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  • Diversification of International Education sees six innovative projects receive funding

    Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) has today announced the recipients of the International Education Product Innovation Fund.

    Just over $1.6 million in funding has been awarded to six organisations, with support ranging from $200,000 to $300,000 for individual projects over the next 12 months.

    The projects that received funding span a wide range of activity. They include a global course for rugby coaches developed in partnership with The Crusaders, an online indigenous eCommerce programme, English language learning based on original, high quality drama content, global enterprise coaching and peer group learning, an evolution of an NZ financial literacy platform for global audiences, and virtual reality online medical training focused on childbirth simulation.

    Initial response to the Product Innovation Fund saw more than 150 organisations express interest. ENZ designed a rigorous process for submitting and assessing applications, working alongside Creative HQ – a specialist innovation agency. The process involved a clear set of criteria that were communicated to all applicants. A shortlist was prepared, and a final assessment was completed by an independent expert panel comprising external innovation and education experts and senior ENZ staff.

    Commenting on the recipients, ENZ Chief Executive Grant McPherson said the innovation and scope of the applications had been eye-opening.

    “The quality of the entrants was a clear indication of New Zealand ingenuity, market knowledge and cutting-edge innovation,” said Mr McPherson.

    “The sheer variety of fields and technology being utilised shows how advanced the thinking and capability of New Zealand education providers has become. The potential of each of these projects can now be fully explored, and I am confident the lessons learned can be shared for the benefit of our whole education sector, inspiring others to follow their lead.”

    The Product Innovation Fund was launched by ENZ in April to encourage providers to design and develop new education products and services for international learners. It is part of the broader refreshed international education strategy and is intended to fund programmes that deliver new, meaningful, and unique learning experiences from New Zealand with education products and services that set New Zealand apart from other countries.

    Providers will create new products and services aimed at transforming the way international learning is developed, promoted, and delivered. Funding and support from ENZ will help providers fast-track the exploration and development of new ideas, conduct market research, build prototypes, and advance their global market strategy. Lessons learnt from the programme will assist in developing future education products and services for the benefit of the entire international education sector.

    Details of the successful applicants and their projects can be seen here.

     

    Recipient

    Funding Amount

    Banqer

    $300,000

    BOMA New Zealand

    $300,000

    Chasing Time English

    $250,000

    Te Kaihau Education

    $200,000

    Te Whare Hukahuka

    $255,000

    Virtual Medical Coaching

    $300,000

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  • From the CE: An update on our response to COVID-19

    COVID-19 continues to be a major focus for us, as it is for you.

    The World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March. As Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield says, we have been planning for and acting as if COVID-19 was a pandemic since the beginning of the outbreak.

    The New Zealand Government’s number one priority is the health of people in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. International students are a valued part of New Zealand’s education system and of our community. New Zealand provides quality education to many thousands of international students each year, and we want that to continue.

    The health and well-being of our international students is of uppermost importance – both the students whose travel to New Zealand has been delayed and those who are currently here, far from home, during a period of uncertainty. We are all working together to ensure they have the care, support and information they need.

    The international situation around COVID-19 continues to evolve and the international education sector is working in an environment of rapid change and a lot of uncertainty, as things develop on a daily basis.

    We are working with providers and agencies across government to map out the way forward. In the short-term, we wanted to give you an idea of some of the immediate steps that ENZ has in train. These include: 

    • Ongoing monitoring of global responses and flow-on impacts for the international education sector – which we will share with providers
    • Tailored communication to and support of agents around the globe through AgentLab (March)
    • Market intelligence soundings (ongoing)
    • Testing market sentiment in China and other affected countries (March)
    • Enhancing our content on WeChat (March)
    • Continuing to develop NauMai NZ as a platform to get information to international students (March)
    • Taking our regular pulse check of the health of the brand globally (from April)
    • Exploring online delivery of ENZ events globally (March/April).

    We are very keen to work collaboratively with the sector. We look forward to the discussion with provider representatives at the peak bodies’ forum on 18 March.

    We are continuing to update ENZ’s COVID-19 webpage to provide links to the latest information for students and their families, agents and sector peak bodies.

    Impacts on our work

    Because of the COVID-19 outbreak and travel restrictions, ENZ has cancelled or postponed a range of events and initiatives. Our offshore activities in particular have been impacted by the responses of host countries to COVID-19. We will continue to communicate these developments directly to affected New Zealand industry and other stakeholders. 

