Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand - Study Abroad

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  kowtow, everyone.

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  My name is Fiona Men and I am from Victoria

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  University of Wellington in New Zealand.

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  I'm excited to be here today to talk to you

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  about the awesome study abroad opportunities that you could have

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  in New Zealand's capital city of Wellington.

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  So, firstly, let's just have a look at Weir.

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  New Zealand is in the world in case you're not

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  familiar. So we are at the bottom of this picture.

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  We are located in the Southern Hemisphere, made up of

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  two large islands to the left.

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  You can see Australia into the right.

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  You can see the Americas so you can see where

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  about a 12 hour flight directly from the west coast

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  of the U.

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  S. So I'm not sure why you're interested in coming

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  to study in New Zealand.

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  Maybe you are a movie buff and interested in coming

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  to Middle Earth, where they filmed the Lord of the

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  Rings and the Hobbit.

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  Maybe you're really into sports and wanna come watch the

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  All Blacks play our national rugby team.

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  Maybe you're really interested in indigenous cultures and want to

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  come learn more about the mildly people in the Pacific

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  people. Or maybe you are really into the outdoors and

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  one want to come and experience that everything.

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  Everything New Zealand has to offer.

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  Whatever it is, I'm very excited for you.

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  Um, New Zealand is about the size of California.

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  We have a population of five million people.

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  This is roughly the population of Colorado, Minnesota.

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  We actually just reached officially five million a couple months

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  ago. We are in English speaking countries, so we actually

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  have three official languages.

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  One of English one is which is the indigenous language

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  of New Zealand and one is New Zealand sign language.

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  New Zealand is a great place in step to come

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  and study because we are ranked number one for educating

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  for the future were consistently recognized as one of the

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  most peaceful and safest countries in the world.

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  We also top in the freedom of the world study

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  and New Zealand cities regularly ranks among the most livable

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  cities in the world.

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  And to top it off, we have no poisonous animals

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  or insects.

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  So where exactly am I?

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  I'm in Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand's capital

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  city, so we are in the middle of the country,

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  so at the bottom of the North Island and just

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  across the top of the South Island.

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  So really centrally located on be easy to get around

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  New Zealand.

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  We have a population of about half a million people

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  that live in the Wellington region as a capital city

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  with a home to government, um, policy making an entrepreneurship.

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  We are an island and we are a harbor city,

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  so we're surrounded by miles of coastline and over 50,000

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  hitters of forests and parks.

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  We're also known as a cafe capital of the cafe

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  capital. They say we have more cafes per capita than

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  New York, so basically this means we like to drink

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  coffee, go to cafes and restaurants and hang out in

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  the beautiful city.

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  So this is a picture of the city.

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  This is actually a picture from Mount Victoria, which is

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  a little walk that you can do and then have

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  a really beautiful view over the city.

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  The three triangles here are three city campuses, which I'll

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  tell you a little bit more about in a moment.

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  But as you can say, they all spread out across

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  the city, but all within walking distance from each other.

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  So from the main campus, which is the campus with

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  the triangle at the top of the picture.

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  It takes you about 5 to 10 minutes to walk

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  into the city center.

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  So really easy and close by.

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  Wellington is also known as the cultural and creative capital

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  of New Zealand.

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  So we have a really big film industry in New

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  Zealand, really big creative arts industry and the national museums

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  and galleries.

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  So we've got a really young, creative, innovative population, which

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  makes it a really fun, exciting, beautiful place to live.

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  Wellington's also really diverse.

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  We have over 180 different ethnicities which called museum, which

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  called Wellington harm.

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  What I love about this picture is that encompasses everything

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  you, as a student would be, would experience here.

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  Um, everything you need is in this picture you have

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  your beaches, you have your city center, you have your

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  campus is your accommodation, your shopping, your movies, your supermarket,

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  everything you need is in here and you can walk

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  everywhere, which makes it even better.

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  So speaking of our three campuses, which has spread across

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  the city, we have on the left hand side campus,

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  which is our business, campus business and law.

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  Um, in the middle, we have our Kelvin campus, which

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  is where I am at the moment and then on

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  the right you have campus, which is where we have

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  architecture and design.

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  So the university has about 22,000 students.

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  We have over 3500 international students from more than 140

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  countries around the world.

