Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako
Connecting Languages, Culture and Identity
Growing, strengthening, and advocating for language learning and use, and sustaining heritage languages in schools.


Build your skills and strengthen your language teaching practice with one of our hands-on workshops or programmes.
We offer programmes, workshops, in-person classroom support, online support and resources to help strengthen language learning in New Zealand schools, and many of our services are fully-funded.
We also advocate for language learning and language maintenance in New Zealand schools.
Just need access to some teaching resources or want to know the latest research? Join our vibrant community.
Over 20 facilitators and kaiako
What we do
For school leaders
- Provide funded PLD to sustain teacher pedagogy.
- Explain the value of learning a language to students in the wider context of all their learning.
- Develop a robust and sustainable language programme.
- Highlight career opportunities for students of languages.
- Strengthen an existing language programme.
- Help schools build international links.
- Support the development of teacher efficacy.
- Plan and run cultural events to create a multicultural environment.
- Improve outcomes for students taking languages.
For principals
- Develop a robust and sustainable language programme.
- Improve outcomes for students taking languages.
- Strengthen an existing language programme.
- Explain the value of learning a language to students in the wider context of all their learning.
- Develop your skills as a middle leader.
- Highlight career opportunities for students of languages.
- Plan and run cultural events to create a multicultural environment.
For language teachers
- Understand the importance of ongoing development for languages teachers.
- Improve outcomes for your students.
- Develop your skills in a wide range of research backed pedagogy.
- Connect with other teachers around the country.
- Provide access to grants to develop language teaching in your school.
- Highlight career opportunities for students of languages.
- Make languages visible.
- Help you to become influential within your school community and an advocate for language learning.



We provide professional development in language teaching pedagogy across all languages.
















Explore our upcoming courses & workshops

GROW: Growing Pasifika languages in schools for diverse Pasifika student populations
This course is relevant for education staff from Pasifika and non-Pasifika backgrounds who want to begin or grow Pasifika languages in their culturally and linguistically diverse schools.

GROW: Effective Chinese Language Teaching Approaches and Strategies
This course is relevant to Chinese language teachers of all levels, especially those seeking cutting-edge strategies to transform their Chinese language classrooms into engaging and immersive learning environments.
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Tailored programmes for your school
We can help you and your school build sustainable language learning programmes that meet the needs of your students, schools and communities, by providing tailored support building on your skills, strengthening your knowledge and grow your love of language teaching.
Our role includes working with you to build programmes as well as providing workshops, online support and resources via our virtual community.
Making an impact
Hear from educators whose practice have been positively impacted by our innovative approach to learning and professional development.
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