them the best chance of having their application decided in time.
The visa videos are free to download from Brand Lab and can be used across the marketing channels of individual education providers. The English language version of the video is also publicly available on YouTube and on the Study with New Zealand website.
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Student visas moving to enhanced Immigration Online
From 18 August 2025, all international student visa applications will move to Immigration New Zealand’s enhanced Immigration Online system. For education agents submitting applications on behalf of international students around this timeframe, here are important updates on how applications will be managed during this transition –
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All applications submitted on or before 17 August will be processed under the old system
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Draft applications that have not been submitted by 17 August have until 17 September to be completed and submitted.
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International students should still aim to apply 3 months ahead of their intended travel date regardless of the change in Immigration New Zealand’s application forms. This will help to avoid delays that may impact students’ ability to begin study.
To help you prepare, Immigration New Zealand has developed this video explaining the new process: Guidance on the new Student Visa application form.
If you have questions, please submit using this form: https://forms.office.com/r/DkHAk36fiw by 1 August, Friday 6pm NZDT.
Responses will be uploaded onto https://agentlab.enz.govt.nz/inz-faq-topics/ on 18 August.
Important to note: Immigration New Zealand will do its best to answer submitted questions but may not be able to respond to all of them. Questions that will be resolved by viewing/using the new Student Visa application form on 18 August will not be answered.
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Around the world in five
China
China’s Ministry of Education has approved a slew of new transnational educational partnerships, as the country aims to grow its TNE enrolments from 800,000 to eight million.
Global
Students around the world are more confident about career prospects but are increasingly concerned about a range of other issues, including student diversity and their quality of life, according to the latest Global Student Satisfaction (GSS) Report 2025.
United Kingdom
According to a new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Students, International students contribute more than £41.9 billion annually to the UK economy, with their impact felt in local communities.
Australia
The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES) has released a new report calling for a complete shift in how Australia’s higher education system addresses equity and access issues.
United States of America
An estimated 30% to 40% fewer international students are expected on American college campuses in the fall of 2025, compared with trends in the 2024-2025 academic year, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
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What’s new on The Brand Lab this month?
The ENZ Brand Lab is a rich source of images, videos and other marketing tools to help our industry partners promote New Zealand education.
Orientation images and vox pop videos
ENZ visited one of our local university campuses over orientation to find out how new international students were enjoying their first days of study in New Zealand.
We asked students to answer three questions about their experience so far. You can find these videos on the Brand Lab by searching “Vox pops”. Or share the videos directly from our Facebook page by following the links below.
- How do you feel starting your New Zealand study journey?
- What’s been your biggest challenge in New Zealand so far?
- Why did you choose to study in New Zealand?
To find the images from this shoot, go to the Brand Lab and search for “Orientation”.
To find the images from this shoot, go to the Brand Lab and search for “Orientation”.
Future Proof video
The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked New Zealand #1 in the world for preparing students for the future. ENZ’s Future Proof Yourself video features international alumni sharing how their New Zealand education helped to prepare them for the future. The video has been very popular across our social media channels and has been viewed more than 30 million times.
To share the video on your own channels, search “Future Proof” on the Brand Lab or share directly from our Facebook page.
Register for the Brand Lab
It is quick and easy to register for the Brand Lab. Simply go to www.thebrandlab.enz.govt.nz and complete the registration form.
If you haven’t visited the Brand Lab in a while, please note that we migrated to a new website mid-way through 2017. The new Brand Lab is much easier to use with improved search functionality. If you haven’t used the new site yet, you will have to register again.
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Victoria offering New Zealand’s first ethical leadership MOOC
Ethical Leadership in a Changing World is the latest Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) delivered through VictoriaX, the VUW edX platform.
The six-week course will teach students the theory and practice of ethical leadership, with a focus on organisations, through the New Zealand perspective.
Course instructor Professor Karin Lasthuizen, Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Leadership in VUW’s School of Management, says the course will help learners explore the role of ethics in organisational decision making.
“We focus on organisations in this course: exploring the role of ethics in organisational decision-making, analysing the actions of leaders from an ethical perspective, and helping learners apply these ideas to their own style of leadership,” said Professor Lasthuizen.
“Drawing on case studies from New Zealand—one of the least corrupt countries in the world, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)— the course also features recognised leaders from the country’s public, private and NGO sectors to inform students about the main issues that ethical leadership should address.”
