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English Language Requirements

Students enrolling in Certificate in Cookery or Food & Beverage Courses require an IELTS (General English) score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5.0.

New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management: IELTS 6.0 with no band score lower than 5.5.

In line with current New Zealand Immigration requirements, please be aware that your IELTS certificate needs to be dated within two years of your New Zealand visa application. Your certificate will be checked for authenticity as part of the enrolment process.

For detailed information about proof of English competency, we recommend you visit immigration.govt.nz

Although IELTS is our preferred assessment method there are other recognised programmes. Please refer here for further information.

We work regularly with the following English Language Schools:

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