It was something of a party at the graduation of the 97th e-Learning course. We were blessed with the presence of Jo Seddon, daughter of former Porirua City Council CEO, John Seddon, who presented the certificates ... Keep Reading

Jo Seddon, Community Relations Manager at Chorus, presented the Certificates at the Graduation Ceremony for Course 97. The following day, she wrote this story ... Keep Reading

At the end of every e-Learning course, participants are encouraged to write a story about their personal experiences leading up to a course, what they experience during the course and their hopes for the future. At the end of Course 97, this story was chosen as the winning story ... Keep Reading

Maxine Flutey started Course 94 in term 1 of 2020 before a nationwide Covid-19 lockdown was even contemplated. Before she could complete her course, the lockdown was enforced. Here is her learning story ... Keep Reading

Eleven families have been working with their e-Learning tutors over the past six months to gain digital skills to be able to learn and participate more easily in New Zealand society. All refugees have a story, some are extremely traumatic, and (almost without exception) they are very grateful to be in New Zealand and safe! ... Keep Reading

Although many students choose to do the 10-week course to get a free computer and internet, it is not long before they realise that the learning they can access is worth so much more for both themselves and their families ... Keep Reading

'This graduation', said Tim, 'will bring the numbers of e-Learning graduates close to 2,500 and that number is significantly higher when the families of those graduating are counted as well ... Keep Reading

Jaqs Wilton, Manager of English Language Partners, Porirua, was our guest for the graduation of our latest Kiwi Connect Programme, run for refugees from Wellington and Lower Hutt ... Keep Reading

Discussions began many years ago about the need for local training opportunities for people living in the Eastern Suburbs of Wellington, suburbs such as Strathmore Park, Miramar, Mapuia, Seatown, Kilbirne and Lyall Bay. e-Learning offered to help ... Keep Reading

Graduates from the 85th Computers in Homes course in Porirua were presented with their certificates by local principal, Rhys McKinley (Windley School). Rhys encouraged the graduates with their learning and praised them for supporting their children’s or grandchildren's learnng ... Keep Reading

Over the past two years, Wellington Anglican Diocesan Centre has kindly donated about a dozen desktops and laptops to e–Learning. This has meant that we have been able to pass them on for a small fee to people like Melida Chavez, a refugee from Columbia ... Keep Reading

Graduates from Syria, Jordan, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Iran, and Myanmar, gathered together to celebrate the completion of the Refugee Connect Programme and to receive their certificates ... Keep Reading

At e-Learning's 83rd course, Graham Kelly shared the good news that the Government had just reintroduced funding of $1 million for Computers-in-Homes nationwide ... Keep Reading

New Kiwis (former refugees) settle well, but how well do they integrate? We often hear the success stories and we will tell some of those stories during the course of 2020 ... Keep Reading

e-Learning Porirua’s programmes have now reached 2,316 graduates and this is all the more remarkable because the Trust lost Government funding in 2017 ... Keep Reading