Face to face interpreting services

What’s covered

A panel of professional language service providers have been appointed to offer face to face interpreting services in a range of languages, including community languages, Te Reo Māori and New Zealand Sign Language. The providers offer a range of interpreters and languages to meet the needs of people throughout the country.

What’s not covered

• Translation services
• Telephone/video interpreting services

Features and benefits

Face to face interpreting by 11 language service providers throughout New Zealand.

All community language providers offer interpreting services in the following core languages in their nominated locations:

• Arabic
• Burmese
• Cambodian (Khmer)
• Cantonese
• Dari
• Filipino (Tagalog)
• French
• Hindi
• Japanese
• Korean
• Mandarin
• Persian (Farsi)
• Portuguese
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Samoan
• Spanish
• Thai
• Tongan and 
• Vietnamese. 

In addition to the core languages, each provider offers face to face interpreting in other community languages.

Joining this contract

Please email the lead agency in the first instance with any queries related to joining this contract.

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