• Employment Support Group (ESG)

An 8-week course with life skills content and covers enhancement of job search skills, understanding the NZ employment market.

• Micro Enterprise Development (MED)

A one-to-one support for migrants and refugees who wish to be self-employed by starting a micro-enterprise. Existing micro-enterprise is also supported in areas of business expansion, marketing, finance, accounting and taxation.

• Mentoring

Well-settled migrants are encouraged to mentor the job seeking migrants. A one-to-one session, volunteers mentor job seekers in their journey to find meaningful employment.

• Voluntary Work Experience

Aiming to overcome the “lack of Kiwi experience” barrier to employment, migrants will work for 4 weeks in voluntary capacity to gain New Zealand work experience (subject to availability of employer partners).

• Jobsearch Support Group at the Libraries

In cooperation with various libraries and making use of their strategic location and resources, we meet jobseekers at the libraries to provide face-to-face job search support. Check this website or send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the time table.

• e-jobsearch Assistance

An on-line assistance to migrants specifically on CV and cover letter writing. Phone assistance regarding job interview is also available.

• Work Brokering and Job Placement

Presently, job alerts are received from employers which are forwarded to migrants in our database – some modest success here where migrants have found employment. This will eventually develop into building relationship with employers and recruitment agencies to provide suitable migrant candidates.

• Employment Relation

Offering to act as support person for migrants with issues and concerns in the workplace.

• Professional Migrants Group

An information session seminars specific to the profession. Presently we are running the Migrant Accountants Group monthly at various locations. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for timetable

• Specialised Forum

An issue-based (employment related) forum to be organized as when deemed necessary.

• Individual Career Counseling.

A one-to-one career type of counseling to help address issues as a result unemployment or underemployment.

• Advocacy

Research, get updates and advise migrants of current issues such as immigration, tax etc affecting their employment situation and re-direct migrants to relevant agency as deemed necessary

• Intensive Migrant-Specific Jobsearch Training/Workshop

An interactive 4-day training workshop specially designed for migrants, job searching in New Zealand (as opposed to a New Zealander job searching in New Zealand).

• Conscious Parenting (ethnic specific).

Orientation and small group meeting for new migrants to provide information and awareness of New Zealand laws regarding parenting and other family laws as well parenting in a multi-cultural environment.

• Individual Counseling (family and other related issues)

A one-to-one preventative type of counseling to help address the issues and challenges of migrants’ settlement which also has bearing on the family, children and their relationship to one another

• Household Items to new settlers

In partnership with Donate NZ, a web-based broker of donated goods, provide household items for migrants and refugees who are unable to afford especially at early stages of their lives in New Zealand

• MiBuddy

A Kiwi youth between the ages of 13 to 17 mentoring migrant youth of similar age, this aims to bring an understanding of one another’s culture as well as assist the migrant youth in coping with the challenges in school, relationship and peer pressure. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information

• Understanding the Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori culture

An interactive workshop regarding understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori Culture

• Issue-based Forum

An issue based and interactive type of forum regarding current issues affecting migrants and refugees.