Deserving recipients: Dr Subritzky congratulates Noor Asmaliza (left) while Agalya looks on.
AFTER hobbits, orcs and elves, New Zealand now welcomes international students by setting up numerous initiatives to aid their passage to higher education.
The country implemented its new Pathway Student Visa last December that allows students to take up to three consecutive study programmes on a single visa that is valid for five years.
