Doors open for international students

This means the University’s approximately 3,500 international students currently studying offshore will be able to apply for a student visa from this date. Once granted they will be eligible to enter Aotearoa New Zealand for the remainder of Semester 2 and beyond.

Director of the International Office, Ainslie Moore, said that students who obtained the visa would be able to able to begin studying on campus and in-person mid-way through the semester.

“This means we will have to move these international students from studying online, to learning in-person - a challenge we are more than happy to take on.

”International students add diversity and richness to our campuses as well as playing a significant role in research and in the workforce outside of the University. They make a real contribution to our campus community and to our city and we are very happy to see them coming back,” she said.

For most international students eligible for a Post-Study Work Visa, the duration of that work visa will now mirror the time they study in New Zealand, up to a maximum of three years. However Master’s and PHD students, will continue to receive three years’ post-study work rights, as long as they have spent 30 weeks in New Zealand undertaking full-time study.