    In addition, we have postponed the applications for the Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia (the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America are unaffected). We cannot support scholars to travel to the Asian region at this time. We will review the situation later in the year. Please check our webpage for further updates.

    Similarly, ICEF Australia New Zealand (ANZA) has been postponed to 3-5 August 2020;  APAIE 2020 (Asia Pacific Association for International Education) has been postponed until March next year; and the IALC 2020 Auckland Workshop (26-29 March) has been cancelled. Other postponements and cancellations continued to be advised and we expect this trend to continue.

    Other measures 

    • Offshore or blended delivery
      • We have been asked about alternative delivery for students not yet able to enter New Zealand.
      • NZQA has advised it is enabling non-university tertiary education providers to temporarily support students who are affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions through online/blended learning options.
      • If you have a programme that is approved for online/blended delivery, please contact NZQA on 0800 697 296 for more information.
      • This temporary approval does not apply to training schemes
    • 3% surplus not required this year

    Student eligibility for health care

    Also in response to sector questions, the National Health Coordination Centre, which is part of the Ministry of Health, has confirmed that “people who have or who are suspected of having an infectious and/or quarantinable disease are eligible for publicly funded health services to address the risks to other people.” Further information is available on the Ministry’s website.

    Further information

    Here in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health is the key source of information on current entry restrictions and advice for people travelling to New Zealand, self-isolation and prevention measures. The Government has extended entry restrictions and entry requirements into New Zealand as a precautionary measure to protect against the spread of COVID-19.

    Other key sources of information on COVID-19 are the: Ministry of Education and Immigration New Zealand, as well as ENZ’s webpage for students, agents and peak bodies.

  • New ENZ agent webinar series highlights NZ's regions

    Friendly and welcoming, New Zealand’s regions are a natural playground with boundless opportunity for learning. From the vibrant student city of Dunedin to the tropical coastlines and multicultural people of Northland, New Zealand’s regions are the ideal place for students eager to experience hands-on learning.

    In this webinar series, agents are invited to hear from ENZ staff members and the Regional Network on each of New Zealand’s regions: their unique strengths and what they can offer international students. 

    Each webinar will be conducted twice on the day, at 9am and 9pm NZT.

    • Wednesday, 1 July - Auckland, Northland, Taranaki
    • Wednesday, 8 July - Hawke's Bay, Waikato
    • Wednesday, 15 July - Manawatu, Whanganui
    • Wednesday, 22 July - Wellington, Tauranga
    • Wednesday, 29 July - Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown
    • Thursday, 6 August - Gisborne, Rotorua, Nelson-Tasman, Marlborough, West Coast, Southland, South Canterbury

    Go to the ‘Webinars’ section on AgentLab to attend a webinar.

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  • Privacy Policy and Social Media Transparency Statement

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    ENZ Digital Privacy Policy

    We are committed to complying with the Privacy Act 2020 (New Zealand), and any other applicable privacy laws and regulations, when collecting, using or dealing with any of your personal information.

    Like many organisations we collect information about our users for the purposes of:

    • Providing you with services that we offer.
    • Improving our digital platforms, marketing material and strategies, and to provide you with a better experience when you use our digital platforms and when we provide you our services.
    • Giving you a personalised user experience.
    • Conducting research and other statistical and data analysis associated with our functions

    We collect information about you when you communicate with us, register an ENZ account, visit or use this site or any other online platform, service, application, website or messaging service that we subscribe to or use (each being a digital platform).

    What personal information do we collect about you?

    If you register an ENZ account we may collect personal information about you including your name, email address, date of birth, gender, nationality, country of residence, qualifications, your intended study plans and preferences, what education agent you are working with (if any) and information relating to your visa applications or enrolment status.

    Where you have provided us with your express consent, we may collect information relating to your visa applications directly from Immigration New Zealand.

    AgentLab:
    While you use our services, we may collect any of the following further information from you:

    • Your name, email address, residential address, telephone number, gender, date of birth and password.
    • Your bank account number and other financial information.
    • Information about your education, work experience, skills and qualifications.
    • Information on your business such as your company name and number, company size, business type and professional profile.
    • Information that you provide to us when we communicate via writing, email or phone.
    • Details of your browser, domain name and IP address, and the details of any website you linked from to our website.
    • Information obtained from third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
    • Other additional information required from time to time.

