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• Pathway visa pilot update

  

  That is, an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test (or equivalent test) must be submitted by students who:

  • intend to undertake a study pathway that begins with an English language course leading to a programme of study at levels 5 to 8 on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework, and

  • are from a country that has an annual decline rate of more than 20 per cent for student visa applications.

  These students must demonstrate that they only need an improvement of an IELTS 0.5 band score (or equivalent) to gain entry to their intended level 5 – 8 course. For example, if a level 5 course has an English language entry requirement of IELTS 5.0, an IELTS test (or equivalent) must be submitted with a student’s application with a minimum overall band score of 4.5. 

  The English language course must also be completed within a 16 week period.

  Students from countries with a visa approval rate of above 80 percent no longer need to demonstrate IELTS levels.

  Find out more here.

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• Official Information Act Requests

  People in New Zealand can request government information (official information) and can expect it to be made available unless there is a good reason to withhold it.

  The Official Information Act 1982 (or OIA) enables citizens, permanent residents, visitors to New Zealand, and body corporates registered or with a place of business in New Zealand, to make a request for official information held by government agencies, including Education New Zealand (ENZ).

  ENZ is the government agency dedicated to helping New Zealand realise the social, cultural and economic benefits of international education. 

  Please note the Ministry of Education is the New Zealand Government's lead advisor on the New Zealand education system.

  More information can be found at: The role of the Ministry of Education

  Ministry of Education OIAs can be directed to info@education.govt.nz

  If you have a complaint about a particular school, you may wish to contact the school directly or contact the Ministry of Education at enquiries.national@education.govt.nz

   

  Making a request relating to international education

  Your request should be as clear and specific as you can possibly make it. Before making a request please check our other sources of information listed below.

  You can contact us in a number of ways to request information:

  • ENZ.Ministerials@enz.govt.nz
  • Telephone (04) 472 0788
  • Postal address: Level 5 Lambton House, 160 Lambton Quay, PO Box 12041, Wellington 6144

  We would like:

  1. your name
  2. contact address (email or postal)
  3. details of the information you want.

  We may ask you for more details if we’re not sure what you are seeking.  If you make your request by phone or in person, we will confirm it in writing.

  The State Services Commission provides tips for requesting information and guidance on how agencies will respond.

  Before making a request for information

  Before requesting official information from ENZ, we encourage you to check the list below to see if the information you need is already publicly available:

  • Information Releases
  • Research
  • Corporate Publications
  • Media Releases
  • Education News

  How long will it take?

  We are required by law to give you our decision on your request as soon as possible, and no later than 20 working days after we receive your request.

  If we need more time to make our decision on your request, for example if you are requesting a lot of information, we will let you know and give you an idea of how long it will take. We will also try to keep you updated on the progress of our response to your request. You can complain to the Office of the Ombudsman if you’re not happy with our decision to extend the time.

  What does it cost?

  Requesting official information is free, though we can charge a reasonable amount if it will take a lot of work to supply the information requested.

  You can complain to the Office of the Ombudsman about our decision to charge.

  What if I’m not satisfied?

  You may wish to contact us in the first instance to see if we can resolve the issue.

  You can make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman if you:

  • have concerns regarding the decision we made on your request
  • were unhappy about the way your request was treated or processed.

  These concerns can relate to the withholding of information, extending the timeframe to respond to you, any charges for providing the information you have requested, delays in providing you with a decision or the information, or your request being transferred.

  The Office of the Ombudsman can investigate and review our decision and may make a recommendation to us if it is considered appropriate.

  Responses to Official Information Act 1982 requests

  ENZ publishes responses to Official Information Act 1982 requests at the end of each month. ENZ first published its responses to requests for official information on its website in April 2018.

  The response from ENZ details the information being released and explains what information, if any, has been withheld and under which grounds of the Act. The response also explains that we intend to make the information publicly available. The requestor's name and address have been removed from the response.

  Documents are only available in Adobe PDF format and are listed in release date order, with the most recently released responses at the top.

