14 November 2024 at 10:30 am
International photo roundup
ENZ Senior Market Development Manager Bruna Natale had the pleasure of connecting with Minister of Trade Hon. Todd McClay during his recent visit to São Paulo.
Bruna attended a lively Ministerial reception and invited key education contacts for New Zealand along to be in the action. An MoU and several agreements were signed at the event to strengthen New Zealand’s cooperation with Brazil.
Last month the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok hosted a cocktail reception in honour of the official visit by Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. ENZ Team Thailand attended the event and had an opportunity to welcome H.E. Pol. Gen. Permpoon Chidchob, Thailand’s Minister of Education and share updates on education collaboration between New Zealand and Thailand.
From L to R: Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, ENZ Market Manager Chortip Pramoolpol and H.E. Pol. Gen. Permpoon Chidchob.
A Whanganui & Partners delegation of education providers recently visited Okinawa to attend the Okinawa International College and Career Fair and explore new connections in the region with Japanese partners. ENZ Senior Market Development Manager Misa Kitaoka supported the delegation, helping organise engagements with key local government agencies, international schools and media. The Whanganui delegation featured on an evening local news coverage broadcast to 600,000 households in Okinawa.
ENZ Director of Engagement DuBois Jennings and Acting Regional Director Americas Middle East and Europe Natalie Lulia attended Diversity Abroad's Global Inclusion Conference. They both presented and arranged for DVC Māori from the University of Waikato, Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai to be a panelist for one of the conference's plenaries.
Following the conference, NAFSA invited ENZ and the University of Waikato to speak directly to NAFSA staff about New Zealand’s education system and what makes it unique.
ENZ Market Development Manager Javiera Visedo recently represented ENZ at a reception at the New Zealand Embassy for the APRU Indigenous Knowledges Working Group. Led by the University of Melbourne with Technológico de Monterrey, The University of Auckland, and APRU, the Indigenous Knowledges Working Group aims to bring together the work of APRU members in multilateral collaborations to share knowledge, build connections between researchers, and enhance teaching programs in indigenous and First Nations studies.
Members of a Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga and University of Auckland delegation are pictured here with Javiera (in front).
October marked the peak period for student fairs and agent events in several of our focus markets including in Japan, South Korea and Viet Nam. These events are an important channel for raising awareness of New Zealand and the study opportunities available as students and their families go through the study abroad decision-making process.
First up was the Japan student fair held in Tokyo which attracted 516 students, up from 366 in 2023. They were able to hear from the 54 New Zealand providers who were on hand to talk through the study options available. Copies of the newly published Study in New Zealand Guidebook in Japanese for 2024-25 were distributed at the ENZ student fair and seminars as the official information source about New Zealand study abroad.
The agent events in Tokyo and Osaka were also extremely popular this year with 107 and 58 agents/educators attending the respective locations.
An agent said they found the experience valuable, “Thank you for holding the informative seminar. I learned a lot about New Zealand and its education providers. It was a great opportunity to build new connections with New Zealand schools and I have already set up a follow up call with one of the schools that I newly met during the event.”
Another attendee said they were energised from the interactions, “I was worried that I would be exhausted from the 3 hours of individual meetings with teachers from 12 schools, but the 15 minutes at each school was almost like a sprint, and the 3 hours passed in a blink of an eye, and by the end I was not exhausted, but rather feeling fulfilled.”
ENZ organised a student fair in Seoul with 46 education providers offering study abroad advice for the 904 visitors who attended with their families. This was double the number of students attending in 2023.
The Seoul agent seminar saw 69 agents/educators attend this year’s event with 35 New Zealand education providers attending.
The final student fairs took place in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in Viet Nam. Here students are pictured at the IELTS stand at the Ho Chi Minh City Fair. Across the two student fairs, there were 737 students attending this year. This was up from 641 in 2023.
This image was taken at the agent fair in Hanoi which had 48 education agents, and 39 New Zealand providers attend. 68 education agents and 40 New Zealand providers attended the agent fair in Ho Chi Minh City.
