A Mid-Autumn Festival to Remember
What is the Mooncake Festival? On Tuesday, 17th September, New Zealand celebrated the annual Mooncake Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. Traditionally observed on the 15th day of the...
Bringing Out The Best In The Students
How did you hear about Pistachio Mandarin Language Centre? I was on the Internet searching for Mandarin lessons for my children and saw the Pistachio Mandarin Language Centre website appear. I...
Staff Christmas Picnic Lunch 2021
On Saturday the 18th of December 2021, Pistachio Mandarin held a staff picnic lunch at a local park. Yatchun brought a lot of exciting food to share, including some chicken tenders, sushi, garlic...
Christmas Celebrations At Pistachio Mandarin Language Centre Is Still Going To Be Fun, Just A Bit Different This Year
As you all know things have been a little bit different for all of us lately, and similarly, so was our Christmas celebration on the last day of our classes. While we didn’t celebrate in the...
Helping To See The World A Little Differently Through Learning Mandarin
Recently we interviewed one of our adult students learning mandarin who also has two of her kids learning with Pistachio Mandarin Learning Centre. We wanted to find out why they were learning...
Learning Another Language Is Good For The Brain
All of our students start off as non-Mandarin speakers and have different reasons for wanting to learn the language. Some of our students learn Mandarin for work or for school, whilst others...
Bridging The Language Gap | Learn Chinese
We recently caught up with one of our adult students to find out why she wanted to learn mandarin, how she describes learning with Pistachio Mandarin Language Centre, and what she enjoyed the most....
From Playing Kahoot To Singing Simple Songs – How Children At Pistachio Mandarin Language Centre Enjoy Learning Mandarin
How did you hear about the Pistachio Mandarin Language Centre? I was looking for Mandarin lessons in Auckland classes for beginners so I went on the Internet and did a Google search. I was...
Happy Mid Autumn Festival aka Happy Moon Festival | 21st September 2021
At Pistachio Mandarin we’d like to wish you all Happy Mid Autumn Festival or as it’s also commonly known; Happy Moon Festival. Second only to the Chinese New Year Festival in it’s...
7 Reasons Why Our Mandarin Lessons Are Fun and Engaging (number 5 is a real favourite!)
You and I both know that when we learn in a fun and interactive way we’re more likely to retain information and enjoy learning. This means we achieve more and want to keep learning for longer. ...