Feeling safe is the most important thing for a Syrian couple who left their war-torn city of Hama in 2011 and arrived in New Zealand 13 years later.
Cambodian Khunly Hak was a chemistry teacher back home and the only thing stopping her from teaching in Northland is a lack of English.
Our English for Job Seekers course has helped many new migrants to get a ‘foot in the door' – and even land their first NZ job!…
While New Zealand’s welcome for refugees is warm, our nation’s employers are less inclusive when it comes to…
It’s not easy to begin a new life in a country that’s vastly different from your own, and some migrants also face the challenge of overcoming the initial language barrier.
It is not so easy to be an immigrant and come to live in another country which is so different from your own.
Dianne McClay shares her experience with ELPNZ spanning 17 years – she will be sorely missed!
Giant puppets and paper lanterns lit up Wellington in a special illuminated parade marking 125 years of women’s rights…
Bonnie Dewart is going the extra mile in her role as an ELP ESOL home tutor with Sara Ahamad, by also giving her weekly…
Everything Louisa Gaimster does for her learners is ‘for them to be the best they can’. Louisa and her small group of…
An unexpected discovery changed the direction of Ana-Leigh Rowe’s career. Six months into an Anthropology and…
An apprenticeship is an excellent way for new migrants to enter the New Zealand workforce
With the advent of technology in every aspect of our daily lives, and their constant presence in our hands and pockets…
My experience of learning English I am a healthy young mother of two children who came from Myanmar. Before I…
English Language Partners New Zealand (ELPNZ) has recently appointed Dr David Bromell to the position of Board…
Former Myanmar refugees are learning new skills and English on the job with a Nelson insulation company.
Christchurch New Zealand Sign Language Class has won the ACE Aotearoa 2018 ‘Community-based programme of the year, Tangata Tiriti’.
I have been a volunteer Home Tutor for English Language Partners for a little over a year now.
I love being able to help people settle in a new country…learning our language and customs.
Home tutoring is the best personal pick-me-up I can think of.
I’ve learnt so much from my learner during our interactions. I began volunteering as a home tutor with English…
Being a home tutor is such an honour I have the pleasure of being the home tutor for a new Syrian family in Porirua.
Sun Lyoung Kim gave a keynote address at our regions' 2017 event.
Auckland company Thermakraft finds workplace English lessons decrease the risk of damage to expensive equipment and make the factory safer for workers.
Training as an English Language Partners’ certificated ESOL home tutor proved the ideal way to balance Ashok Bhat’s volunteering and work life.
Nancy Rounthwaite’s learners want to learn how to live and work successfully in New Zealand.
A major survey of English Language Partners’ ESOL home tutors, past and current, has found this programme adds significant value to both learners’ and volunteers’ lives.
