English and Kiwi Culture Classes
Here at English Language Partners Porirua, we offer a variety of language programmes to former refugees and migrants.
Join this short online course to help you understand New Zealand English language, culture and Kiwi workplace relationships.
English Language Partners can help you to communicate the Kiwi way and learn more about our country. Improve your listening and speaking skills, become more confident and learn new words and phrases. We will practise listening to Kiwi accents and have conversations about topical issues.
Learn more about:
✔ Talking to other New Zealanders, the "Kiwi" way
✔ Kiwi slang and idioms
✔ Everyday words in Te Reo Māori
✔ Misunderstandings and how to fix them
✔ Learn about New Zealand history
✔ Geography and New Zealand places of interest
✔ Grammar skills to improve your spoken English
✔ Chatting socially at work
✔ Understanding workplace humour
...and much more!
This ONLINE course is FREE for NZ resident visa holders and citizens.
Dates: 5 Oct 2021 - 14 October 2021
Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Times: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Click the link to register your interest, and get in touch with us to ask about all the other free programmes we offer. We can help with English for work, reading and writing, and we can provide tailor made courses for employers who hire migrant staff. We look forward to hearing from and discussing how we can help.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.5% Summer
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36% Winter
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
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