Nor'West News: July 18, 2017
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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 />
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Maynard<br />
P. 364 7474<br />
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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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