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Otto Groen QSM
Head of Academy
Welcome to the world of Hospitality! 

North Shore International Academy (NSIA) has its main campus in Albany with a satellite campus in central Auckland. It was first registered as a training establishment in October 2002. In the past eight years NSIA has grown to become one of the largest private training establishments in New Zealand offering hospitality programmes with an anticipated 900 equivalent full time students in 2010.
 

NSIA’s is led by Head of School Otto Groen QSM, a doyen of the New Zealand hospitality industry. The 40-strong teaching team is well qualified and has extensive experience in the hospitality industry.

 

NSIA has designed the courses to provide a flexible timetable allowing for its candidates' busy lifestyles, blending recreation, study and employment.

Our training processes follow a high educational and instructive standard that is set by NZQA and the Hospitality Standards Institute. This enables the tutors to fully develop the students' learning skills, their ability to adapt well to all working situations as well as the necessary management skills. The students therefore will acquire the confidence to apply their newly developed abilities to any future hospitality career. The candidate will feel that the skills they have received from training at NSIA are immediately useful and facilitate advancement in their career.

 
 
 

 


Academic Programmes


NSIA is offering a variety of world class training programmes which are a fusion of hospitality management and creative professional cookery. We are committed to the pursuit of quality, creative and professional education in the hospitality domain. The courses have been designed to provide a flexible time table which allows for your busy lifestyle, mixing recreation, study and work. Drawing from a diverse range of industry associations, NSIA is able to use this collective experience and knowledge to deliver a contemporary and innovative teaching approach for their candidates.


Academy Facilities


The Academy contains the latest educational facilities at Albany main campus and City campus including

  • 6 commercial training kitchens
  • 1 production kitchen
  • 1 demonstration kitchen
  • Cocktail & wine training centre
  • Coffee training centre
  • Cafe restaurant
  • Training restaurant
  • Commercial Bar & restaurant
  • Student Library
  • 2 Computer Labs
  • 18 multi-functional classrooms

 

NSIA has achieved:

  • 2009 NZ Culinary Fare Training Excellence Award Winner
  • 2008 NZ Culinary Fare Training Excellence Award Winner
  • 2007 NZ Culinary Fare Training Excellence Award Winner
  • 2006 NZ Culinary Fare Training Excellence Award Winner
  • 2009 Westpac Business Excellence Award Winner
  • 2006 Westpac Business Excellence Award Winner

 

NSIA students achieved:

  • New Zealand Food and Beverage Person of the Year 2007 Winner
  • New Zealand Food and Beverage Person of the Year 2008 Winner
  • New Zealand Commis Chef of the Year 2008 2nd Prize
 





 

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Second Campus : 171 Hobson St, City, Auckland 1010 NZ . Tel : 64-9-379-3011 Fax : 64-9-367-5799