Free online English Language classes for Permanent residents and NZ citizens
English Language Partners is holding a series of short online courses to help you improve your English communication skills.
Kiwi Speak: Communicating the Kiwi way. Improve listening and speaking skills, learn new words and phrases and improve confidence.
Level: High beginners- Intermediate.
Starts Tuesday, 12 May, 9:30-11:00am for 8 weeks.
Grammar in the real world: Explore grammatical aspects of English as used by Kiwis. The focus will be on spoken English, looking at verb tenses, structures and functions.
Level: Intermediate-upper intermediate.
Starts Monday, 11 May, 5:30-7:00pm for 8 weeks.
Real Life English: Speaking, listening and writing in a real-life context. Focus on Kiwi expressions and idioms.
Level: Upper intermediate-advanced.
Starts Tuesday, 12 May, and held Tuesday and Friday 2-3pm for 6 weeks.
Reading and Writing for Academic Skills: Focus on reading and writing for academic study. Designed to prepare you for further study in English.
Level: Upper intermediate-advanced.
Starts Wednesday, 13 May, 6-8pm for 8 weeks.
Workplace English: Improve workplace communication through practicing job interview skill, Speaking to customers, clients, workmates, and managers.
Level: Upper intermediate-advanced
Starts Wednesday, 6 May 7pm and held Wednesday and Thursdays 7-8pm
All classes are run through Zoom and can be accessed using your laptop, tablet or mobile phone.
Attendees will be expected to do some work outside of class times
For more information or to enrol, please fill out the online enrolment form.
www.englishlanguage.org.nz...
The Tova Show
Hello! Are you a …
- A student/young professional renting
- A young family, renting or owning
- An older New Zealander/retiree/pensioner
We’re reaching out from the Tova show, the flagship weekly politics podcast on Stuff, as we prepare for our budget coverage and how it’s affecting Kiwis - we’d love to hear from you.
We need a few people who are available the week before the budget (Wednesday 22nd/Thursday 23rd May) and on the day of the announcement (Thursday 30th May).
Please email tova@stuff.co.nz or comment below if you’d like to share your perspective with us. We give you our commitment to treat your experience with sensitivity and care.
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Share your New Zealand music memories...
It's NZ Music Month and New Zealand really has some beautiful songs from artists that we call our own.
Whether it's April Sun in Cuba, Don't Forget your Roots, or How Bizarre or Bic Runga's 'Sway' - songs have a way of unlocking memories and evoking old feelings.
In honour of NZ Music Month, share a New Zealand song or artist that is special to you and explain why.
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
Free Bowel Cancer Screening
In Mid Central, free bowel screening is available for Māori and Pacific people aged 50 – 74 and from 60 to 74 for everyone else.
Around your birthday, you will receive an invitation, followed by a bowel screening test kit.
The bowel screening test is quick and simple to do by yourself at home. Make sure you do the test as soon as possible and send it back.
For further information, see the Time to Screen website, call 0800 924 432, or talk to your doctor.
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