    Unfortunately, if you choose not to provide information when we ask for it, you may not be able to use our website or the services we offer.

    Enrolment Opportunities:
    We may also collect aggregated information generated by our systems, which tracks traffic to, and within, our Website or Platform, but does not relate to you personally. We are providing a service to the school/education provider that you submit an application to through the Platform and so we are collecting and processing application information solely on such third party’s behalf. Additionally we may be provided information about you by Education New Zealand through the My StudyNZ website API.

    Other:
    We may also collect information relevant to our Digital Platforms, our marketing strategies and our services, including information on:

    • IP addresses
    • Search terms
    • Pages accessed and links clicked
    • Dates and times of visits
    • The immediate previous site visited
    • Operating systems (eg Windows, Mac)
    • Web browsers
    • Internet activity, whether on this website or any other

    Where we use this information for statistical purposes, all users are anonymous and not personally identifiable from the information.

    How do we use your personal information?

    Personal information collected through any Digital Platform or the ‘Join Us’ , 'Subscribe', 'Contact Us' and any other form on this website, or from Immigration New Zealand will be collected by Education New Zealand and will be used to provide you with any service that you have requested, for our legitimate interests, or in accordance with your consent, including for the purposes of:

    • For research, surveys, and other statistical or analytical purposes in connection with our functions.
    • Meeting any of our legal or other regulatory obligations.
    • Providing your personal information to Education New Zealand’s agents, education providers and institutions.
    • Facilitating communications between Education New Zealand, you and/or its agents, education providers and institutions.
    • Education New Zealand’s communications, and marketing and promotional information and materials about Education New Zealand, its programmes and activities, and its agents, education providers and institutions.

     Use of cookies

    A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive, then sent back to the server by your browser each time you access certain sections of our Digital Platforms.

    Like many organisations, Education New Zealand uses cookies to store and track information about you when you are on our Digital Platforms so that we can provide personalised services that better match your needs and interests. We also use cookies, including Google Analytics for the Advertising Features Remarketing with Google Analytics and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting and DoubleClick cookies, to collect information on how you use the website.

    Third parties including Google Analytics use this information to perform statistical analysis of user behaviour and demographics. We may use this analysis to understand the key characteristics of visitors to any Digital Platform on an anonymous and aggregate level which assists us to improve and personalise your experience with Education New Zealand. We also use the information provided by third parties including the Google Analytics Remarketing service to better target our online advertising including based on your previous visits to any Digital Platform, and to present you with relevant advertising on third party websites. Education New Zealand may disclose the information collected by cookies, in an aggregate (not personal) form only, to Google and third parties including advertisers or potential advertisers.

    If you do not want information to be collected by cookies there is a simple procedure in web browsers which allows you to manually disable the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this, please look at the help menu on your browser. Additionally, you can modify your privacy settings to choose how your personal information is managed by Google. For more information please see here.

    Education New Zealand uses a number of Digital Platforms that are operated by third party platform providers to interact with you, including social media platforms (for example Facebook). You can also register an ENZ account using sign-in services provided by third parties, including certain third party social networking platforms. When you visit a Digital Platform that is operated by a third party, or log-in using a third party’s sign-in services, the platform provider may also collect your information (this is outside Education New Zealand’s control). Collection and use of this information will be governed by the terms and conditions of that platform, including its privacy policy. Please refer to the relevant third party platform provider websites for more information. ENZ does not endorse the use of any third party platform nor does it take any responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party platform provider.

    Other than as stated above, information will not be shared with third parties outside of Education New Zealand (or its affiliates and related parties) except where required by law. We may also disclose your personal information if and to the extent we are required to do so by law or at the request of a government agency that has authority to compel us to disclose your personal information.

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    We embed a Munchkin Javascript snippet on our site. When visitors come to a site, we place a cookie in the visitor's web browser (if there wasn't already one) and send messages to our servers about that visitor's web activity. It is a first party cookie and is only visible for us.

    Munchkin automatically gathers the following information:

    • Page Visits
    • Link Clicks
    • IP Address
    • Referrer
    • Our cookie ID

    If you prefer that we do not place this cookie on your web browser you may opt out by clicking the Do Not Track (DNT) feature in your browser. This prevents tracking for your particular browser and device.

