About us

Heartland Education

The education arm of Heartland Immigration. We place Chinese graduates into New Zealand coursework master's programmes.

Who we are

Right advice, first time, every time

Heartland Education applies the same principle to study that Heartland Immigration applies to visas: tell people the truth about what is realistic, then do the work properly.

Because immigration and education sit in the same company, the advice you get about a programme already accounts for what happens after you graduate. That is unusual. Most education agents are paid to place you somewhere and have no stake in whether the qualification leads anywhere.

15 Providers, from institutes of technology to universities
27 Taught master's programmes listed, each with a sourced fee
180 Green List occupations listed, with the real requirement on each
Your adviser

Sandy Zhang, Licensed Immigration Adviser

Sandy has spent a decade helping students get visas to study in New Zealand, which is exactly the work we do. She holds a BA and an MA in Linguistics, a Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice, and New Zealand Licensed Immigration Adviser licence number 202100984.

At Heartland Immigration she works across the full range of Employer Accredited products, Partnership and Skilled Migrant Category applications. That matters here: the advice you get about a programme already accounts for the visa that follows it, and the residence pathway after that.

Sandy is a migrant herself, and settled here. She knows what the process actually feels like from the other side of it.

Sandy Zhang, Licensed Immigration Adviser
Who runs Heartland

Mary Noonan, Managing Director

Mary has 45 years of direct immigration experience, built across the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the former Department of Labour, including diplomatic posts overseas. She is now Managing Director of Heartland Immigration.

She was born and raised in Christchurch, where Heartland is based, with family connections to Banks Peninsula.

Mary Noonan, Managing Director

Start with a conversation

No cost, no obligation, and an honest answer about whether this is realistic for you.