Ministry Grants Available for Hiring Overseas Teachers

Applications are now open for the border exception for 300 overseas qualified teachers. We’ve highlighted the key details below, and a complete set of Terms and Conditions is available here.

Don’t have an overseas teacher lined up yet? ANZUK Education is currently working with a strong contingent of international teachers eager to move to New Zealand. Contact us now to fill your 2022 vacancies.

Key Details

• Teacher qualification, registration and certification, and visa processes still need to be satisfied.
• Teachers and their families must book and complete a 14-day stay in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ). Employers will be billed for the costs of MIQ. The exception does not reserve a space in a facility or give priority access to MIQ.
• Vacancies must be for full-time roles – either permanent or fixed term. A separate application is required for each vacancy.
• For each New Teacher application, employers will need to show that they have exhausted the New Zealand labour market, such as evidence of advertising or engagement of a recruitment agency.
• During October, each service, school, or kura can make up to one New Teacher application. From Monday 8 November 2021, up to two applications for each school, kura, or service will be accepted.
• A teacher who has taught in NZ since the border closed, but has chosen to leave, cannot use the border exception process.  

Financial Support

• Employers can apply for a $5,500 grant for each border exception to help cover costs associated with recruiting the teacher, payable once the teacher has completed their MIQ stay.

Eligibility Criteria for Schools:

An eligible school or kura must be a state or state-integrated school that meets one of these criteria:

• decile 1-3, or
• hard to staff, or
• is recruiting a STEM teacher

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STEM Subjects:

The following subjects are included:

General Science, Earth Science, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Astronomy, Agriculture, Horticulture, Sustainability, General Mathematics, Statistics, Calculus, Digital Technology, Hard Technology, Food Technology/Science, Geology, and Robotics.

The following subjects are not covered:

Social Sciences, Psychology, the Arts, Geography, Nutrition, Languages (including English), Soft Technology, and Physical Education and Health.

Eligibility Critieria for ECE

An eligible early learning service is:

• a standalone service that has a decile 8-10 rating on the 2018 Health Deprivation Index – or if there is no rating, the decile of the nearest primary school must be decile 1-3.
• the service or centre may be independent or part of a network of centres under a single owner.

You’ll need an Education Sector Logon (ESL) to apply.

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ANZUK Education and you

Don’t have an overseas teacher lined up yet? ANZUK Education is currently working with a strong contingent of international teachers eager to move to New Zealand at the first opportunity possible.

Contact us or list your vacancy to get started.