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• Kiwi schools celebrate at SIEBA hui

  The Schools International Education Business Association (SIEBA) held its second biennial hui over two days in Wellington.

  Featuring more than 60 presenters, including author and television host Nigel Latta as keynote speaker, the hui was an opportunity for professional learning and a chance to celebrate the schools sector.

  Jennifer Kirkham, SIEBA Professional Learning & Development Operations Manager, was impressed by the involvement and enthusiasm from delegates.

  “It is a testament to the value they see in SIEBA events and activities, both for member schools and the wider industry, and also shows there is an appetite for greater collaboration.

  

  “We appreciated the willingness of sector presenters to share with their colleagues, as schools always love to hear what others are doing. 

  Another highlight was the presentation by lawyer Tim Conder on how schools need to change their contracts and disciplinary processes to align with the recently amended Education Act.

  “I think we all left the hui with long to-do lists,” said Ms Kirkham.

  To celebrate the sector’s success, six international education professionals were honoured at the awards dinner with SIEBA International Education Leadership Awards.

  Allan Goodhall from Mount Maunganui College and Grant Berry from Kerikeri High School, both on the eve of retirement after decades of service to the sector, received long service and outstanding contribution awards. 

  Lynda Sullivan from Rangitoto College received an award for innovation, and Terry Kraettli from Epsom Girls’ Grammar School, Barbara Charlton-Kelly from Newlands College, and Annemieke Hart from Tauranga Intermediate received recognition for their outstanding contributions to the school sector.

  Recipients were nominated by their peers and were all deserving winners.

• New Zealand Traveller Declaration toolkit

  The New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) is an online system that travellers can use to answer questions on travel, customs, immigration, and biosecurity information before they arrive in New Zealand. The earliest travellers can submit a declaration is 24 hours before starting their trip to New Zealand. Once they have submitted a declaration, they will receive an email telling them what they need to know when they enter New Zealand. Travellers need to complete a declaration for any dependents they are travelling with, including children and infants.   

  The New Zealand Customs Service has prepared a toolkit for promoting the NZTD to networks, customers, communities and in workplaces. In this toolkit, are factsheets posters, videos, flyers, forms, social media tiles and copy available in various languages including Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Portuguese, French and German.  

  For more information on the traveller declaration process, please visit this page here - About | New Zealand Traveller Declaration. 

   

  *Paper forms will continue to be available for travellers who cannot complete the form online and will be accepted as a paper-based version of the digital NZTD at the air border.   

• 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
  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

• Tauranga 04

• Wakatipu High School 1

• ITP Jan Aug 2014 4

• Education New Zealand quarterly report for 1 January to 31 March 2018

• Consultation on NCEA offshore delivery

  The proposal would close a legislative loophole which allows private schools and tertiary education providers to award NCEA offshore.

  Exceptions would be made to allow the continued awarding of NCEA through Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu for domestic students based offshore, and where government relationships exist to support it (such as in the Cook Islands and Niue). Where tertiary education providers are awarding standards that lead to other qualifications as well as NCEA, they will continue to be able to award standards leading to those other qualifications. 

  As NCEA has been developed for a New Zealand context, it is not readily transferable internationally. Therefore, awarding NCEA for study done overseas would present difficulties in moderation and quality assurance, which could create risks to the quality and international credibility of NCEA qualifications.

  The Ministry would like to hear your views on this proposal.

  Click here to download the NCEA Consultation Document.

  To have your say, email your submission to legislation.consultation@education.govt.nz

  Consultation closes 14 June 2019.

   

• Come back to NZ! Nau mai hoki mai rā!

  Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) is inviting New Zealand education providers to take part in an initiative to encourage students from Thailand who have previously studied here to return to New Zealand for further study. Providers are invited to subsidise travel for returning students - up to a maximum of NZD $3,000 for students returning for a year or more.  

  The scheme will work by students or agents providing proof of previous study and once the students are in New Zealand, can rebate the air fare back to their account through coordination with their agents. The amount students can rebate is based on the receipt of their booked travel but no more than the $3,000 cap. New Zealand schools who were involved in the recent education events in Thailand gave positive feedback on this concept. 

  ENZ will publicise the initiative online, via agents, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and media. Education agents will also be asked to co-promote this with us while KTC credit card, the scheme’s credit card partner, will be promoting this campaign and additional benefits through their own database and PR channels.  

  If you are an education provider interested in signing up or finding out more about the campaign, please click here.