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  When it comes to subjects, we have a huge comprehensive

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  offering. There's over 140 subjects to choose from.

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  So pretty much most things you'll probably be interested in

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  studying will be able to offer just to highlight a

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  few things.

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  We have business.

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  So we have 14 different majors in business and we

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  are Triple Crown and credited.

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  So we have a CSB member thes Airil, the important

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  business school accreditations.

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  If you're interested in politics or global studies, we are

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  in the capital city, so the home off government you

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  can actually go to go.

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  You can go to Parliament and have lunch on the

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  Parliament lawns.

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  It's right across the road from our business school in

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  our law school, so really, really accessible, and you have

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  access to all of these policy makers, which makes it

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  really exciting to So if you're interested in international relations,

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  strategic studies, public policy, great place to come and study

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  if you are interested in creativity, we have architecture, creative

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  writing, design, engineering, film, media studies, music in theater for

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  a huge range of courses.

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  And not only will you have a great variety of

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  courses at the university, but you're also in the creative

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  and cultural hub of New Zealand.

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  So the environment you're gonna be living in is going

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  Thio really support these courses?

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  A ZX well, sustainability, if you are interested in the

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  science, is sustainable architecture, environmental studies, biology, geography.

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  New Zealand is known as a scientist playground.

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  So what better place to come and study these subjects?

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  Wellington is the science capital of New Zealand.

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  We also have more science organizations than any other city.

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  The science programs also have a huge range of great

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  field trips that you can, um, take to explore more

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  of New Zealand while you were studying.

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  If you're interested in indigenous studies, we have mildly studies

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  Pacific studies in San Juan studies.

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  So nice range, of course, is there that you can

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  choose from.

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  Most students do like to study something where the New

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  Zealand perspective, when they do come and study abroad.

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  So you might call these uniquely kiwi courses, which you

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  might not be able to study back in your home

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  university. And it doesn't matter what your major is.

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  We do have a wide range of courses from design,

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  history, biology, politics which all heaven New Zealand perspective to

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  them. For example, art in the Pacific Design, which is

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  indigenous design peopling of the Polynesia, which is for history,

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  media and, in New Zealand, New Zealand Flora and Fauna,

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  which is an amazing biology course, which is taught AP

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  in New Zealand's largest native ICO Secretary, which is just

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  up the road from the campus.

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  So a large range, of course, is that you can

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  take a lot of students also like to take mildly

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  language, mildly society and culture while they're here.

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  This is a picture of our Marai.

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  So is a traditional mildly meetinghouse.

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  Um, this is our one on campus, which is just

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  around the road from me.

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  If you do take some mildly courses, you will probably

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  have your courses in the Marai.

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  But as part of off our international orientation, which is

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  in the first week of classes the first week before

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  classes, you will have an official welcome to the university,

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  which will take place on this mud I.

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  So it's a really great day.

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  It's really interesting.

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  It's filled with history knowledge.

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  You'll learn about the culture and the customs and also

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  have a really nice afternoon tea via so accommodation.

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  Always a big question.

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  Where will you live?

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  So we have over 15 halls of residence which are

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  available around the city and within walking distance from all

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  of the campuses.

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  We do have where food is supplied and non Kate

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  ID Options s.

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  So it's up to you on what you prefer.

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  All accommodation is guaranteed if you applied by the deadline,

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  and all the halls offer academic, pastoral and social support.

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  So there will be Arras resident advisors who will be

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  able to support you during your studies and help you

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  with any issues that you might have.

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  Um, there are counselors also available if you need any

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  support in that way, and there's also lots of activities

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  that the IRA's well organized so that you can make

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  other students from other halls.

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  Um, they have sports competitions, games, nights, quiz nights and

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  things like that.

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  So there's a lot going on.

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  And, as I said, all of the holes, our than

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  walking distance from the campuses and also the center of

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  the city.

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  So you'd probably say a 5 to 15 minute walk,

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  depending on where you end up staying.

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  So I've chosen just a few to highlight.

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  One is unique Hall.

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  This is quite a popular option for study abroad.

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  Students, you live in houses like the one pictured on

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  Do you have maybe 3 to 5 housemates or flatmates?

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  We call them in New Zealand on you have your

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  own bedroom.

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  I think you can have a shared bedrooms.

