• Employment Life Skills Support Group (ELSG)

An 8-week course with life skills content and covers enhancement of job search skills, understanding the NZ employment market.

• Micro Enterprise Development (MED)

A one-to-one support for migrants and refugees who wish to be self-employed by starting a micro-enterprise. Existing micro-enterprise is also supported in areas of business expansion, marketing, finance, accounting and taxation.

• Community Enterprise

Currently underdevelopment, the service will be offering community owned enterprise.

• Buddy to Employment (B2E)

Well-settled migrants are encouraged to buddy job seeking migrants. A one-to-one session in which volunteers buddy job seekers in their journey to find meaningful employment.

• Voluntary Work Experience

Aims to overcome the “lack of Kiwi experience” barrier to employment. Opportunity to volunteer is available in Migrant Action Trust.

• Jobsearch Support Group at the Libraries

In cooperation with various libraries and making use of their strategic location and resources, MAT provides face-to-face job search support at selected libraries. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register for this service.

• e-jobsearch Assistance

An on-line assistance to migrants specifically on CV and cover letter writing. Phone assistance regarding job interview is also available.

• Job Alert

Some employers send their job vacancies to us which are then forwarded to job seekers that are in our database.

• Employment Relation

Offering to act as support person for migrants with issues and concerns in the workplace.

• Professional Migrants Group

Information session seminars specific to professions or re-direction service to profession-specific support groups.

• Specialised Forum

An issue-based (employment related) forum to be organized as when deemed necessary.

• Individual Career Counseling.

A one-to-one career type of counseling to help address issues such as unemployment or underemployment.

• Advocacy

Research, get updates and advise migrants of current issues affecting their employment situation.

• Intensive Migrant-Specific Jobsearch Training

Currently under development, the training will be an interactive 3 to 4-day training specially designed for migrants job seeking in New Zealand (as opposed to New Zealanders job searching in New Zealand).

• Conscious Parenting (ethnic specific).

Orientation and small group meeting for new migrants to provide information and awareness of New Zealand laws regarding parenting and other family laws as well parenting in a multi-cultural environment.

• Individual Counseling (family and other related issues)

A one-to-one preventative type of counseling to help address the issues and challenges of migrants’ settlement which also has bearing on the family, children and their relationship to one another

• Household Items to new settlers

In partnership with Donate NZ, a web-based broker of donated goods, provide household items for migrants and refugees who are unable to afford especially at early stages of their lives in New Zealand

• MiBuddy

A Kiwi youth between the ages of 13 to 17 mentoring migrant youth of similar age, this aims to bring an understanding of one another’s culture as well as assist the migrant youth in coping with challenges in school work, relationship and peer pressure.

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• Understanding the Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori culture

An interactive workshop regarding understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori Culture

• Issue-based Forum

An issue based and interactive type of forum regarding current issues affecting migrants and refugees.

Chinese Action Network Bridging Trust

(CAN B Trust)

Sukmani Trust

• Common Office and Resource

Supporting groups to enable them to have more time helping their communities and concentrate on doing what they are good at, Migrant Action Trust offers 1) Office and meeting place and 2) staff and volunteers to assist them in:

• Organisational

• Admin and Finance

• Grant Application

• Marketing & Public Relation

• Event or Project Management

• Other Office Services