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Here we can provide you an online guide for study in New Zealand as an international student. Here you can find all the information you need to plan and proceed with your overseas study. You can also find information here about free services available to international students in Auckland.

Auckland

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Quality Assurance and Grievance Options

New Zealand offers world class educational opportunities, and they have the awards to prove it!  The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a tri-yearly research survey that examines the achievement levels of fifteen year old students in industrialised nations.  New Zealand consistently performs highly on these surveys.  

Furthermore, New Zealand has a higher percentage of universities on the Times Higher Education Supplement Top 500 than any other country.  New Zealand tertiary education is first rate and comparatively low in cost when compared to other nations.

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) monitors and helps develop national qualifications.  Tertiary and training institutions must comply to strict guidelines in order to be registered with the NZQA.  Never enrol with an institute that does not have NZQA registration.  The NZQA also helps with student fee protection and insists that establishments refund all fees if a course finishes before it is supposed to.

New Zealand has a Code of Practice to ensure that international students are looked after while in the country.  For more information on that, see Pastoral Code of Practice.

In the case of grievances, you should visit the international student office at your university.  If they are unable to assist, you can contact NZQA via their website or free call 0800 QA HELP (0800 724 357) or try the International Education Appeal Authority, an organisation formed to enforce compliance with the Pastoral Code of Practice.  You can call them on (09) 374 5481.