18 Aug 2023

Education sector says international students flooding back into country

From Checkpoint, 6:12 pm on 18 August 2023

New Zealand's education sector says the country's recovery from the Covid slump in international students is well under way.

International student numbers are sitting around the low which is about 2/3 of the number here before the Covid-19 border closures.

The New Zealand international education conference has been underway in Christchurch this week, and in a significant first, China's Education Minister travelled to attend it.

Anna Sargent reports.

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