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Reflections on My Time in Aotearoa: Wrapping Up an Unforgettable Semester

The semester is finally wrapping up, and my time here in Aotearoa is also coming to an end. The last week of lectures and tutorials will occur next week, with a longer few weeks of final exams to round out the semester. Fortunately, I have one final exam…

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20 Days, 150 Miles Walked, 1,224 Miles Traveled

written by lauren herbine, a college of william and mary student who studied at the victoria university of wellington in spring 2017. As I finally sit down to write this, I have to minimize tabs upon tabs of campsites, camper vans, and tramping tracks…

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Dietary Restrictions in New Zealand

How easy is it to be vegetarian, vegan, dairy free or gluten free in New Zealand? In a country of 30 million sheep, 10 million cows and only 4.5 million people, you would expect nothing but steak and lamb chops on the menu but a recent poll showed that…

Jane Gunn-Lewis

Why I'm Going to New Zealand

written by lauren herbine, a College of William and Mary student, who studied at victoria university of wellington in spring 2017.  When people ask where I'm studying abroad next semester, their first reaction is usually "Wow! I hear it's gorgeous there…

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Co-Curricular Learning

Auckland Student Inverview

Meet Santa Clara University student Liv Johnson, who is studying abroad at the University of Auckland. In this video, she sits down to discuss her study abroad experience with Georgia Imlach, an Arcadia staff member based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Gram for a TimTam

In case you missed it, Arcadia New Zealand is on Instagram! Every fortnight we’ve been running an Instagram competition we’ve dubbed Gram for a Timtam, where students enter a photo by posting a picture related to that week’s theme and hashtagging their…

Kate Casey

Student Life

Student Interview: Caroline Delehey

The following is an interview with Denison university Student Caroline Delehey, who is studying abroad at the Victoria University of Wellington in the fall of 2016 What made you choose New Zealand for your study abroad experience? Honestly? I was contemplating…

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Happenings

Welcome to the Home of Rugby

Arcadia students studying at the University of Canterbury and Lincoln University were lucky enough to secure some tickets to the sold out international rugby championship between the world-famous New Zealand All Blacks and the South African Springboks…

Jane Gunn-Lewis

Giving Back

Every semester we have a ‘Give Back to New Zealand' week. The purpose of this is to look at the study abroad experience from a different angle. Instead of seeing the experience as a circle with you in the middle, we wanted students to put NZ in the middle…

Jane Gunn-Lewis

Student Life

Student Story: Volunteering Abroad

Conservation Volunteering On Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand Jaime Korner is studying Natural and Physical Sciences at Brandeis University and has just completed a semester abroad at University of Auckland. On a lovely May…

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