Author
Jane Gunn-Lewis
Title
Director
Arcadia New Zealand
Refugee Wins Fulbright Scholarship
Abbas Nazari, an asylum seeker rescued by the Norwegian ship, Tampa, in 2001 and taken in by New Zealand, has won a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to undertake postgraduate studies in the US. Abbas is a close friend of Arcadia in New Zealand and worked… More
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… More
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… More
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… More
Auckland Activity Weekend
Black Water Rafting at Waitomo Caves By Marie Gleichauf, Rice University student, University of Auckland My study abroad group went to see the Waitomo Glowworm Caves and surf in Raglan. The tour of the caves consisted of getting in a super thick wetsuit… More