  Date of response	OIA response for download
  29/5/26	2526-253 OIA Request - Board reimbursements
  20/3/26	2526-240 OIA Request - Process for publishing OIA requests
  18/3/26	2526-193 OIA Request - cleaning, security and catering contractors
  10/3/26	2526-186 OIA Request - Spend on global vs local advertising platforms
  17/9/25	2526-041 OIA Request - Documents related to the International Education Growth Plan
  29/8/25	2526-052 OIA Request - List of ENZRA
  20/8/25	2526-015 OIA Request - Documents related to Prime Minister's China visit
  8/8/25	2526-014 OIA Request - Cultural Intelligence App
  7/8/25	2526-016 OIA Request - Details of restructures in the last 12 months
  26/6/25	2425-281 OIA Request - Organisational chart
  11/4/25	2425-427 OIA Request - documents sent week beginning 7 March 2025
  12/12/24	2425-170 OIA Request - Number of departmental items
  25/11/24	2425-149 OIA Request - Advice re baseline savings
  17/10/24	2425-115 OIA Request - Information sharing agreements between ENZ and social media platforms
  4/10/24	2425-142 OIA Request – ISES 2024
  3/10/24	2425-123 OIA Request – staffing queries
  26/08/24	2425-053 OIA Request – New Zealand School Scholarship Viet Nam queries
  20/06/24	2324-210 OIA Request – copy of ENZ organisational chart
  10/06/24	2324-162 OIA Request – Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme bond deferral policy queries
  22/05/24	2324-145 OIA Request – consultant and contractor spend
  01/05/24	2324-136 – copy of proposal document for Government directive to reduce expenditure in the public service
  24/04/24	2324-133 OIA Request – health and safety queries
  17/04/24	2324-108 OIA Request – 2012 Middle East trip queries
  28/03/24	2324-118 OIA Request – international travel queries
  07/03/24	2324-103 OIA Request – fiscal sustainability, change management, employment relations
  04/03/24	2324-114 OIA Request – copy of secondary briefing sent by agency since 27 November 2023
  13/02/24	2324-101 OIA Request – response to OIA request
  29/01/24	2324-084 OIA Request – copy of Briefing to Minister
  25/01/24	2324-075 OIA Request – information on ENZ led visit to Oman, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in April/May 2023
  19/01/24	2324-079 OIA Request – statistics on Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and Latin America
  08/12/23	2324-065 OIA Request - copies of ENZ Board Meeting Minutes
  02/10/23	2324-048 OIA Request – koha payments to ex-Board Chair and correspondence queries
  13/09/23	2324-031 OIA Request – ENZ hosted events costing over $10,000 from July 2022 to June 2023
  21/07/23	2223 246 OIA Request - ENZ Board Member conflict of interest
  22/06/23	2223-207 OIA Request - information on ENZ recognised Agencies review
  15/05/2023	2223-185 OIA Request – copies of ENZ Board Meeting Minutes
  11/05/2023	2223-201 OIA Request – ENZ offshore staff salary bands and benefits
  10/05/2023	2223-195 OIA Request – India – New Zealand Education Week
  28/04/2023	2223-181 OIA Request New Zealand – China Tripartite Fund
  26/04/2023	2223-190 OIA Request – ENZ Recognised Agents/Agencies information
  14/03/2023	2223-152 OIA Request MOU ENZ Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education
  17/02/2023	2223-141 OIA request ENZ staff paid over $150,000
  14/02/2023	2223-142 OIA request Information in BIM related to climate change greenhouse gas emissions and global warming
  04/11/2022	2223-080 OIA request ENZ organisation structure
  25/08/2022	2223-031 OIA request ENZ spending for 2021 22
  08/08/2022	2223-008 OIA request ENZ staff and spending details
  17/06/2022	2122-130 OIA request ENZ North American Advisory Board
  27/05/2022	2122-129 OIA request ENZ staff details
  06/05/2022	2122-112 OIA request Board meeting
  28/02/2022	2122-093 OIA request PM Scholarships
  16/11/2021	2122-055 OIA request for staffing information
  30/09/2021	2122-046 OIA request for a briefing
  08/09/2021	2122-018 OIA request for Annual Review responses
  06/09/2021	2122-016 OIA request about Research New Zealand
  26/08/2021	2122-009 OIA request for briefings
  12/03/2020	MC for ENZ events
  16/12/2019	Staff salary bands and benefits
  23/09/2019	Psychometric testing
  08/10/2019	Advisory group for advice from international students
  02/10/2019	Number of international students enrolled in tertiary education in New Zealand
  23/09/2019	Governance of Education New Zealand's recognised agents
  15/08/2019	Leave entitlement by leave type
  30/07/2019	All information held dealing with immigration visa delays since 1 November 2018
  26/07/2019	Payments made to social media influencers in return for posts
  11/07/2019	Workplace diversity
  04/06/2019	The proposed Reform of Vocational Education implementation on 1 January 2020
  23/04/2019	Paper named Student visa summary: January 2019
  29/03/2019	Reports, memos, discussion papers, advice, plans or policies created since 1 January 2017 concerning climate change
  29/03/2019	Correspondence and communications from 1-20 February 2019 concerning international perceptions of the announced vocational education reforms especially in China
  28/03/2019	Correspondence and communications with Business NZ and the Employers and Manufacturers Association relating to the vocational education reforms
  28/03/2019	Correspondence and communications to and from Annabel Robertson, Business Development Manager from 13 February relating to the Review of Vocational Education proposal
  05/03/2019	Correspondence and communications with the Labour Maori Caucus relating to the vocational education reforms
  05/03/2019	Correspondence and communications with the Tertiary Education Union associated with the vocational education reforms
  05/03/2019	Correspondence and communications with Treasury relating to the vocational education reforms
  27/02/2019	Advertising costs for 2013/14 to 2018/19
  21/06/2018	Education agent complaints
  25/05/2018	Sexual harassment in the workplace survey
  22/05/2018	Advice between 2011 and 2016 regarding quality of education providers, EER process and/or changes to Rule 18
  20/04/2018	Request for copies of three briefings
  20/04/2018	Advice from 1 January 2017 regarding the quality of education providers, EER process and/or changes to Rule 18

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• Telling the whole New Zealand story

  We want to see the benefits of international education spread across all regions and sectors, so ENZ has boosted its team to better support international education growth in the regions.

  New appointees Sarah Gauthier, Sahinde Pala and Jo Keane join Christchurch-based Business Development Manager, Greg Scott, to ensure ENZ’s Regional Partnership Programme activities are well-supported by a team of highly-experienced international education practitioners.

  ENZ’s General Manager Business Development, Clive Jones, says, “I’m excited about starting 2016 with a strong regional team who are committed to helping our regions achieve growth. Greg and the team are passionate regional advocates, who are keen to get stuck in and work with regional providers and agencies to put plans into action.”

  Many of you will be familiar with the new Regional Project Managers:

  

  Sahinde Pala has joined ENZ from her role as Marketing Manager at  LSI Language Studies International Worldwide. Sahinde is based in Auckland.

  

  Sarah Gauthier moves back to ENZ after her recent work as ‎Export Education Coordinator at Dunedin City Council. Sarah will be based in Wellington.

  

  Jo Keane hops Cook Strait to join our Wellington office from her role as International Market Manager at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. Jo starts on 8 February.