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Monica Weindling, UOTIf you only had 1 day in Dunners what would you do? Botanic Garden aviary, take a jog up Baldwin St, get a tour of Speight’s,
and finish the day at The Bog.
Name something you would import
to NZ from the US! Better pizza.
What’s one NZ thing you wish you had back
home? The carrots from here! They’re so sweet!
Give me your best Kiwi slang sentence! G’day mate,
just put a shrimp on the bar-b! (Mon, we are not
Australian - Josh!!).
What’s something Kiwis do, you just can’t wrap your
head around? Calling bathing suits togs, where did
that come from?!
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Thank you everyone who submitted content for this edition of NEWZealand! This semester is really racing
past!! Winter is over, mid semester break has been and now we are speeding into summer!
As the weather warms up I am sure you will all be itching to get out and about to enjoy all that NZ has
to offer. On top of stunning rivers and glistening lakes, no part of New Zealand is more than 130km (80.78 miles) from the ocean! If you love water sports, lazy days at the beach and splashing around in the pool get ready to enjoy the rest of the semester!!
Please remember to stay safe while enjoying the water. Tips for staying safe in the water:
• Never swim alone: watch out for yourself and others
• Don’t swim at night
• Never swim under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• Be aware of the dangers: Check the depth and look before you leap! Rocks, logs, etc. could be lurking under the surface.
• Swim between the flags: At the beach lifeguards will set up red and yellow flags. The area between these flags is the safest place to swim and is being patrolled by life guards
• Know your ability and don’t get out of your depth
• Be aware of the conditions: know the weather and tide reports and be aware of any warnings
• Look out for rips!
Signs of a rip:
• A calm area of fewer breaking waves
• A channel of churning, choppy water
• A line of sea foam, seaweed, or debris moving steadily seaward
• Darker deeper water or different colored water beyond the surf zone
• Sometimes it’s easier to look for where the waves are breaking consistently, and then look to each side where they don’t break consistently. That’s the rip current! The sun can be really dangerous!!! Always remember to: Slip Slop Slap Wrap and Seek. All the best for the rest of your semester and safe travels!
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We posed a bunch of five deep and meaningful questions to our students, and this is how they answered.
Bunch of Fives5Bridget McCarthy, Maria Quinn & Leah Durst, UOTIf you only had 1 day in Dunners what would you do? 10-12: Signal Hill lookout 12-12:30: McDonald’s 12:30-4: Netflix and Chill 4-5:30: Tunnel Beach 5:30-10:.... 10-…. Suburbia.
Name something you would import to NZ from the US! Lollies.
What’s one NZ thing you wish you had back home? Special apricots.
Give me your best Kiwi slang sentence! “For the banter.”
What’s something Kiwis do that you just can’t wrap your head around? Weird ketchup….
If you only had 1 day in Dunners what would you do? See the Eiffel Tower.
Name something you would import to NZ from the US! Sheep.
What’s one NZ thing you wish you had back home? My textbooks, I love study!
Give me your best Kiwi slang sentence! Throw another shrimp on the barbie.
What’s something Kiwis do that you just can’t wrap your head around? Eat, drink, and sleep.
Fitz Bowen, UOT
Grace Underhill, VUWWhat 3 things make Wellington/NZ
awesome? The view on a sunny day, the Sunday
morning market & fun places to
go out with friends – so much culture.
What is the coolest thing you have done
in NZ so far? Going to the South Island
– everything was beautiful. Going up the
gondola and riding the luge in Queenstown
with the most amazing view.
What is the strangest thing Kiwis say?
“Give it a go”.
What 3 essentials do you need to survive
in NZ? A rain jacket and rain boots, warm
clothes & good stamina – for the hills.
What is the best thing you have heard in/
about NZ? “You can’t beat Wellington on a
good day” – it’s so true!
If you only had 1 day in Dunners what would you do? Go to the
peninsula.
Name something you would import to NZ from the US! Skippy peanut
butter.
What’s one NZ thing you wish you had back home? Electric blankets.
Give me your best Kiwi slang sentence! Are you keen?
What’s something Kiwis do that you just can’t wrap your head around? Mexican wave.
