Course Hours
Course Hours: Part-time study
10 sessions – 4 hours each
Programme Length
Course length: 10 weeks
40 hours in total
Recommended For
- New kiwis
- Immigrants
- English learners with refugee background
Course Overview: Cultural Orientation
Let us assist you in overcoming everyday challenges in New Zealand and better prepare you in your journey of truly making New Zealand your home.
We know that living in a new country can feel daunting. To overcome possible difficulties, learning about New Zealand’s cultural systems can increase understanding between people and provide invaluable knowledge to improve one’s opportunity, ability and level of comfort.
For New Kiwis
Why Cultural Orientation?
This comprehensive cultural orientation course is designed for people from a migrant or refugee background. It delves into the heart of New Zealand’s culture, values and way of life.
We provide our participants with essential in-depth cultural knowledge through classes to make the transition into studying, living and working in New Zealand as smooth as possible. We will also give you the tools to be able to independently explore and interact meaningfully with people in the local community.
Course: Cultural Orientation
What You will Learn
- MSD Services: benefits, employment
- Education: Pre-school, primary, secondary, tertiary
- Seeking Employment: CVs, Cover letters, interviews, applications
- Health: Overview of services, men’s and women’s health (taught separately)
- Housing: Services available
- Law: Police, community law
- Treaty of Waitangi/New Zealand history
- New Zealand Government and Christchurch City Council: Participate in New Zealand's democracy
- Christchurch social services: resettlement services
- Environmental protection: recycling, reducing carbon footprint