    Who will we share your personal information with and why

    We may share information that we collect about you in accordance with, and for the purposes set out in these terms, and we may share information about you with:

    • Education New Zealand's agents, education providers and institutions if you have completed any forms or submitted any enquiries connected to that third party and consented to such disclosure.
    • Our service providers that we have engaged to provide a service to us in relation to our functions, this website or any service that we have agreed to provide you. For example, we may share information about you with a service provider that we have engaged to provide technology services or customer support services.
    • Any other organisation or person that you have authorised us to disclose your information to.
    • Immigration New Zealand.

    Information we share with our agents, education providers and institutions will be processed, stored and secured by the relevant organisation in accordance with their own privacy policy. These agents, education providers and institutions are located either within the EU (agents) or New Zealand (education providers or institutions). Before you consent to us disclosing your personal information to our agents, education providers or institutions we recommend that you review their privacy policies and agree to the terms on which they will process your personal information.

    Any personal information that we disclose to our third party service providers to enable them to perform a service for us will be processed in accordance with our obligations under the Privacy Act 2020 and the principles of the GDPR. Where any personal information is to be transferred outside of the EU or New Zealand for the purpose of processing, we will ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to ensure the third party service provider protects the data to the same standard as required under the GDPR (e.g. the information will be transferred to a country with adequate privacy laws, to an organisation who is certified under the US/EU Privacy Shield, or we will enter into standard contractual clauses (as approved by the European Commission) with those service providers.

    We may disclose information about you if, and to the extent that, we are required to do so by law, or at the request of a government agency that has authority to compel us to disclose information about you.

    Retention of personal information

    We only keep your personal information for as long as required to provide you with the services you have requested, for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, and for any legal purposes for which we are required to keep the information (i.e. audit purposes).

    Your acceptance of these terms

    By registering an ENZ account, submitting information to Education New Zealand (including the ‘Join us’ or by completing or submitting an enquiry form, 'Contact Us' or/and any other form on this website) or by using, or communicating with us through any other Digital Platform, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as described above.

    If you have provided your child or dependent’s personal information to us, you confirm that you are authorised to do so.

    If you do not agree to the terms of this policy, you will not be able to register an ENZ account, Education New Zealand will not accept your form or enquiry, and your information will not be processed or referred on to Education New Zealand’s agents, education providers and institutions.

    Where you have given your consent to specific purposes of processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time by any of the following means:

    • To stop receiving marketing and promotional information and materials about Education New Zealand, its programmes and activities, you can click the unsubscribe facility in any of the electronic communications that we send you.
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    • To close your ENZ Account you can contact us at the details set out below and we will do this for you.

    Your rights

    You have the right to view and change any personal information Education New Zealand holds about you at any time.

    You have the right to object to the processing of your information, request that we delete your personal information, and/or that we transfer your personal information to another organisation.

    Information will be held by Education New Zealand. You may request access to, correction or deletion of your personal information held by Education New Zealand by writing to our Data Protection Officer at Level 5 Lambton House, 160 Lambton Quay. PO Box 12041, Wellington 6144, New Zealand, or by contacting Di Solomon on +64 4 472 0788 or privacy@enz.govt.nz.  

    If there is a reason under the Privacy Act, GDPR or other applicable law for us not to comply with your request, we will notify you in writing setting out the reasons for the refusal (except to the extent it would be unreasonable or unlawful to do so) and advise you of the mechanisms available to you to complain about our response.

    For more information about your rights or to make a complaint about our privacy practices you may contact either the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) or your local supervisory authority.

    Immigration New Zealand Data Agreement

    Where you have provided your express consent, personal information collected through any Digital Platform (on this website) will be collected by Education New Zealand and will be used for the purposes of providing your personal information to Immigration New Zealand to request and receive updates on the status of any student visa applications you have submitted. This will enable us to provide a more personalised digital experience, and enable us to undertake certain research and statistical analysis associated with our functions.

    Additional terms relating to registration of an ENZ Account

    You can choose to create an ENZ Account to collate and store information relating to your student application.

    It is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality and security of any information that may be used to access your ENZ Account, including your password.

    ENZ reserves the right at its discretion to suspend, modify or terminate access to your ENZ Account at any time with or without notice to you.

    Any information that you rely on through use of an ENZ Account is entirely at your own risk. You are solely responsible for the actions you take in reliance of the information available on or accessed through your ENZ Account.

    ENZ Accounts are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. ENZ does warrant that ENZ Accounts will be free from errors, timely or secure.

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    1. your use of this website; and
    2. any breach by you of these terms and conditions.