Grace Jordan, UOT
What 2 things make Wellington/NZ awesome? Having class right across from Parliament and the Supreme Court - & the exchange rate.
What is the coolest thing you have done in NZ so far? When I was visiting the South Island, I met a local at Lake Tekapo who invited my friends and I to a bonfire. I got to meet a lot of Kiwis and a random group of Argentinians who work in Christchurch. Or, the person I sat next to on the plane to Christchurch who is part of a 4-wheeling club in Wellington. When we both got back, he took Grace and I on a 4-wheeling trip with his family. We drove through rivers, up untouched mountains, and saw snow-covered beech bush. It was terrifying and fabulous!
Kathleen Archerd, VUW
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Awesome Breaks
“With spikes on our feet, we explored this ever-changing, incredible glacier and it was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Amy Sheahan, VUW
• Tim Tams
• Road trips.
• Maori culture.
• Hills.
• Not enough Mexican food.
• Expensive coffee culture.
Hit or Miss
Traveling to the South Island felt like traveling to a whole new country for Celestine Manno (UAK)...
The South Island has a mountainous landscape and its
lack of city life is a refreshing change from busy Auckland. We landed in Queenstown where we rented our car, ready to start our journey.
Queenstown was fantastic. We explored the town, hiked on
the Routeburn Track, and jumped 134 meters on the Nevis Bungy and Canyon Swing. From Queenstown, we went to Wanaka where we got to experience a more authentic, quaint mountain town. Every day, we made the terrifying clif fside drive to Treble Cone for four incredible days of skiing and snowboarding. With fresh powder being dropped almost every night and a stunning view of Lake Wanaka, it did not disappoint.
After the powder, we began our road-trip up the West Coast, our
ultimate destination being Nelson. As we all know, the weather is extremely subject to change in New Zealand. Before we knew it, we were stuck in the snow with about 10 other cars trying to make it through this pass. When you get word that the traffic is being caused by a snowplow that is stuck, it’s a little disheartening. Fortunately, after waiting for about 3 hours around a fire in a tiny little tourist’s lodge in a nearby town, the
roads were cleared, the snow was melted, and we were on our merry way.
The next stop was in Franz Josef where we took a helicopter ride
into the glacier and completed one of the most amazing hikes I’ve ever done. With spikes on our feet, we explored this ever-changing, incredible glacier and it was unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
We ended the trip backpacking for 4 days, completing the
Abel Tasman Track. This hike meandered through tropical forests, up hills to incredible views, and
back down to wander on deserted beaches. We stayed in huts each night, as it was too cold for camping. Yet, doing the track in winter has its perks. In the summer it gets extremely crowded, but at this time of year you’re able to appreciate the views as desolate areas rather than tramper-infested trails.
The four days took their toll on us. By the end, our legs were aching
and we probably smelled horrible, but it was completely worth it. It was definitely a hike that I’ll never forget, and overall an amazing two weeks on the South Island.
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Hit or Miss
Ryan Rogers, VUW• Flat whites.
• Raglan.
• Courtenay Place.
• Bad drivers.
• Weird bacon.
• Hills.
Awesome
One thing that amazed me was the variation in the different things
we saw- one day hiking a glacier, another day strolling down the beach, and other days exploring caves, hiking up mountains, and tramping through farmlands and what seems like a jungle all in the same day!
Two of my favorite memories from the trip are two very different day
hikes we did- neither of them being something we really planned. The first was in Westport where we came to go black water rafting the next day. We had a free afternoon so looked up things to do in Westport and came across a hike at Cape Foulwind. When we got there, we went down to the beach and saw some caves over to the right a ways so we decided to explore. It ended up being awesome caves on the beach, but the best
part was climbing through them and up the other side where we were climbing in between huge sand walls up to a beautiful lookout over the beach around us.
The other was a walk to Lake Marion near Milford Sound. This
was another one that we had found because we had extra time in the area. This hike took us to one of my favorite views so far. The trail opened up to a massive, half-frozen lake surrounded on all sides by snowy mountains. The vastness of the lake and the mountains made me feel so small, but it was an amazing view and feeling nonetheless.
