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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is welcoming back international students at an event at the University of Auckland today.
It’s the beginning of an attempt to jump-start an education industry that was gutted by Covid-19 border lockdowns.
Immigration New Zealand has reopened visa applications for foreign students and numbers are expected to rise for the 2023 academic year.
Student numbers have plunged from an estimated 52,000 in New Zealand before the pandemic to just 12,000 earlier this year.
Universities have warned it could be several years until the number of foreign students returns to pre-pandemic levels.
More to come…
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