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    Social Media Transparency Statement

    This transparency statement explains how ENZ uses and engages on social media in accordance with the Public Service Commission’s Guidance for State services official use of social media.  

    How we use social media  

    We use social media to: 

    • promote New Zealand as a study destination globally and support the delivery of education services offshore.   

    • promote ENZ’s offshore government-to-government activities – including activities of other New Zealand government agencies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and Immigration New Zealand – to raise the profile of New Zealand education  

    • provide information to prospective international students and their families about studying with New Zealand  

    • promote our work with the international education sector to ensure international students continue to receive a high-quality experience while living and studying in New Zealand  

    • spread the word within New Zealand about the social, cultural, and economic benefits that international education brings to the country  

    • inform the New Zealand public of ENZ-administered Prime Minister’s Scholarships that enable New Zealanders to have enriching learning experiences overseas  

    • share news and updates via our digital channels (news, images, publications, videos) with the international education sector in New Zealand  

    • share information about careers and job vacancies at ENZ  

    • promote and repost articles, updates, and publications that are relevant to our key messages, objectives, promotions, or updates.  

    Engagement  

    We welcome feedback and ideas from our followers and will try to join these conversations and respond as promptly as we can where possible.   

    All social media accounts are monitored from 8am – 5.30pm on weekdays and sporadically outside these hours. We will respond to private or direct messages, as soon as we can, during business hours. If you have an urgent query, please contact us directly.  

    We may choose to repost, @mention, or post information by other organisations and/or individuals for the interest and information of our followers. However, we do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of this information.  

    We may follow/like organisations and individuals that are relevant to our organisation. This does not imply endorsement or guarantee the accuracy of their information.  

    At times, people employed by us may engage on platforms such as LinkedIn and other online channels. Any opinions or views expressed on these platforms belong to the individual staff member. Our staff acting in an official capacity will identify themselves and state that they are representing Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao.  

    Read more about engaging with us on social media here: Engage with us on social media [link to be added]  

    Enquiries and complaints  

    Members of the public have the right to raise any concerns about ENZ’s information gathering activities or use of social media. If you have any enquiries about our information gathering and social media activities, or believe we have not acted in accordance with the Transparency Statements above, you can contact us at the following address:  

    Level 5, 160 Lambton Quay  

    Wellington 6011  
    New Zealand  
    Tel: +64 4 472 0788  

    If your query is about our information gathering, please email: enz.ministerials@enz.govt.nz.    

    If your query is about our use of social media, please private or direct message us on the social media channel of concern, or email: media@enz.govt.nz   

    All concerns and complaints will be dealt with in a timely manner.  

    Engage with us on social media  

    We welcome interaction with you on our social media accounts. The information below sets out how we use social media and the terms under which we invite you to engage with us.   

     Join one of our social media channels and take part in the conversation:   

    Terms of use for social media accounts  

    Before you engage with us through our social media channels, we encourage you to read each channel's terms of use as well as our terms of use below.  

    What not to post  

    Please remember that our channels reach people of all ages and backgrounds. We ask that your comments are respectful to ENZ, its staff, and other users.   

    With this in mind, here’s what NOT to post on our social media pages:  

    • Abusive or derogatory comments about others – we will hide these posts immediately and repeat posts of this nature will result in you being blocked from posting to our page.  

    • Defamatory, libellous, false, or misleading comments – as above.  

    • Posts containing swear words – please be courteous when posting to our page.  

    • Promoting a belief, cause, or business – please don't use our pages for promotion of any kind.  

    • Personal information – about yourself or others, such as private addresses or phone numbers.  

    • Content that is not relevant to ENZ or its work.  

    • Content that has political bias – we are a politically neutral organisation, and we will not enter into any discussion related to politics.   

    We may, at our discretion, report, block or ban anyone who posts the above content or comments, or who breaches these terms of use or the terms of use of a social media channel (see below).  

    Monitoring  

    We reserve the right to report or remove (as appropriate) any posts or comments that may affect our neutrality or that do not comply with the:  

    By using or accessing our social media pages, you are considered to have consented to the conditions of use of that particular social media channel and our individual page or account. These terms of use apply to all our social media channels, unless otherwise specified.  

     Posts made by others to our social media channels are the responsibility of that person or organisation. They don't necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of ENZ.  

