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Appointments to ENZ and TEC Boards

<div class&equals;"ds-three-col&lowbar;&lowbar;column ds-three-col&lowbar;&lowbar;main">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"prose field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">&NewLine;<h2><span lang&equals;"EN" >The boards of Education New Zealand &lpar;ENZ&rpar; and the Tertiary Education Commission &lpar;TEC&rpar; have welcomed new appointments&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >Ziena Jalil&comma; who has a wealth of experience in international relationship management in Asia in the education and trade sectors&comma; has been appointed to the ENZ Board&period; Jalil <&sol;span><span class&equals;"TextRun SCXW204128929 BCX0" data-contrast&equals;"auto"><span class&equals;"NormalTextRun SCXW204128929 BCX0">became a trustee of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te <&sol;span><span class&equals;"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW204128929 BCX0">Wh&imacr;tau<&sol;span><span class&equals;"NormalTextRun SCXW204128929 BCX0"> <&sol;span><span class&equals;"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW204128929 BCX0">T&umacr;hono<&sol;span><span class&equals;"NormalTextRun SCXW204128929 BCX0"> in October 2021&period; She<&sol;span><&sol;span> is an award-winning business and public sector leader&comma; focused on deepening New Zealand’s engagement with the Asia Pacific&comma; and improving outcomes for those with diverse cultures&comma; abilities and experiences&period; <br &sol;>&NewLine;  <br &sol;>&NewLine;With nearly 20 years’ experience working in New Zealand and Asia&comma; Ziena consults on strategy and stakeholder engagement&comma; and is a keynote speaker and commentator on Asia business&comma; nation branding&comma; leadership&comma; and diversity&comma; equity and inclusion&period; She is a board member of Unitec&comma; Manukau Institute of Technology&comma; DNA Design and the Cancer Society Auckland Northland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ziena will bring strong experience and expertise in education&comma; international relations and marketing&comma; which will complement the current ENZ Board well and support its work in the sector going forward&comma;” Education Minister Chris Hipkins said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >Rachael Tuwhangai and Lyn Provost have both been reappointed to the ENZ Board&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Board will continue to benefit from Rachel’s digital education experience and Lyn’s expertise in risk&comma; assurance and insights across the education system&comma;” said Hipkins&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >Vivien Sutherland Bridgwater has been reappointed to the TEC Board&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Vivien is an innovative leader and brings a valuable Te Ao M&amacr;ori perspective to the Board&period; She continues to support the mahi of TEC through her expertise across various sectors&comma;” Hipkins said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >ENZ is New Zealand&&num;8217&semi;s government agency for building international education&period; It promotes New Zealand as a study destination for international students and supports the delivery of education services offshore&period; Education New Zealand also administers scholarships to help New Zealanders study overseas&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >International education enables New Zealanders to live and learn alongside people from other cultures &&num;8211&semi; make new friends&comma; learn other languages and discover new perspectives&period; It contributes to tourism&comma; regional growth and long-term trade&comma; investment and diplomacy&period; More information about ENZ can be found at&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;enz&period;govt&period;nz&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">https&colon;&sol;&sol;enz&period;govt&period;nz&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >The Tertiary Education Commission leads the Government’s relationship with the tertiary education sector &lpar;including universities&comma; Te P&umacr;kenga&comma; w&amacr;nanga&comma; private training establishments&comma; industry training organisations and other providers of post-secondary education and training&rpar; and provides careers services from education through to employment&period; Information about TEC can be found at&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tec&period;govt&period;nz&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tec&period;govt&period;nz&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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