It was slightly terrifying when we heard a rumble and looked across
to see an avalanche and, although it was quite in the distance, it was a little scary as there was nobody
else on the trail the entire time we were there. It is amazing to think how much there is to see here and two things we did to fill in time have become two of my favorite memories here.
Grace Underhill (VUW) took a couple of weeks off to travel round the South Island with four friends....
Over my spring break I traveled
around the South Island, and of the countless beautiful sights I saw, nothing could top the views along a 6 km hike to the top of one of the mountains in Arthur’s Pass. The hike was a random one along the road through the mountains, and the “town” of Bealey that it started in was
merely just a side road with maybe about 15 houses. The hike took me through forests, tussock grasslands, and rocky terrain to get to a hut surrounded by snow at the top.
It was hard to keep going at times and not just stop and stare in
amazement at all of the beauty around me. I started the hike in the rain, yet once I got to the top, the skies were clear, with the sun glistening off of the snow. Now I know why everyone loves the nature in New Zealand- it truly is breathtaking.
Kylie Fustini (UAK) got herself a spectacular mid-semester break in the Southern Alps.
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NZ Experience
My travelling companions and I did a fair amount of research before even leaving for our mid-trimester
break trip as to where we would complete our skydiving goal. We eventually settled on a place called Fox Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island, solely because it had the cheapest photo package with the jump on the entire island. Once the days of rain passed and it was sunny enough for the jump, we came to understand that we had decided on possibly the greatest aesthetic place for our jump- as well as financial.
As our tiny airplane sped up into the sky we looked out the window and could see the Southern Alps
mountain range, even all the way to Mount Cook, as well as fields and rivers and the blue sea on both sides of the island. The view had so much to offer that I was almost completely distracted from fear, or at least I was until our guides opened the door to the airplane. My first thought was a bemused query: What are you silly people doing opening a door on an airplane? The wind rushed into the tiny room and I could hear my guide Mauro shouting something into my ear about watching my friend’s face as he took the jump, but as I looked ahead to watch, my friend suddenly vanished. He had fallen out of the airplane (with guide and all), and now Mauro was scooting me towards the open door and I finally understood what I was being asked to do.
NO, NO. NO WAY. YOU DO NOT EXPECT ME TO JUMP OUT OF THIS AIRPLANE. ARE YOU CRAZY?! YOU’RE
ALL CRAZY. WHAT AM I DOING HERE?! were some of the thoughts that started thundering through my head - a completely normal and (had I been thinking more clearly) completely predictable reaction. What was perhaps unexpected was the even more heightened anxiety I felt at looking down out of the plane, watching my feet dangle below me and noticing that my laces that been uncovered by my suit and were now being whipped about and buffeted by the wind.Oh God no, my shoelaces are untied, how could I have forgotten?? I can’t do it now, my shoelaces are untied!! But after this brief second of terror
I heard Mauro’s voice above me: “Here we go!” and we were falling.
13,000 feet out of the sky, that’s how far Mauro and I fell. The parachute came out just fine and everything
maybe a third or halfway through the fall, but there were about 50 seconds of free-fall in the air before that. The feeling was pretty indescribable; the closest I’ve come to trying to articulate it for myself is like that feeling of your stomach swooping on an intense roller-coaster, but as if that feeling is exteriorized-- the entire world around me was experiencing that feeling, and I was just aware of my body falling through it, being sucked downward
into the void. After the shock of the initial feeling, I was so enchanted by the beautiful scenery and the intensely fun adrenaline rush I couldn’t be bothered paying attention to the camera my guide was
trying to get me to smile at. I wasn’t aware of much else besides the wind, the scenery, how hard I knew I was smiling, and the few choice nerdy battle-cries that came to mind (“Eulalia!” from Brian Jacques’ Redwall and “The beacons are lit” or “Ride for ruin!” from Lord of the Rings to name a few).
