Thank you to everyone who has helped me get the Networking Page up to date and running. It has been enjoyable process because many people have helped by emailing me their updated information and letting me know about groups I didn’t have on the list. The web makes networking much easier. Please if your details change please leave a comment on the page and I will try and keep it up to date.
I also added
“Dayspring Resource Library : Yearly membership is $40 which entitles access to newsletters, discounted events fees, and borrowing from the resource library. We also post resources to members nationally and have science and stationery supplies for sale. The resource centre is located at 82 King Street, Palmerston North Open Mon-Wed-Fri 1-4pm Contact details are: dayspring07@slingshot.co.nz Robyn Beals 06 3550721″
to our resources pages.
If there is a link, esp. to a New Zealand Resource that is benefit to home educators please let me know.
Added Eduquip to our supplies pages
Special offer for home educators in July 2009:
Order our 30 page, top Selling Curriculum Catalogue for July 2009 and we will send this out to you FREE.
Order from the catalogue before July 31st 2009 and recieve a FREE gift.
To receive this offer simply email or phone us with your name and postal details and we will dispath your catalogue the same working day. (Note our hours are 9am-5pm Mon-Fri and 9am-12.30pm on Sat.)
After receiving your catalogue, order through our online website or over the phone and we will make sure your receive your FREE GIFT. (We will check all orders against the catalogue mailing list.)
Don”t forget to check out our website to find other great products and resources. www.eduquip.co.nz
We have five children that we have enjoyed home schooling over the past 18 years, along with extra children as well. We are happy to help you with your selection.
Another page added to the Resources Pages
Darnia and Shannon from the unschoolers yahoo group provided these great blogsites.
Thank you!
Welcome to our new Wordpress website. It is still a work in progress.
Our old blog is here
In future we will keep you up to date here.
Duffy Entrepreneurs Club allows students to learn from experts in industries such as finance, legal, accounting, IT and education. This is open at no charge to home educators. NCHENZ is coordinating the registration. Contact tarnya to register. There is no charge and you do not need to be a member of NCHENZ.
Nathalie Thomas, a home educating mum in Katikati (Bay of Plenty), with a science and teaching degree has set up a website specifically aimed at home educators in New Zealand to provide information on science. She offers science courses and educational science hire kits. Please have a look at her website
Website address: http://www.science-for-home-educators.co.nz
A website about science courses and educational science kits to hire, specifically for home educators in New Zealand!
We have added the website to our resources pages
NZ_businesses_and_educational_resources
The Home Educators Network Incorporated ( Hamilton) has a new email address and website. I have updated the link see www.nchenz.org.nz/resources_and_links/organizations/regional_networking_groups.htm
Their email address: thenmail@gmail.com
and the new website: www.thehomeeducatorsnetwork.org.nz
Do have a read, it is a great site. Well done to all those who worked on it!
The Home Educators Network Incorporated has a new email address and website from the one shown on your website. It would be appreciated if you could amend your website accordingly.
email address: thenmail@gmail.com
website: www.thehomeeducatorsnetwork.org.nz
Added a link to the MoE’s Home Education Statistics to our MoE page and also a page with information about the status visitors to New Zealand ; whether they would need to apply for an exemption or not.
On Saturday 21 March the home school robotics team, ‘Free Range Robotics’, competed in the New Zealand National Championships of the “Vex Robotics 2009 Competition” against high school teams from various parts of New Zealand.
The competition brief was to design and build a robot to play a game called Elevation, in which the robot collects three-inch cubes and puts them into a variety of ‘goals’. The game is one of strategy as well as designing, driving, building and programming skills.
Free Range Robotics came up from behind to come joint FIRST with Avondale College!!!
see here and here and HERE .
Well done !
KP alerted NCHENZ that the National Government has cancelled changes to the work rules for the Domestic Purposes Benefit.
from the Herald linked above
“The Government’s plan to tighten the rules around the domestic purposes benefit has been put on hold because of the recession. Under a policy announced in August, women on the DPB would have to work or train for 15 hours a week after their youngest child turned 6 or risk losing the benefit.
The Government made no move after the election to introduce it and yesterday Social Development Minister Paula Bennett confirmed it was on the backburner because people were being made redundant and jobs were in short supply.”
WINZ has changed their website and I can no longer can find the page that explains the exemption for home educating parents on the DPB from work requirements. Can someone help me with this?
