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MEDIA RELEASE 24/02/2021 Justine Munro appointed CEO of the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education   The Board of the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Justine Munro as Chief Executive Officer, commencing 12 April 2021. Ms Munro will replace Deborah Walker, who has been CEO of... Keep Reading

Walk the World for Wellbeing   This year the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE) is combining their annual global Blog Tour with a Walk the World for Wellbeing Challenge. Bloggers from across New Zealand are joining with well-known educators and researchers in gifted education from Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Scotland and the... Keep Reading

Let’s talk about Gifted Children - A Facebook Interview between Hon. Tracey Martin & Deb Walker (NZCGE). The New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE) CEO, Deborah Walker, recently had a Facebook live interview with Hon. Tracey Martin to talk about Gifted Children in education. At the beginning of the interview Minister Martin... Keep Reading

The New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE) Board of Directors and CEO, Deborah Walker, are delighted to announce the appointment of new Board Chair, Don Hammond.  Don joined the board earlier in 2020 and is enthusiastic about taking on this new role.   “I am very excited about being appointed chair and about the... Keep Reading

Thank you for supporting our Virtual Cake Stall this year. Our third annual Virtual cake stall was a great success because of generous backing from everyone who supported us. Our Virtual Cake Sale was about giving gifted children opportunities to maximise their potential and about raising funds directly for children to attend our programmes p... Keep Reading

giftEDnz Te Manu Kōtuku Award Announcement The Board of giftEDnz have announced our very own Board Member Associate Professor Tracy Riley is the recipient of the giftEDnz Te Manu Kōtuku Award for 2017. The Te Manu Kōtuku Award is a prestigious award that celebrates the recipient’s outstanding service and contribution to the edu... Keep Reading

Tall Poppies Magazine - March Issue out Now   Articles in the March 2017 issue include: Joanne Foster: Procrastination and Gifted Learners Brooke Trenwith: You don’t learn if you don’t listen Gear up for the GiftEDnz Roadshow! Cather Simpson: Undergraduate research - inquiry learning on steroids Miraca Gross and Davidson Inst... Keep Reading

Gifted and talented learners have unique sets of abilities, qualities and needs, and as such require special educational accommodations and support. As this is recognised through the National Administration Guidelines (New Zealand Ministry of Education, 2015), governmental documentation, and resources specific to supporting these learners ( Keep Reading

Now we are in the wake of Gifted Awareness week 2016 we will like to thank everyone who helped support us.The blog tour is still continuing so remember to check that out. it will finish on the 24th of June. It is not to late to submit your  article. ... Keep Reading

The New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education congratulates all finalists of the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2015. We're very excited to be among the finalists in the category of Not-for-Profit. Here is a list of the finalists, which you can also find here Keep Reading

We're very excited that Humdinger Design is a Best Design Award 2015 finalist for the work they did on our Brand Identity in 2015. You can check out some of the collateral they designed and their entry here: http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/graphic/nzcge-identity/ Congratulations Humdinger, we definitely hope you win!    ... Keep Reading

A feature story about being gifted, profiles a MindPlus student, Ellie Wright. [stuff.co.nz] The trouble with being gifted - KELLY DENNETT Last updated 05:00, July 19 2015 Keep Reading