To any parents worried about their kids sky-diving in New Zealand, sure, it’s pretty scary. But it’s a
wonderful, wonderful experience. I felt very safe with the people I went sky-diving with and would certainly recommend the community I found at Fox Glacier to anyone, but I would also absolutely endorse the experience itself anywhere you choose to do it. How often do you get the chance to really change your perspective on the world? Step out of your comfort zone, or fall out of it 13,000 feet from the sky? My advice: If you’re considering the leap, take the leap. If you don’t think skydiving’s for you, then you’re probably right, it’s absolutely not for everyone. But for those out there who have ever considered it, I offer you a perspective from the other side: Ride for ruin, young masters and Riders of Rohan. Take the leap. UAK Maggie Haraburda
VUW Amy Sheahan took the longest leap when she went skydiving on the spectacular West Coast...
“...the closest I’ve come to trying to articulate it for myself is like that feeling of your stomach swooping on an intense roller-coaster...”
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Hit or Miss
Michelle Amor, CAN• The NZ meat pie –
it’s like the American version of a chicken pot pie except with meat stew. Pastries & pies are way better here than in U.S.
• How clean the roads are for the most part.
• The way people are so involved in nature and extreme sports.
• It’s easier to ship things to the U.S. since it’s not an island
• My hometown San Antonio has more Mexican food - my favorite type of food.
• The U.S. has more fast food.
Looking out my window of my little flat just outside of campus I see a
totally different view than I did on my first night here. I see the Sky Tower that used to appear so vastly huge, but has now become my night light.
I see people walking in all directions who used to look like strangers but
now I can recognize many of them as the friends I have made here.
It’s a strange feeling moving to a new place, one minute you
are completely overwhelmed and the next you are so enticed in an activity that the feeling of being lost
completely leaves you. It’s a beautiful thing to have this opportunity to get to know the people in this country and the land that they live on. I find kindness in every kiwi that I meet and adventures for the ages around every corner. These are a few of my favorite activities thus far.
Taking a ride on a sailboat to visit the oldest light house here.
Hiking in Christchurch up to the Sign of the Kiwi and then
hitching a much needed ride back down the mountain by some nice kiwis who just so happened to teach at my university.
Shrooming around at Devonport.
Making some Sheepy friends at Walter Peak farm in Queenstown.
Flying into Queenstown, which every person should do at least once in their lifetime.
Seeing the land of the Hobbits and their little hobbit homes.
And literally just trying everything possible ‘cause if not when
you’re in New Zealand then when?
I have to say the most amazing thing about this trip so far is that
I actually made the decision to do it. So often we do things because we feel obliged to but since I’ve been here I’ve gained this new found sense of independence that has made me want to do just what
NZ ExperienceMaggie Haraburda (UAK) finds that the little everyday things have been just as important as the ‘big moments’ on her trip to New Zealand.
Maggie wants to do all the time and nothing more. Studying abroad isn’t just about exploring a new country but it’s about exploring who that country is going to make you become.
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Hit or MissWe asked these students: What are the things you love about this country (Hit), and what are just plain odd and weird (Miss)?
Will Rainer, CAN• Mountains.
• Accents.
• Whittakers chocolate.
• Terminology (cookies vs biscuits).
• Pizza - sizes and prices!
Kendall Coffman
Kevin Fickel, CAN • Tramping.
• City buses.
• Fish and chips.
• Bacon.
• Burger toppings (NZ Thinks pineapple and mangos are good).
• The birds hold still for pictures.
Katy Scruggs, VUW• Waiheke Island.
• The super nice people.
• All of the fun shops downtown.
• No filter coffee.
• Killer hills.
• Time difference.
• Quirky coffee scene/artsy vibe.
• Raglan.
• Healthy natural food – eggs are orange here!
• Weather.
• Bad drivers.
• Sheep run away.
Molly Helfend, VUW
• Signing on roads!!! I could get anywhere I wanted without a GPS because there are so many helpful signs for roads, campsites, food, etc! Even helpful reminders for drivers!
• Beautiful scenery literally EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
• Waterproof money. Because when you are unexpectedly caught in a rain storm your money will still be in tact!
• I miss biscuits!!! The flakey buttery ones, not cookies.
• Not enough cross walks in Christchurch - constant game of if the gap is big enough to not get hit
• Sometimes no gas station for like 120km which can make for some risky situations. Also that it’s harder to pay at the pump!
