English speakers

This website provides information in Spanish for the Latin American community.
If you do not speak Spanish but know people who do so, we appreciate if you could share this information with them.
See below a summary of some of the articles that we have published.

Topics

Health and wellbeing

Relationships and Consent

This video provides the audience with information to prevent abuse within relationships.

Spanish: Consentimiento en relaciones de pareja

Let’s talk about consent

This video provides the audience with information to understand consent, so abuse can be prevented.

Spanish: Hablemos de consentimiento

Prevention of violence (FVSV) in the LGBT Latin American community

This flyer explains the warning signs of abuse, and provides information about organisations and support agencies for survivors of the community.

Spanish: Prevención de violencia en la comunidad latina LGTB

Prevention of violence (FVSV) in the Latin American community

This flyer explains the warning signs of abuse, and provides information about organisations and support agencies for survivors of the community.

Spanish: Prevención de violencia de pareja

Let’s talk about child sexual abuse

Introduction to Shama, a non-profit organisation supporting ethnic women, and their project Let’s Talk: a multi-language, multi-media community initiative to increase how often we talk about sexual violence, and to make sure people who need help are able to access it.
It includes two videos in Spanish about what is sexual abuse and what to do if a child speaks about it.

Spanish: Hablemos de abuso sexual infantil

Guide to understand your rights in health or disability services

What are the principles of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights, and how the Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service can help you.

Spanish: Ayuda para presentar quejas sobre servicios de salud

Options to reduce prescription expenses

How schemes such as the prescription subsidy, Community Services Card (CSC), SuperGold Card and disability allowance may help reduce your expenses on prescriptions.

Spanish: Opciones para reducir gastos en medicamentos

Subsidised prescriptions

What are the costs of prescriptions that are fully and partially funded.

Spanish: Medicamentos subsidiados

COVID-19: Official información in Spanish

Where to find official information about COVID-19 in Spanish.

Spanish: COVID-19: Información oficial en español

Responsibilities of having a pet

Obligations and costs of having a cat or dog as a pet in New Zealand.

Spanish: Tus obligaciones si quieres tener una mascota

Free vaccine to prevent cervical cancer

What’s the human papillomavirus (HPV) and how to get the free immunisation.

Spanish: Vacuna gratis para prevenir cáncer cervical

Curtain bank in Wellington

Introduction to the curtain bank run by the Sustainability Trust in Wellington, and how to apply for free curtains.

Spanish: Cortinas gratis y de calidad en Wellington

COVID-19 vaccine in New Zealand

How and when you can access the COVID-19 vaccine.

Spanish: Vacuna COVID-19 en Nueva Zelanda

COVID-19: Alert level 2

What Alert Level 2 means.

Spanish: La vida en Alert Level 2

Older coronavirus-related articles have been archived: COVID-19 archive

Free tests to prevent cancer

Information about three free programmes available to prevent cancer: breast screening, cervical screening, and bowel screening. Includes eligibility criteria and where to find information.

Spanish: Exámenes gratuitos para prevenir cáncer

Free food in Wellington

Spanish: Comida sin costo

What is the Free Store Wellington, including location and opening hours.

InfoNow – free service for migrants

What’s InfoNow, what services are available for migrants, and how to contact them.

Spanish: Servicio gratuito de ayuda para inmigrantes

How to get free food

Introduction to food banks, kitchen meal service, and free store.

Spanish: Mecanismos de acceso a comida gratuita

Work

Employment in New Zealand

Introduction to how employment works in New Zealand, including explanation of basic concepts such as wages, leave, permanent/fixed term and full-time/part-time work.

Spanish: Empleo en Nueva Zelanda

Know your employment rights

Information on minimum employment rights and responsibilities.

Spanish: Conoce tus derechos laborales

Free resource for job seekers

Information about Work Connect –a free programme to help migrants prepare for the New Zealand job market– and how to apply for it.

Spanish: Recurso de ayuda gratuito para migrantes cualificados que buscan trabajo

Work trials

What is a trial run, and what are your working rights during a trial period.

