Euroasia: Language, Culture and Travel

This Thursday, take an art (de)tour before Euroasia’s free language taster lessons at our Parnell centre.  Starting in July, on the second Thursday of each month Parnell galleries will be serving up a tempting smorgasbord of New Zealand art and live music.

For the first Late Night Art, on 9 July, Parnell has arranged for popular crooner Grant Chilcott singing outside International Art Gallery, Charles Dolbel playing with fire (literally!) outside Jonathan Grant & ARTIS Galleries, and The Margarita Club, featuring gorgeous vocals from Alannah Peterson, playing in the courtyard between Sanderson Contemporary Art and Aesthete galleries.

Galleries open until 7.30pm:
Aesthete Gallery, ARTIS Gallery, essenze, International Art Centre,
Jonathan Grant Galleries, Pankhurst Studio Gallery, Parnell Gallery, Sanderson Contemporary Art, Sarah Alexandra Tills Gallery (Bath St).

Also on Thursday August 13, September 10, October 8, November 12 and December 10

Free language lessons at Euroasia Parnell, for you to learn how to properly pronounce the names of those foreign artists, wines, cheese etc:

Tuesday 7 July: French, Japanese, German
Thursday 9 July: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Italian
Time: 7.40-8.40pm
Venue: Euroasia, 10 Titoki Street, Parnell (next to Birthcare) – plenty of free parking at Auckland Domain or along Titoki Street.

I was at the World Cafe event last night, where social entrepreneur Ray Avery of Medicine Mondiale spoke. This guy managed to bring down the cost of cataract surgery from $5K per eye here in Auckland to $6 per eye in Africa. He also discovered some way of mixing waste products from chicken and kiwifruit farms and created protein extracts for kids. Amazing. Ray is working on a number of projects that will revolutionise the medical arena. Ray demonstrated to us that what is lacking is not money, but bright ideas and perseverence. His products were borne out of necessity.

We have such talent living here, and I’ve not heard of him prior to the event. I’m embarassed. More needs to be done to get these success stories out there. Well done Asia NZ Foundation and AkCity for organising this awesome event.

Our discussions afterwards focussed very much on cultural diversity in Auckland, and how leaders can harness cultural diversity.

At Euroasia, we believe one way we can better understand people who are different from us is to learn their language. As it happens, Euroasia is putting on some free taster lessons next week. Feel free to tell your friends.

Tuesday 7 July: French, Japanese, German
Thursday 9 July: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Italian
Time: 7.40-8.40pm
Venue: Euroasia, 10 Titoki Street, Parnell (next to Birthcare) – plenty of parking at Auckland Domain or along Titoki Street.
No prior knowledge necessary.

Register online for free lessons.

In the latest Euroasia newsletter we share some exciting news for existing clients.

More news:

• Offer extended- Participate in a refresher course for free
• Find out how to learn and remember vocabulary more effectively
• Spain signs working holiday agreement with NZ
• Banana Conference coming up next month

If you’ve tried a language in the past and are interested in another, maybe this is the time to give it a go! We are running free taster courses in a few weeks. Feel free to invite your friends. Mark these dates:

7.40-8.40pm, Tuesday 7 July: French, Japanese, German

7.40-8.40pm, Thursday 9 July: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Italian

More details within.

Please do get in touch if you have any thoughts or comments. You can reply to this email or call us anytime on 0800 EUROASIA.

Remember, winter is the best time to be learning a language!

Stay positive, and keep your mind active.

The team at Euroasia