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Speaker 1: Things starting to move in the international student market. We

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Speaker 1: got four point five billion in the year two September,

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Speaker 1: which is up from four point three billion. Enrollments set

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Speaker 1: at over eighty three and a half thousand students sets

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Speaker 1: are fourteen percent increase. Industry now sits among our top

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Speaker 1: ten exports, making up over thirteen percent of all services export.

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Speaker 1: And now Amanda marlu Is, the Chief Executive of Education

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Speaker 1: New Zealand, anders with us. Amanda, good morning to you,

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Speaker 1: hi much. Four point three to four point five as

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Speaker 1: in billion, Now, that's not a massive increase. Are we

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Speaker 1: peaking here? Are we tapping ourselves out here or not all?

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Speaker 2: Not at all? I think we are. We are on

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Speaker 2: a really solid growth trajectory. So we were at about

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Speaker 2: three point six billion last year. So this is this

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Speaker 2: is really great for the New Zealand's economy and for

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Speaker 2: international Sorry, so.

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Speaker 1: When I said four point three, I'm wrong, and that

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Speaker 1: so you've gone from three point six to four point five.

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Speaker 2: If you look at year on year, yes, oh that good.

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Speaker 2: We've had an increase year, but a much bigger increase

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Speaker 2: year on year, which puts us well on our track

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Speaker 2: to double export values by twenty thirty four.

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Speaker 1: Good. How's the demand space thing work? I mean, is

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Speaker 1: there more demand than there is space?

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that we're at we're at that sort

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Speaker 2: of full capacity. Yet there's definitely room to grow, certainly

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Speaker 2: in some parts of the sector more than others. So

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Speaker 2: universities have got higher enrollments than perhaps they've ever had.

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Speaker 2: So certainly we've have surpassed pre COVID levels, which is great.

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Speaker 2: Schools are growing, which is also really good. And the

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Speaker 2: private training sector grew thirty three percent in this period

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Speaker 2: that we've measured recently, so that's January to end of August,

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Speaker 2: So those are really great numbers for those set parts

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Speaker 2: of the sector. English language we really need to help boost.

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Speaker 2: And of course our polytechnic sector because of the change

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Speaker 2: that's happening, that isn't growing as quickly, but still is

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Speaker 2: growing two percent. So you know, there's really good green

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Speaker 2: shoots everywhere.

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Speaker 1: Excellent. Is the visa things sorted? There was a bit

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Speaker 1: of anks around the visas and where you work or

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Speaker 1: don't work, or study or don't study afterwards and enduring

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Speaker 1: and stuff. Is everything smooth now?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think what we're seeing is some really great

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Speaker 2: work from immigration in New Zealand to make some really

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Speaker 2: great operational changes. So I have to say students are

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Speaker 2: reflecting that and their feedback to us that their experience

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Speaker 2: with the visa system is much more positive than had

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Speaker 2: been previously. And there's been some great changes recently to

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Speaker 2: things like the number of hours student can work while

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Speaker 2: they're studying, moving from twenty hours to twenty five hours,

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Speaker 2: which is really great for students, and very soon lesson

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Speaker 2: work underway, but very soon we'll see sort of six

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Speaker 2: months kind of work exploration visa opportunity for international students

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Speaker 2: who are not doing to real level study but can

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Speaker 2: have six months to find themselves a role in New

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Speaker 2: Zealand and moved from accredited work visa. So those are

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Speaker 2: those are really great changes. They're seen as very positive internationally.

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Speaker 2: People are very curious about New Zealand because we're one

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Speaker 2: of the few countries in the world saying hey, come

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Speaker 2: to New Zealand, you're welcome, whereas a lot of countries

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Speaker 2: are turning students away. So we're in a good position.

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Speaker 1: Good, good, good good, this is all excellent. Amanda, glad

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Speaker 1: I got you on the program. Amanda Marlow, Chief Executive

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