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Kay Leinweber, VUWIf you only had 1 day in Wellington, what would you do? Have a coffee at Fidel’s cafe on Cuba Street, walk up Mount Victoria to get a beauti-ful overview of the city, have a wander at the Te Papa museum (it’s huge. and incredible.), get fish and chips to eat by the waterfront, and take the cable car up to the botanic gardens on Salamanca Road. Simple, yet satisfying.What are your 3 favourite places to eat in Welling-ton? Fidel’s cafe, OneSushi (it’s buffet sushi half priced after 3 PM - how do you say no?!), or Mac’s Brewbar.
What 3 things do you wish you had at home? Tim Tams, a World Cup-winning rugby team, and Freya’s bread.
What 3 American things is New Zealand miss-ing? Cheez-its, American football, and good bagel shops.
What piece of advice would you give to someone thinking about studying in NZ? Prepare yourself for one big, spontaneous 4-month adventure.
Liv Sisson, UOTIf you only had 1 day in Dun-ners what would you do? Go to Suburbia /Stay in 480.
Name something you would import to NZ from the US! My boyfriend.
What’s one NZ thing you wish you had back
home? Josh.
Give me your best Kiwi slang sentence! “Otago
High-Landers!!! Welcome to the House of Pain!!”
What’s something Kiwis do, you just can’t wrap
your head around? Pelicans ….. Not the bird.
Kit Allgaier, VUWIf you only had 1 day in Wellington what would you do? I would start by having breakfast at Fidel’s Cafe for their baked Spanish eggs, take a hike to the top of Mt. Vic for a 360 degree view of Welly, visit Te Papa Museum to get a little history lesson, and finish with a sunset on the harbor.
What are your 3 favourite places to eat in Wellington? Fidel’s Cafe, the Greek food truck at the Sunday market (lamb souvlaki!), and Sweet Mother’s Kitchen!
What 3 things do you wish you had at home? Cheap and delicious sushi, breath-taking scenery minutes from my house, and Tim Tams.
What 3 American things is New Zealand missing? Chipotle, normal-tasting ketchup, and not having to pay extra for any condiments.
What piece of advice would you give to someone thinking about studying in NZ? Take advantage of everything - never skip out on opportunities because you “don’t feel like it” - this is a once in a lifetime experience!
We posed a bunch of five deep and meaningful questions to our students, and this is how they answered.
Bunch of Fives5
Sam Hale, UOTIf you only had 1 day in Dunners what would you do? Go to Signal Hill, the beaches by/on the peninsula, hit up the Octogon.
Name something you would import to NZ from
the US! Goldfish crackers.
What’s one NZ thing you wish you had back
home? NZ setting in general, particularly Wanaka &
NZ sweatpants.
Give me your best Kiwi slang sentence! You
reckon I could get a mean meat pie after I take a
quick slash.
What’s something Kiwis do, you just can’t wrap
your head around? Burn couches.
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Random thoughts, ramblings and miscellaneous gripes about life in NZ...
Nick & Kendall Michelle Amor
Kevin Fickel
Will Rainer
Bad things come in threes, says Nick Barpoulis
So we picked this camper van up in Queenstown, and had 7 days
to get it to Auckland. We drove up the West Coast, and there wasn’t much rain, which was surprisingly good. We cut trough Arthurs Pass and got to CHCH, stayed here for like, 30 minutes then went up to Picton, then stayed in Wellingtron for 2 days and this was when it really got fun. First, we drove up to Waitomo - but that’s not where the bad things happened, well, the brakes smoked, but that’s fine.
So one day, we went to a public beach to use the showers. I told
the person driving the van to turn on the headlights, she turned on the headlights, not the car. I got back and the battery was dead, so, I was like. ooohh f***. That was number one.
Then we drove up to the Coromandel Peninsula for a few
day. It was nice, but it started to rain really, really hard. For like, 4 days. We tried to get off this damn peninsula, but the road we tried to get off it from was now a river, so that wasn’t possible. We took a 2 hour detour to drop our friend off in Auckland. That was number 2.
Next we went to the Bay of Islands, we saw our camp
ground, saw some campervans, so pulled over... into the swamp. Kendall, another girl, and I tried to push it out, but couldn’t, I just fell straight into the mud. This one dude with a bus of a camper van was like ‘well just pull it out’. We put the hitch
Close Ups
in the front and tried to pull it out - that didn’t work. There was no hitch on the back either, so we ended up tying it to the boot. We did eventually pull it out.