This is the fourth MOOC for the VUW edX platform, which has a wide global reach. The platform has attracted well over 16,000 international learners to date, ranging in age from 10 to 90-years-old.
The course follows Antarctica: From Geology to Human History and New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Maunga (Mountains), and Restorative Justice and Practice: Emergence of a Social Movement, launched last year, and New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Islands (Ngā Motu), launched in 2017.
Ethical Leadership in a Changing World starts 3 July 2019.
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From the CE: Committed to a quality student experience
I therefore welcome the Government’s announcement this week of a new, interim code of pastoral care for domestic tertiary students in place for 2020. New Zealand is a world leader in providing pastoral care to international students and has had a code in place since 2002.
The domestic code will complement the Education (Pastoral Care of International Students) Code of Practice, which provides assurance about the quality of the New Zealand study experience for prospective international students and their families.
The interim domestic code will not affect international students next year.
Providers, however, need to be aware of one important change that affects them. The Government is introducing new offences and penalties which will also apply to institutions enrolling international students. These offences and penalties are for severe breaches of the Code. Providers can comment on the Bill during the Parliamentary Select Committee submissions process this month.
Next year the Government is developing a permanent Code of Practice which will include opportunities for the sector to engage and contribute to its development. It also provides an opportunity to address any gaps in the current Code of Pastoral Care for International Students, in time for 2021.
ENZ is committed to a quality experience for all international students. We have worked with providers and students to develop resources for students to support their journey – from discovering New Zealand as a destination, through their decision-making process, while they study here, and up until the time they depart and become ‘ambassadors’ for New Zealand. We welcome the use of these resources by our industry partners to support your work with international students.
Resources like Study in New Zealand help students considering New Zealand as a destination. International students can search for courses and scholarships and register with My StudyNZ, which matches them with courses and institutions and enables them to track their applications.
NauMai NZ provides information on life as an international student living in New Zealand. It focuses on their support and wellbeing, helping them to make social connections and reducing the possibility of students feeling overwhelmed. It includes practical information and advice on everything from how to open a bank account to understanding Kiwi slang.
I’m also proud of our new campaign, ‘Ask New Anything’, launched last week. It features students providing unscripted answers to real questions from prospective students. It’s our most technologically advanced campaign to date using Tohu, a chatbot, to answer questions about studying and living in New Zealand.
I invite you to have a look at this and our other resources and to share them with your teams and international students.
After all, our shared goal is to ensure international students are well-informed and supported to enjoy a high-quality education and experience here in New Zealand.
Ngā mihi
Grant McPherson
Chief Executive, Education New Zealand – Kaihautū, Manapou ki te Ao
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Around the world in five
GLOBAL
Beyond Covid-19: What’s Next for International Higher Ed
International education has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. As many international students pursue their studies online this semester, study abroad and foreign exchange programs have been cancelled. In a world with little travel, closed borders, and surging infections, many are asking: what is next for international higher ed?
CANADA
Canada to open borders to international students from Oct 20
International students will be able to enter Canada from October 20 if the institution they are studying at has a Covid-19 readiness plan approved by their local provincial or territorial government, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has announced.
GLOBAL
Fourth annual PIEoneer Award winners revealed in online ceremony
The fourth annual PIEoneers Awards was held on October 2, with the latest celebration of the international education sector held on a virtual stage for the first time due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. ENZ was a sponsor of the event and was awarded Highly Commended in the Student Support category.
AUSTRALIA
Killing the golden goose: How Australia's international students are being driven away
Just 4,062 student visa applications were received in June, compared to 34,015 last year. Current international students are telling others not to come to Australia.
CHINA
China’s Ministry of Education: Utilise the advantages of cooperation in running schools to solve the problems of studying abroad
To tackle these challenges, the Chinese Government responded quickly to pressing issues raised by its students.
Amongst all the interventions put forward, the expanded enrolment of Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools (hereafter referred to as joint programme or JP) attracted the greatest attention from the public.
According to the Q&A Session, Chinese students who are unable to travel overseas to pursue their study can either enrol in online learning organised by their foreign institutions (the recognition of their foreign qualification will not be affected), or the students who are enrolled with foreign universities will now have the chance to study JP at Chinese institutions.
The increased enrolment in JPs will not be included in the national unified enrolment plan, and will not take up the original enrolment quota of the higher education establishments. After completing their studies, students who meet the academic requirements will only be awarded a degree certificate from the foreign university.
