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Strong growth in international student enrolments

New Zealand’s international education sector is rebounding strongly, up 24 per cent year-on-year and 6 per cent above 2023 totals.

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From the CE: China, the GCC, and a warm welcome

Recently I arrived back to New Zealand after a whirlwind visit to Beijing to attend the China Annual Conference and Expo for International Education (CACIE).

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New Zealand to be Country of Honour at the China Annual Conference and Expo for International Education (CACIE) 2025

This will bring many opportunities for New Zealand education providers at next year’s conference.

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ENZ launches new tool to help students with visa application process

Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao, in partnership with Immigration New Zealand, has created a three-minute video that guides students applying for student visas.

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Report concludes international education can recover and grow

Research commissioned by ENZ from EY found that international education’s contribution to the New Zealand economy, has the potential to grow and could return to pre-pandemic levels by 2030.

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2 December 2024 at 6:00 pm

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New Zealand-China Early Childhood Education Symposium to be hosted in New Zealand for the first time

The fifth annual New Zealand-China Early Childhood Education Symposium – themed around digital transformation in early childhood education – is set to take place at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) in Christchurch on 3 December.

15 November 2024 at 10:00 am

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Annual survey shows continuing strong support for international students in New Zealand

More than three quarters of 1,100 New Zealanders in the annual 2024 survey conducted by Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) believe the country should host the same or more international students in New Zealand.

14 November 2024 at 10:30 pm

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Don’t blame international students for rising asylum claims 

In this policy opinion piece by the Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, Yvonne Su, she says that predatory learning institutions, not international students, are to blame for rising asylum claims.

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