But then I had to go and try to shut the back door. But it didn’t.
We slept with the door open, and the next morning I got some tools and played with it, and then eventually it shut. When we returned it, the
biggest issue was that we broke the key ring. So all in all, it was pretty successful.
Kendall Coffman relates her most most bizarre experience
One day we went to where they filmed Lord of the Rings. I didn’t
have very high hopes. Next thing we know, we see this man in full hobbit attire walking towards us. Beard, hat, staff, and this guy filming it. Oh my gosh, what is going on! So we asked for a picture, and rather than just going through with it, he starts going on and on about wobbits. They’re different to hobbits, and they live in Wellington, and they can’t pronounce R’s. So we googled it, and urban dictionary says they are a mix between hobbits and wookies. Turns out the guy was doing a documentary on muddle-earth - the combination of muggle and middle earth. And that was the most bizzare thing that’s happened to me.
Kevin Fickel misses his mammals
Kevin’s advice on how to make NZ great: You need more warm mammals. All you have is birds. And
they don’t stand still when you try to take pictures of them. Birds don’t let you get 10 feet before they fly away, but mammals let you get right on top of them before they run away. So if you want to make this country great, get more mammals.
Michelle Amor bemoans the lack of jalapenos
Since I’m from Texas, Mexican food in general is so popular.
Here there’s no fresh peppers, and all the jalapenos are in jars, so I can’t make any fresh salsa. So I dunno, it’s been really tough. I’ve been in a bit of a depression about that. I know what NZ is good for - the meat pies are really good. They’re way better than our chicken pot pie. I’ve been eating a lot of meat pies. They’ve brought me out of my depression.
Will Rainer’s biggest issue is the state of local pizza
Well you have Pizza Hut which is really good, it’s not too
expensive, but the servings are really small. So then you go to the store in Ilam, pay 10 bucks, and it’s a lot bigger, but not as good. It’s just spices. They put all these things on it that I don’t like on a BBQ pizza - peppers and onions and all that. You’re just crazy people - why would you put that on there?? Other than that, I don’t have a lot of problems with New Zealand, it’s pretty good.
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NZ ExperienceIt was no sitting at home for these adventurous students in the mid-semester break...
UAK EMMA FREEMAN Where did you go? South island (Queenstown, Wanaka, and then drove up the west coast to Nelson
to do the Abel Tasman 4 day trek. Our break was great, we got to experience the mountains and snow the first half and then the beautiful west coast beaches the second half!
Where did you stay? We stayed in hostels and were thrilled with all of them. The one in Queenstown was called purple cow and the beds were so comfy, the one in Wanaka was called Absoloot and was very nice. We even had a little kitten in our room. We stayed in random ones along the west coast and were pleased with all of them. In Nelson we stayed at the Tasman Bay Backpackers which was amazing. The people were great and they had free breakfast as well as treats every night.
Fave activity/place to visit? Skiing at treble cone, it got dumped on by snow so there was lots of powder and the views were amazing. I also enjoyed our helihike we did on the Franz Joseph glacier. It was a great experience!
Fave place to eat? In Queenstown we ate at the only Mexican restaurant they had and it was amazing. The environment was very fun and corky. For the Mexican I have had in New Zealand this place was for sure the best so far. I wish I remembered what it was called!
MAA ERIC MUNRO Where did you go? Over my holiday break I traveled to Queenstown, NZ. As well as Sydney and Surfer’s
Paradise in Australia.
Where did you stay? After I found out I wanted to travel to these places I searched for hostels that looked like a nice place to stay and were in a good location. My whole trip was amazing but if I had to pick one thing out it would have been the Nevis bungy. The Botanic Gardens of Sydney were also a beautiful place to hangout on a sunny afternoon. The best meal I had over the break was at Longboards Laidback in Surfer’s Paradise. I ordered a fried chicken sandwich called the Hiesenburger. I believe they call it the Hiesenburger because it is as addictive as meth.