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  Well, if you want that.

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  But most students have their own bedroom, and then you

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  have your shared facilities, bathroom, lounge and kitchen, and they're

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  really independent.

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  You have a little garden, which is really nice and

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  a little barbecue area and all the houses the next

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  to each other.

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  So you get to know your neighbors really well.

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  Every town hall is similar Thio Unit horn.

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  It is also self cases where you make your own

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  food on dure.

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  Also a little bit more independent here as well.

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  Eso The difference is, this is more apartment building style,

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  then a house style.

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  So you do have your flatmates.

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  Andi, do have your shared kitchen and shared facilities.

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  Joan Stevens is just one example of one of our

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  catered halls.

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  So we're food is supplied.

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  So all of the catered halls are also within walking

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  distance from all of the campuses in the city and

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  then Mawr dorm style.

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  So you have your own room on a floor shared

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  bathroom, and then you have your canteen, usually on the

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  ground floor, which will serve you breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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  There's also games, rooms and libraries and music rooms, depending

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  on where you are staying, so a little bit about

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  student life.

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  So there's so much to dio.

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  So it's really putting yourself out there and getting involved.

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  We have, as I mentioned, we have an international orientation,

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  which is the week before classes start.

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  So this is where you'll learn your complete your enrollment

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  with us, but also learn some extra things that are

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  very specific for international students coming to study with us.

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  Then you have new student orientation week, which was the

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  orientation week for all students.

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  So this is a really big week with all of

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  the new students at the university.

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  Um, we call this a week.

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  So our week is filled with lots of different fun

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  activities, sports on campus, executive activities to get, you know,

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  the campus and classes.

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  Well, um, toga parties, sports events, lots going on.

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  It also has clubs.

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  Week is part of it.

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  So Clubs Week is when the center of the university,

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  which we call the hub, is filled with all of

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  the clubs that the university has.

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  So we have over 180 different clubs and societies the

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  first week of classes.

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  They have displays, and you can go up and sign

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  up for whatever clubs that you are interested in.

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  And, of course, if there is a club that you

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  want to join that doesn't exist, you can create your

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  own club.

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  So there's lots of different options to get involved in,

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  from growing to tramping to rugby, to netball, to photography,

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  theater, politics, psychology club.

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  There are a lot of different clubs to get involved

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  in. We also have an international body program.

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  So we recommend that all new international students get an

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  international body, basically an international body.

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  The international body program buddies you up with a local

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  student, so this can be kind of your first friend

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  at the university.

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  They will help you learn about the university, any questions

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  you have about life in New Zealand, or in general,

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  or just to chat about things?

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  The body program also runs a wide range of events

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  throughout the year that you can get involved in that

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  you can meet other people and just get out and

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  about. We have to extracurricular leadership programs, which are really

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  great programs.

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  They are extracurricular.

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  They're free.

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  They're a great way to enhance your study aboard experience.

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  One of them is the Wellington International Leadership Program.

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  It aimed to make participants more globally aware.

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  It will enhance your knowledge and awareness of other countries

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  and cultures.

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  You'll be able to learn more about key challenges facing

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  the world.

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  You'll be able to network with people and organizations and

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  international leadership roles and join in a forum Global Forum

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  of Ideas and Activities.

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  Studying doing this program in New Zealand really takes advantage

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  of the international discourse circulating in Wellington, the political and

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  cultural capital of New Zealand.

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  At the end of this program, you also do get

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  a certificate for your participation.

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  Another program which has more about local um more than

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  a globally global field is the Victoria Plus program.

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  The Tory Plus program is the University Service and Leadership

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  Development Program You get to give back to the community

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  and also game skills that will be able to increase

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  future employers.

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  You'll be joining a community of more than 1500 Wellington

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  plus students at the university.

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  You can make connections with other students, employers and meet

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  people in the not for profit sector.

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  Across Wellington, you'll have the opportunity to develop leadership, social

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  responsibility and employability skills.

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  By participating, you gain valuable experience, border in your thinking

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  and learning and reflect on yourself development.

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  There is also a certificate component to that program, so

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  I do encourage you to have a look at both

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  of those The study abroad.

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  Students that do do those programs are really appreciative that

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  they did join them.

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  They met a lot of people ended.

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  Learn a lot as well.

