1 Aug 2022

School prinicipal on border's full opening

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 1 August 2022

Education providers will have their eyes on boosting international student numbers, which used to be worth about $5 billion a year before the pandemic.

Student visa applications have reopened today as part of the Government's final border reopening phase. Most aren't expected to arrive until next year.

Auckland's Macleans College had the largest cohort of high school international students pre-pandemic.

Principal Steve Hargreaves spoke to Guyon Espiner.