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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 23<br />

Hosting<br />

opportunities!<br />

Neighbour<br />

Hello<br />

Christchurch is entering a new and<br />

exciting phase and the recent inauguration of<br />

ChristchurchNZ bringing together four key<br />

sectors; Tourism, International Education,<br />

Business Innovation and the new Convention<br />

Bureau, is a demonstration of the city’s<br />

commitment to make Christchurch a great<br />

destination to visit and to study and work<br />

in! International students are on the rise, and<br />

Alpha Homestays Limited (AHSL) is building<br />

on the proud history of Student Links to<br />

facilitate good matching of international<br />

students with local New Zealand families<br />

as they pursue their various study options.<br />

AHSL provides services to Alpha Educational<br />

Institute (AEI), in Sheffield Crescent (where<br />

Margaret Bray and Jude Cochrane look after<br />

our office); the National Trade Academy<br />

(NTA), a land-based training centre near<br />

Orana Park; the International Aviation<br />

Academy of New Zealand (IAANZ), in<br />

Pound Road, which trains pilots, and the Air<br />

New Zealand Aviation Institute (AirNZAI),<br />

in Orchard Road, who train the Aircraft<br />

Engineers! So, we do have our work cutout<br />

these days and are definitely looking<br />

to broaden our Homestay base – hence the<br />

accompanying advertisement!<br />

Currently the age-range that AHSL caters<br />

for is from 12-years old to mature adults.<br />

The younger students (mostly teenagers) are<br />

generally in AEI’s High School Preparation<br />

Programme and the adult students are<br />

preparing for further tertiary study or<br />

are already enrolled in one of the tertiary<br />

institutions mentioned.<br />

The recent nationality mix has included<br />

Chinese and Taiwanese, Japanese, South<br />

Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian,<br />

Thai, Indian, and several of our South<br />

American countries!<br />

AHSL is very attentive to the need to<br />

support both the homestay families and<br />

the international students, and so pastoral<br />

care oversight is a high priority. We are very<br />

mindful of the significant ‘Adjustment Curve’<br />

that all the students go through, no matter<br />

what their age! After all, they are changing<br />

country and culture and language of learning!<br />

This means different food, climate, lifestyles,<br />

customs, and of course the challenge of<br />

learning and communicating in English!<br />

We try to imagine ourselves in the reverse<br />

scenario and we can totally empathise! We<br />

hope many of you will consider joining the<br />

AHSL Team!<br />

Reach your local<br />

community with us<br />

To promote your business<br />

and for your free marketing<br />

plan contact:<br />

Monique<br />

Maynard<br />

P. 364 7474<br />

monique.maynard@starmedia.kiwi<br />

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Thank you for your<br />

support! We look<br />

forward to seeing<br />

you again soon<br />

- Anneke & Team<br />

Come and visit us to<br />

sample German &<br />

European delicacies<br />

9c Normans Rd, Strowan.<br />

Ph: 03 355 0932<br />

Open Tuesday to Saturday<br />

Do you enjoy making<br />

new friends, have a spare<br />

bedroom and want to earn<br />

some income by hosting a<br />

student?<br />

Alpha Homestays shares the campus with AEI and<br />

is situated at 19 Sheffield Cres, Burnside.<br />

We are looking for warm welcoming homestay<br />

families in this area for our International Students!<br />

For more information contact:<br />

Margaret Bray, Alpha Homestays Coordinator margaret@alphahomestays.kiwi<br />

Alpha<br />

Homestays<br />

We are especially interested in homes that are near to the<br />

No 17; No 120; No 125, No 29, or the Purple line Bus routes.<br />

Jude Cochrane jude@alphahomestays.kiwi<br />

Alpha Homestays 027 348 0535 or 03 359 5705<br />

Kathryn Thorne, Principal AEI kathryn@aei.ac.nz<br />

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