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English for Employment - Our New Offering

A lot has happened this year already, and as usual things at Kiwi English Academy are on track for another exciting year. This month, we are especially excited to announce the start of our first EVER English for Employment course, which is a specialist English language course designed specifically to assist English 2nd language speakers to improve their workplace English skills and in so doing remove many of the obstacles to success many non-native English speakers encounter in their working liv...

Kiwi Celebrates 30 years!

Tena Koutou, tena kotou, tena kotou katoa. Welcome to the 30th birthday celebrations of Kiwi English Academy. Today we are delighted to welcome our director, Guy Herbert. Over the past 30 years Kiwi has supported students from around the world to achieve  their language goals – whether it be to progress on to further study at tertiary / secondary level, for enriched employment opportunities or simply for communication purposes. Students at Kiwi have access to qualified and dedicated staff...

Living Through History

Wow - 4 weeks of the quietest period New Zealand has seen is almost over. Many sectors of the community are rejoicing at the positives seen during this month : the lowest road toll for 55 years ; more active bird life in the cities ; a reduction in the pollution index over the entire world ; a chance to spend more quality time with our families ; more healthy eating and so the list continues. Will these positive gains stay with us as countries head out of lock down? There is a beautiful video ci...

Kiwi English Goes Online

For the first time in its almost 30 year history Kiwi English Academy is delivering synchronous online classes to our current  student body. For years we have toyed with the idea but COVID-19 has given us the opportunity to focus our resources and now developing our online capability has become a priority.  We are all encountering new concepts and vocabulary in this exciting transition :  virtual backgrounds , screen sharing, online etiquette, breakout room and the like. It is an ...