If the student still would like to pursue their study overseas as soon as border restrictions are lifted, they should choose online learning by their foreign university, as indicated by China MoE.
About 90 JPs and joint institutes, including EIT, are on the list for expanded enrolment. The Master in Applied Finance programme offered by AUT and Zhejiang University of Economics and Finance is currently the only NZ programme that is on the list.
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Education New Zealand hosts first-ever NZ-China Education Week
Early Childhood Education Symposium
The inaugural New Zealand-China Early Childhood Education Symposium with China Centre for International People to People Exchange (CCIPPE), an agency under the Ministry of Education of China, was well-received by the audience of over 1,000 people.
ENZ General Manager – International, Lisa Futschek, provided opening remarks alongside distinguished officials from China who expressed support for the dialogue around ECE to continue between our two countries.
“It was very moving to hear Deputy Director General Xiaochun YANG speak te reo Māori in his closing remarks,” ENZ Director – Greater China, Miranda Herbert, said.
“The ECE Symposium highlights the special relationship between New Zealand and China and our long history of engaging in bilateral dialogue in a variety of education related fields to learn from each other.”
Educators tune into the ECE Symposium.
Part of the success of participation was due to CCIPE’s social media post which attracted over 8000 reads (pre-event). CCIPPE article with photos: 2020中国-新西兰学前教育研讨会在线成功举办 (qq.com)
The entire symposium was bilingual – no small feat in a virtual environment. ENZ used subtitles on pre-recorded presentations, interpretation for the live speakers and engaged a bilingual MC with experience in the ECE field.
University of Auckland Associate Dean International – Faculty of Education and Social Work, Marek Tesar, presented a session at the symposium titled “How ECE Teachers Shape Our Children: Fostering Quality ECE Teachers—Formal Education and Professional Development."
“A fantastic event, which brought together an interdisciplinary group of people to discuss the important topic of early childhood education. It has emphasised the many opportunities for ongoing collaboration between New Zealand and China and I hope that this is the first of many such symposia – hopefully in person next time!” he said.
Watch the recording
To view the recorded symposium, please log back into your ECE Symposium Attendee Login. Didn’t have a registration? Choose Attendee Registration and complete the registration on this website: https://event.dragontrail.com/NZedu/en
Once logged in, navigate to Floor Plan and click “Education Symposium 2020”
Then you will see this screen to click “Playback”
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) present at Sino-New Zealand Higher Vocational Education.
8th Sino-New Zealand Higher Vocational Education Conference
This year’s Sino-New Zealand Higher Vocational Education conference moved to a virtual platform this year which enabled continued dialogue between New Zealand and China.
Over three half-days, it focused on challenges and innovations in online learning and international collaboration for managers, teachers and researchers in vocational education and training.
Conference organisers, Wintec and co-organiser, Skills International worked closely with China partners Tianjin Light Industrial Vocational Technical College, Qingdao Vocational Technical College and Central Institute for Vocational Technical Education to deliver an engaging event for the live audience in Tianjin and the virtual attendees.
Agent Seminars
The Agent Seminars reached an audience of 500 attendees from across the Greater China region over two days.
Agents were welcomed by New Zealand’s Ambassador to China, H.E. Clare Fearnley, heard from Immigration New Zealand, Tourism New Zealand, and even learned how to order a green tea in te reo Māori.
With over 44 New Zealand institutions and regions exhibiting in the virtual exhibition hall, agents were able to connect through the virtual meeting rooms to have one-on-one conversations. ENZ trialled a virtual conferencing platform created for the China market that allowed our Chinese agents to join via WeChat and tailor their view to local language.
ENZ wants to thank all the exhibitors, presenters and attendees who participated in New Zealand Education Week to help make it a success and we appreciate your adaptability to a China-friendly virtual platform.
ENZ has received great feedback from both sides on the programme and future partnership opportunities – there is a strong desire to continue dialogue.
Watch the recording
Note, the Agent Seminars were over two days and the majority of presentations are in Chinese language.
To view the recorded seminars, please log back into your Agent Seminars Organization or Attendee Login.
Didn’t have a registration? Choose Attendee Registration and complete the registration on this website: https://event.dragontrail.com/NZedu/en
Once logged in, please navigate to Floor Plan and click “Agent Seminar Presentations”.
Then you will see this screen to click “Playback” for either 25 or 26 November.
