New Zealand ranked 2nd most peaceful country in world

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New Zealand has been ranked the 2nd most peaceful country in the world. According to the 2011 Global Peace Index (GPI), the only country more peaceful than New Zealand is Iceland. The GPI ranks countries by their ‘absence of violence.’ It takes many factors into account including levels of violent crime, potential for terrorism, political

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Languages International Shortlisted for LTM Star Award, again.

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For the 4th consecutive year, Languages International has been shortlisted for the Language Travel Magazine (LTM) Star Award in the Southern Hemisphere category. This category is for schools in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Each year, just 5 schools are shortlisted. Languages International has been shortlisted for the award every year since the category

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NZ, the world’s most peaceful country: 2010 Global Peace Index

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(Photo credit: Hapal) Many Languages International students have told me that one of the reasons they chose to study in New Zealand is that it is a safe and stable country. This year’s Global Peace Index agrees with them. New Zealand is listed as the world’s most peaceful country. The index looks at several dozen

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CNN Names Auckland 1 of 10 Best Cities

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Downtown Auckland – the circled buildings in the park are Languages International Auckland Auckland is one of the best cities in the world to live in says CNN. CNN used the aggregated information from annual surveys such as the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global livability report, Mercer’s quality of living index and Monocle’s most livable cities

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Congratulations to our 9 Teachers Doing DELTA!

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Our teachers currently doing DELTA Congratulations to our teachers HD, Emma, Simon, Melissa, Liz, Lara, Susan, Annette and Victoria, who have all passed Module 1 of the DELTA (the Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults), which they are studying for at Languages International. HD, Emma and Liz passed with Merit. Susan and Lara

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Czech Students Share their New Zealand Experience

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Ahoj (or rather, Kia Ora) from Auckland New Zealand! This is our last day here at Languages International and we can’t believe that those 4 weeks just zipped away so quickly! We had great time in this school: effective teaching, enthusiastic and attentive teachers and both fun and academic atmosphere. But it was not all

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Great Achievement of Our Staff Members

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Congratulations to Languages International staff members who graduated from Auckland University this month Our Marketing Manager Brett Shirreffs has completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. Three of our teaching staff also graduated: Derene Els, with a Master of Professional Studies in Language Teaching; Charlie Eng, with a Master of Arts in Language Teaching; and

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Mercer Ranks Auckland One of Best Cities in World

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Auckland is one of the best cities in the world to live in, according to Mercer’s 2009 Worldwide Quality of Living Survey. In the international consultancy and investment service provider’s survey of 215 cities, Auckland was ranked fourth-equal with Vancouver, rising from fifth last year. The winning city was the Austrian capital of Vienna, with

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