Reference

New Migrants

Categories

* New Zealand Ethnic Communities

Sites

* New to Christchurch
Helpful information for new migrants settling in Christchurch. Information sources, transport, education, finances, finding work, health, improving your English, shopping. Central city map.
* Ethnic and Cultural Groups
This is a list of Christchurch ethnic and cultural groups which have websites. It provides access to new settler, old settler and Maori groups.
* Ethnic groups in Christchurch Christchurch
From CINCH
* New Settlers
an introduction to library services for new settlers to Christchurch. Also available in Arabic, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Persian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Thai and Vietnamese
* AEN - Aotearoa Ethnic Network
* AEN Journal
* Directory on cultural diversity
The New Zealand Directory on Cultural Diversity, published by the Centre for Citizenship Education (CCE) is a partnership project with the Diversity Action Programme. This brings information on government departments, crown entities, state owned enterprises, information and services and help with rights and the law alongside content focused on helping culturally diverse New Zealanders and host society agencies work with each other.
* ESL news
The aim of this site is to help people to understand spoken English by presenting items at a slower speed and by giving a written text for support also to give some background to New Zealand culture
* ESOL Home Tutor Schemes
This organisation trains and matches volunteers to help new settlers with English and settlement. They have hundreds of volunteers working for the scheme.
* Life in New Zealand : Settlement Experiences of Skilled Migrants
This report details the findings from the 2007 Settlement Experience Feedback Survey (SEFS) of migrants who took up residence in New Zealand through the Skilled/Business Stream from January 2006 to June 2006.
* Living in New Zealand
Living in New Zealand is a guide for new migrants. You'll find information and useful contacts for many aspects of New Zealand life.
* Local Government Education Pack Christchurch
resources to assist tutors of students whose first language is not English, to help teach your students about the roles and services of the Christchurch City Council (CCC) a territorial council, and Environment Canterbury (ECan) a regional council.
* Massey University New Settlers Programme
Hosts on going research reports relating to new settlers. This research is undertaken by the School of Sociology at Massey University.
* Migrant Action Trust
Migrant Action Trust is about empowering migrants and refugees to reach their goals for a better life as they make this country their home and become part of the countrys growth.
* Migration Research Group
The Migration Research Group (MRG) is an affiliate of the Population Studies Centre in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato. It includes excellent research on migrants and refugees in New Zealand
* New Kiwis
aims to link the skills of migrants to job vacancies. Provides an information centre for new migrants. An employment project by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and funded by the New Zealand Immigration Service.
* New Zealand Citizenship Office
handles applications for New Zealand citizenship and other citizenship matters.
* New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Councils
Established in 1989 and acts as an umbrella organization for the ethnic communities of new Zealand. The primary role is to advocate,lobby, support and share information among the Regional Councils
* New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS)
* The Office of Ethnic Affairs Te Tari Matawaka
Provides a referral and information service for ethnic communities and policy advice to government.
* Studying in New Zealand
Information from the Immigration Service
* Work and live permanently in New Zealand as a skilled migrant
Information from the Immigration Service