Spanish: Períodos de prueba en los trabajos

Sick leave

How sick leave works in New Zealand and recommendations for different situations related with absence due to illness.

Spanish: Derecho a permiso por enfermedad en el trabajo

KiwiSaver, a saving tool

What is KiwiSaver and how does it work.

Spanish: KiwiSaver, un mecanismo de ahorro

Minimum wage

What’s the minimum wage in New Zealand, including the adult mínimum wage, the starting-out minimum wage, and the training minimum wage.

Spanish: Salario mínimo

If you are thinking of starting a business

Using a business plan as a tool to help you decide if self-employment is a viable path for you. Includes a business plan template in Spanish.

Spanish: Pensando en iniciar un negocio

Financial support to start your business

How Work and Income may help you with some of the costs if you are entering self-employment.

Spanish: Apoyo financiero para iniciar tu negocio

Steps to start a business in New Zealand

The 10 steps to start a business according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Spanish: Pasos para iniciar un negocio en Nueva Zelanda

Licences and identification

Converting to a New Zealand driver licence

How to convert a valid overseas driving licence to a New Zealand driver licence.

Spanish: Licencia de conducir en NZ

Kiwi Access Card (18+)

Introduction to the Kiwi Access Card, advantages of using it as a proof of identify, and how to apply for it.

Spanish: Kiwi Access Card (18+)

Education

Subsidy for students

An overview of the student allowance that eligible students can apply for through StudyLink.

Spanish: Subsidio para estudiantes

New Zealand education system – Part 1

An introduction to the education system in New Zealand, including concepts such as Board of Trustees, school zones, and aspects of the education culture.

Spanish: Sistema Educacional en NZ (Parte 1)

New Zealand education system – Part 2

How the early childhood and school tiers work.

Spanish: Sistema Educacional en NZ (Parte 2)

How to get a trade qualification for free

How to get a free apprenticeship through an industry training organisation (ITO).

Spanish: Cómo estudiar gratis una nueva profesión

Recognition of overseas qualifications

How to get overseas qualifications recognised in New Zealand, including explanation of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF) and the International Qualification Assessment (IQA).

Spanish: Validar estudios superiores del extranjero en Nueva Zelanda

Scholarship for young women to go to university

Information about the Sir Robert Jones Refugee Daughters’ Scholarship, which assists young women from refugee backgrounds to complete a university degree or tertiary qualification.

Spanish: Apoyo financiero para mujeres jóvenes que desean estudiar en la universidad

 

Personal finance

What is a budget?

What is a budget, why is it useful, and how to create one. Also includes suggestions on what to do if the budget’s balance is negative or positive.

Spanish: Qué es un presupuesto

How to reduce your power bill

How to save power following simple steps such as switching power company, ventilating your house, having good curtains, and taking shorter showers.

Spanish: Consejos de ahorro de electricidad

Low-cost internet

An introduction to Skinny Jump, a low-cost prepaid broadband service for eligible homes.

Spanish: Internet a bajo costo

Community-based initiatives

Matariki

What is Matariki and how and when is celebrated.

Spanish: Celebración de Matariki

Community gardens: Practice your English while growing vegetables and fruit

We have written this article to promote the use of this resource available in the community to encourage Latin American migrants and refugees to use it, especially those who have developed an identity strongly connected to land and are socially isolated. Also, we encourage the community to participate actively in the community gardens with the aim to build social connections and to practice their English.

Spanish: Jardines comunitarios: Cultiva vegetables y frutas practicando tu ingles

The Latin Collective

A group of Latin Americans that celebrate, share and make visible the contribution our community makes in Wellington.

Spanish: The Latin Collective

Wellington Arpilleras Collective

Wellington-based group of (mostly) Latin American women working with hand-sewn tapestries to explore the meanings and feelings of being in New Zealand while having roots elsewhere.

Spanish: Wellington Arpilleras Collective

Housing

Social housing in New Zealand

An introduction to the Public Housing Plan 2021-2024, which outlines the locations and number of additional public and transitional housing places to be delivered by June 2024.

Spanish: Situación de viviendas sociales en Nueva Zelanda y proyecciones