Nimsha and Soki share their experiences of learning English and making new friends.
When Xing Mao arrived in New Zealand twelve years ago, she was not a confident English speaker.
Senait Hailahariam arrived in New Zealand as a refugee from Eritrea three years ago.
An internship at English Language Partners’ Porirua led to Janice L'Uaipouomalo Pritchard-Selu gaining vital skills.
Newly accepted police recruit Chris Byun credits perseverance and patience as the secret ingredients to gaining entry into the New Zealand Police Force.
Like many school leavers, Abby Fisher wanted to do something with her gap year.
Auto-electrical engineer says a course at English Language Partners Aoraki has helped him to avoid getting his wires crossed at work.
Beatriz is looking forward to her first safe Xmas in years. Beatriz is among many people forced to flee from Colombia…
When Sharon Jiang joined a new course, she lacked the confidence to speak a word of English. By the end of one…
Antonio Claridad, Felix Rodiano and Anthony Caintic agree New Zealand offers a wealth of work opportunities…
Fruit is highly valued: it was rare in the Thai refugee camp where NooZeRaBi Ba Lie and her family spent 10 years…
It doesn’t take much digging to uncover Ruth Hamilton’s dedication to her job.
Help a former refugee like Saraswati learn English and realise her dreams Please donate to English Language Partners…
“Since the programme, my boys are a lot more out there,” says Rose Mauava, operations manager at Freshmax.
Dianne Wilson taught Gilda, for three months before they met in person – thanks to Skype
When Nikolai Chipizhin moved to New Zealand with his daughter and son-in-law in 1998, he knew next-to no English.
Before arriving from Thailand, Nopphawan Young, now living in Levin, knew little English.
Serving up delicious meals at Little India in Wellington is something Shrinand feels confident about.
What makes a family pack up their lives in Taiwan and move to Hamilton, New Zealand?
“Selamawit’s soups are famous across Wellington,” says Commonsense Organics co-owner Marion Wood.
When Hardy Hko arrived from Burma, he quickly realised he needed to learn English to successfully start a new life.
Joy Sharp and Lucila Orjuela de Gil have a love of painting and a sense of humour in common.
When Matias Cassineri and Maria Beatriz (Beti) Spaccarotelli arrived in New Zealand from Argentina, they began a journey.
Mu Lar Pan spent 8 days barefoot and on the run with her husband and small children after they escaped Burma’s oppressive regime in the 1980s.
My name is Gulchehra Bawari. I am from Afghanistan. My first Language is Dari and I speak Hindi, Urdu and English.
After realising what a problem his lack of conversational English was, Kwok began actively looking for ways to improve his language.
There’s plenty of good-natured communicating going on in a small room on the third floor of the Science Alive!…