    Copyright  

    Crown copyright  

    The material we make available on our social media accounts is protected by copyright owned by ENZ on behalf of the Crown. Unless indicated otherwise for specific items or collections of content (either below or within specific items or collections), this copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.   

    In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the material, as long as you:  

    • attribute it to ENZ and abide by the other licence terms   

    • reproduce the material accurately  

    • don't use the material in a derogatory manner or a misleading context  

    Please note that this licence does not apply to any logos, emblems and trademarks or design elements. Those specific items may not be re-used without express permission. To enquire about using such items, contact media@enz.govt.nz   

     Copyright of third parties  

    Our social media accounts may provide links to other websites or embed material which may contain information that is the copyright of third parties and subject to restrictions on use or reproduction.  

    You must get permission from the copyright owner to use:  

    • copyrighted materials from other websites, or  

    • material on our social media pages that is protected by the copyright of a third party.  

    Permission to use copyrighted materials from other web sites must be obtained from the copyright owner and cannot be obtained from ENZ.  

    Licence  

    By submitting, posting or displaying your content on any of our social media accounts, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use that content.   

    Disclaimer  

    The contents of our social media accounts are intended for informational purposes only. We shall in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to information provided on these sites or linked sites.  

    The information on our social media sites and all government web sites is provided on the basis that persons accessing the website undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.  
      
    These terms of use may be updated at any time without notice.  

    Contact us  

    Email media@enz.govt.nz if you have any concerns or questions about our social media engagement, or any particular post. 

     

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  • Māori cultural experience builds lasting bonds for international students

    Alongside courses in Māori culture, customs and language, some educational providers in New Zealand have offered an immersive noho marae (marae stay) experience. For students a long way from home, the warmth of the welcome and the sharing of knowledge, traditions, and food, gives them a lasting sense of belonging to Aotearoa.  

    One of the first educators to recognise the importance of sharing Māori culture with international students is Taituwha King, Senior Lecturer in Māori and Indigenous Development at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). For almost 20 years he has been running noho marae at the beginning of each semester to give international students a comprehensive cultural introduction to their study experience.

    Such was the success of noho marae that King developed a course around it, called International Noho Marae – Indigenous Encounters of a Māori Kind, in 2010. It covers basic Te Reo Māori, Māori history, waiata (songs), and cultural customs, and is capped off with a weekend marae stay. It quickly became the second most popular class for international students at AUT, after another of King’s classes – Te Ara Pou Leadership. More than 1500 students have enrolled in the courses since 2002.    

    “The courses put indigenous goggles on students and open them up to areas of discussion with their own indigenous people,” King says.

    Immersing in Māori culture is life changing

    This is certainly true for Native American student Hailey Suina, from the Pueblo of Cochiti and Navajo Nation. She travelled to New Zealand on the Education New Zealand Go Overseas scholarship, already curious to explore the cultural connections between the Māori people and the indigenous people of North America.

    She describes the time she spent immersed in Māori culture as “life-changing,” and returned home determined to use her experiences to become a leader in her community. 

    Hailey says she was amazed by the similarities between the Cochiti Pueblo and Māori peoples, which include a collectivist rather than an individualistic culture, a sense of guardianship for nature, and strong ties with ancestors. 

    “From the moment I arrived, I felt a deep connection with the Māori culture. It was like stepping from one home to another.”

    So strong was the concept of whānau and whakawhanaungatanga (kinship connections) for a number of King’s students, that they developed Whānau Councils as a way of staying connected and building on the bonds of their shared New Zealand experience once they returned home. With the first one established in 2010, there are now three - two in the US and one in Europe.

    Pre-Covid, students in Europe would meet up annually. King and other AUT staff committed to joining them, cementing the enduring relationship and ongoing commitment of AUT to its alumni.

    “Events like noho marae and the Whānau Council meet-ups also provide an opportunity for prospective international students to learn about and consider AUT as a destination to study abroad and build relationships with key employers linked to our alumni,” says King.

    Europe council co-founder Anne Heimbeig says being part of the Whānau Council is “a very emotional thing”.

    “I’ve met great people from different countries. Together, we’ve overcome lots of stereotypes and wrong assumptions, and brought Māori culture out into the world.”

    There was a sense of home, belonging, warmth, and love on the marae, says East Coast USA council co-founder Jessica Cohen.

    “Being in the Whānau Council allows us to keep that spirit alive and remember the value of our whānau even when we are far away from our beloved Aotearoa.”

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