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  Students support So I work in the international office here

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  at the university.

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  So we are a dedicated office to international students.

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  So here to help and support you from before you

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  apply until you study with us until after you study

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  with a swell.

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  So we organized the international orientation.

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  We also run the international Body program.

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  We have a visa officer and insurance officer here for

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  you and provide pastoral care.

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  So if you have any personal, academic or cultural issues

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  while you're here, you can come and see us first

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  and we can support you.

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  There's also a huge range of other service is available

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  at the university, such as learning an academic support.

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  Career service is our health center.

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  Disability service is and l g B T.

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  Q. I support service is we also have study abroad

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  scholarships. So Victoria University of Wellington have our own study

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  abroad scholarships.

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  So we do have a number of these each trimester,

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  and they range from 500 to $1000 each trimester.

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  So please do apply for them because we love getting

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  applications for them.

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  Um, the New Zealand Government Education New Zealand also has

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  travel awards and achievements study abroad Award.

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  So you do encourage you to apply for those as

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  well. You can also apply for Gilman scholarships for study

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  abroad to New Zealand.

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  So some key dates.

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  So in New Zealand, we are in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  So we do have item dates which ran a little

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  bit differently from yours.

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  Try, Mr One.

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  Which would be your spring is actually the New Zealand

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  fall. This'd is from March to late June.

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  Try Mr To, which would be your US fall eyes

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  from July until November.

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  So you have it doesnt overlap with your home university

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  terms, but it just means you have a longer holiday

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  at one end and a shorter one at the other

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  end generally and one Chinese stir you enroll in 3

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  to 4 courses per trimester, and this would be a

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  full time work clout.

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  How to apply.

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  Please check with your home university for their procedures on

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  how to apply and what their deadlines are.

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  Our official deadlines for applications after trimester, one first of

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  December and for trimester to the first of May.

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  So you may have to apply earlier to your home

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  university. We do recommend if you can apply early to

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  apply as early as possible because this will allow you

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  time to enroll in your courses, apply for your visa

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  and very importantly, apply for accommodation early.

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  So this is a map of New Zealand.

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  So just at the end of the presentation, But I

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  thought I might show you some cool pictures of Wellington

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  in New Zealand.

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  So what I think is really great about New Zealand,

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  especially if you're coming just for our one semester, six

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  month period.

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  Is that New Zealand?

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  Quite small.

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  The shortest flight, the longest flight is an hour and

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  a half.

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  So that would go from Auckland near the top of

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  the North Island down Thio, maybe Dunedin in the near

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  the bottom of the South Island.

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  So, as you can see, you can traverse a lot

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  of New Zealand in a short period of time.

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  So within six months you're gonna be able to see

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  a lot of the country so short of traveling distances.

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  And really it's quite affordable to travel around New Zealand

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  as well.

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  And there are a huge range of beautiful places to

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  be able to visit.

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  Um, this is actually still in Wellington This is a

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  picture of New Zealand's largest native ICO sanctuary, which I

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  mentioned before.

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  So this is just up the road from the university.

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  This is the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.

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  This is just by the waterfront that's called to Papa.

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  This is one of Wellington's many cultural festivals.

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  This one's called Cuba Street Carnival, and it's based a

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  lot around live music and food.

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  This is Wellington's City Beach Oriental Parade on a summer's

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  day. This is a Wellington stadium.

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  If you're interested in sports, well, everyone must come and

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  watch a rugby game.

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  I think this is actually cricket in this picture, but

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  the stadium is central city and Wellington in New Zealand

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  has really great walks around it.

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  We've got some student pictures here of their trips around

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  New Zealand and the awesome things that you can do

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  so just to finish off some good old kiwi slang

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  which you'll definitely learn a lot about when you do

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  come um Cura, which means hello or good health or

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  thank you, um, true bro, which also means thank you.

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  So I will say thank you for joining me for

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  this presentation.

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  I hope you learned a bit about your university that

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  your Wellington and also in New Zealand.

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  If you do have any questions, please feel free to

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  get in touch.

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  You got my email address here.

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  You can click on this link to book in a

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  meeting and also click on a I will study abroad.

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  Page link here on it will take you straight to

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  the page to find out more.

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  Thank you.

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  Cocky So and I hope to see you in New

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  Zealand soon.