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Understanding the Kiwi Way

 

Half day workshop for staff who are recent migrants

Choosing to live and work in another country is a major step.  Exciting and enriching, there can also be challenges in managing the daily differences of life experienced at home and at work.
The realities of settling into a new life in New Zealand include understanding “the way we do things around here”.

The workshop will cover:

  • Importance and influence of culture
  • Stages of culture shock
  • Key areas of difference between own & New Zealand culture
  • New Zealand values, customs, etiquette and communication styles - verbal and non-verbal
  • Four-step model to deal with cross cultural misunderstandings

After 18 months of frustration, we were about to pack up and go home. You’ve helped me see a way to stay and understand this new culture.
~ Workshop participant, Tauranga