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Unique New Zealand is already looking forward to our December 2013, January & February 2014 Summer English Plus Activities season.  If you want more information about this course or to check the schedule, just visit the English Plus Activities section of our web page under courses.
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Along with Iceland, New Zealand has been called the Friendliest Country in the World by the World Economic Forum in its Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report. This is a wonderful achievement for New Zealand and one more great reason for people to come and study at Unique New Zealand.
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April has been a busy month at Unique New Zealand.  We have had students from New Caledonia, Tahiti, Japan and Thailand enjoying our English Plus Activities programme.  We've also had 3 different tour groups of students from Thailand.  The school has been full of students and the...
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Unique New Zealand will be starting new evening classes focussed on IELTS preparation on Tuesday 9th April at 4.30pm.  The course is 8 weeks long and runs from 4.30pm-6.30pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. These classes are great for people who cannot study during the day or want some...
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For students wanting to study our Business and Work Skills Development Course in 2013 the dates are: 29th April - 17th May 17th June- 12th July 2nd September - 27th September 4th November - 29th November These courses are subject to demand.  It is possible to mix morning...
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For students wanting to study our Cambridge FCE Preparation course the dates for 2013 for this course are: 18th March - 7th June - The Test can then be taken on 8th June and11th June at an open test centre in Auckland 9th September - 29th November - The test can then be taken on...
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Unique New Zealand is very pleased to announce that we have recently signed a pathway agreement with Unitec - Institute of Technology.   Unique New Zealand students who complete the Upper Intermediate level of our English for Academic Purposes course will be considered to have met...
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The English Plus Activities programme continues to go well.  We have been very lucky with having such beautiful weather for our January programme.  This week is a short week due to the Auckland Anniversary Day holiday on Monday. There will be two groups this week: Group 1: ...
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All students will be traveling to all activities together this week.  The activities are: Monday 21st Jan - Sheepworld Tuesday 22nd Jan - Maori Cultural Show at Auckland Museum Wednesday 23rd Jan - Rainbows End (this is an all day activity - the bus leaves at 9.15am) Thursday...
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This is a great article highlighting some of the great restaurants and cafes that Browns Bay has.  All of the cafes mentioned in the article are around 5-7 minutes walk from Unique New Zealand.  Staff and students are very lucky to have some many delicious places to eat right on our...
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Today Unique New Zealand welcomed students from Ritsumeikan-Uji High School, Konan Boys High School and Asuwa High School.  They join students from Ohtani High School that started with us last...
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There will be two separate bus groups on activities this week (14th-18th Jan) Group 1: All students from Brazil, Chile and Japan Monday: Beach BBQ Tuesday: Auckland Zoo Wednesday:...
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Unique New Zealand recently had the pleasure of having 5 students from the Oman Ministry of Education.  All five men worked really hard on improving their English skills while they were here...
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Everyone at Unique New Zealand would like to wish all of our students, homestays, agents and educational partners a very Merry Christmas.  2012 has been a great year and we are looking...
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On Tuesday 11th December Unique was very fortunate to have a visit from an amateur Rakugo performer.  Rakugo is a particular kind of Japanese comedy storytelling.  The performer sits on a...
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On Saturday 8th December Unique New Zealand staff and students participated in the annual Browns Bay Santa Parade.  It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and the students had a great time showing...
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Today, Stacey from, Water Safety New Zealand came and spoke to our English for Further Studies and Junior English students.   She spoke about how to keep safe at the beach this summer and...
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On Friday 16th November one of our Japanese advisors cooked Japanese curry and rice for the adult students.  The top floor canteen smelled like delicious Japanese curry and it was a great...
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On Monday 8th October Unique New Zealand welcomed a tour group from Thailand.  This group is staying with us for around 3 weeks and doing a combination of English classes in the moring and...
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In August, Unique New Zealand had a fantastic tour group from a language school in Russia.  Several of this tour group work for a Russian television company and were enjoying themselves so...
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