UAK NICK LOFRUMENTO Where did you go? I did a road trip all around the north and South Island staying in various hostels and friend’s flats. My favorite place was Queenstown and my favorite activity
was taking in all the surrounding landscapes while on the road. Favorite place to eat was The Powderkeg Bar in Ohakune.
UAK KYLIE FRUSTINI Where did you go? Where I went: To the South Island on a road trip starting in Queenstown, up the west coast to the Pancake rocks and Franz Joseph Glacier and then across Arthur’s Pass to Christchurch.
Where did you stay? Each night I stayed in hostels, the best was by far Noah’s Ark because each room featured a different animal theme- I
stayed in the giraffe room!
Fave activity/place to visit? Learning to ski in Wanaka at Treblecone or hiking in the
southern alps in Arthur’s Pass National Park.
Fave place to eat? A pub in Queen-stown that was along the water- there was a beautiful view of the sunset.
UAK CALLIE CLECKNER Where did you go? Sydney, Australia.
Where did you stay? A place called Wake up! Backpackers hostel.
What should you do? Go whale watching, see a show at the opera house, take a ferry ride, pose at Madame Tussaud’s, take a selfie with a koala, and walk across the harbour bridge!
Favorite place to eat? The festival of smooth chocolate had AMAZING food.
UAK ARI MARKOWITZ Where did you go? I went to Tonga!
Where did you stay? I stayed at the backpackers townhouse and
met some really cool European travelers. I had some good local barbecue chicken and sausage.
Fave activity/place to visit? The ocean where I swam with whales!
UAK SUSANNAH DONOHO Where did you go? For the second week of the break I traveled to the South Island and stayed in Te Anau!
Where did you stay? We stayed at Rosie’s backpackers, which was a woman named Rosie’s house which she had turned into a hostel. There was a warm fire and tea every night, and we woke up looking at the mountains. We
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toured Milford Sound and visited the glow worm caves.
Fave activity/place to visit? Queenstown where we did the luge! That was my favorite activity. We ate Ferg Burger in Queenstown on the way back to Auckland!
UAK CELESTINE MANNO I road tripped up the West Coast of the south island, staying in various hostels along the way and huts on the abel tasman track. My favorite activity was either snowboarding in treblecone or hiking the abel tasman, and favorite place to eat was Amigos Mexican Grill in Wanaka! So good.
UAK BROOK THOMPSON I went everywhere from cape reinga to welington in the north island with the Stray bus
which i won and my grandmother joined me. My favorite place to visit was my family in welington since no one ever gets to visit them, my favoriate activity was sand bording
off the 90 mile beach up north, and my favorate place to eat was at a mare where we hand a traditional ground backed feast of fry bread, chicken, pork, and kumra.
UAK MEGAN MCWATERS Where did you go? Korolevu, Fiji. Where did you stay? The Beachouse Hostel. What did you do? Went snorkeling on the reef with sharks, ate a homemade lunch in a local village, visited Fiji’s capital (Suva), took a horseback ride on the beach, relaxed in the sun.
Fave place to eat? The local village-We all helped to pick clams for lunch, then our guide’s family cooked them in coconut cream with cassava. Add lemon leaf tea (with heaps of sugar) to drink!
UAK SASHA STAHL Where did you go? I went to Melbourne and then road tripped around New Zealand, including coromandel, Wellington, Hanmer Springs, Mt. Cook, Lake Tekapo, Fox Glacier, and Christchurch! I stayed in a camper van the whole time and on a couple of couches when we could! Mt. Cook was by far my favorite. Absolutely stunning and we hiked it
starting at sunrise, so the trail was empty. We ate lots of pasta/pb & js, but we did eat at a really good burger place in Christchurch called Burgers and Beers. Really good.
UAK MAGGIE HARABURDA One of my favorite places I visited was Walter Peak farm, very close to Queenstown. They had the sweetest animals and I just fell in love with all of them. It made me want to open a little self sustained farm of my own one day. My plan is to adopt a puppy and a lamb at the same time so they can grow up alongside one another. A llama would be cool too but you need to have two of them otherwise they get depressed so it might get a bit crowded. They gave me tea and the most delicious biscuits at the farm after we fed the animals. I even got to feed a bull & he put my whole hand in his mouth to get the food!!
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