English Language Partners New Zealand is New Zealand's largest organisation working with migrants and refugees and operates in 23 locations throughout the country.

We deliver English language tuition and settlement support
to adult refugees and migrants through a range of services. 

The national office is in Wellington.

English Language Partners New Zealand is a not-for-profit organisation. 

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Organisational structure

The inspiration behind our logo

"Kotahi te kohao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro ma, te miro pango, te miro whero. I muri, kia mau ki te aroha, ki te ture, ki te whakapono."

"Through the eye of the needle pass the white threads, the black threads, and the red threads. Afterwards, looking to the past as you progress, hold firmly to your love, the law, and your faith."

This whakatauki was gifted by the late Tamehana Tai Rakena of Tainui to individual leaders in the disability and then wider community sector to support us in our work.

It originated with Potatau Te Wherowhero, the first Maori King, who, at the birth of the Kingitanga movement, spoke of strength and beauty through both unity and diversity, by alluding to the beauty and the strength of the woven tukutuku.

Individual threads are weak, but the process of weaving makes a strong fabric. Individual colours tell no story, but woven together they become beautiful, and can tell a story.