New Zealand thoughts

Final reflections

For my final thoughts about New Zealand and the course by Mr. Miller I‘d like to give a last overview of what I learned about the country and what makes it interesting from an outsider‘s perpective.

Final Reflection

Over the past few months I got an insight into a little country called New Zealand. In the beginning I had very little knowledge about NZ except for the fact that it’s very far away from Europe and flights to get there are quite expensive. These facts are now more relevant as I got really…

What is it about Rugby?

When you take a look at what kind of sports are popular in New Zealand, it is impossible to deny the British roots the country has. Cricket, football, golf — those are sports everyone would closely relate to the parent isles of New Zealand. The one that is quite possibly the most…

tumanako ki te kite koutou i roto i te heke mai

I remember the first time when I registered for the New Zealand class, I had very little knowledge about New Zealand. I just knew that New Zealand is such a small country and it is like a hidden country at the very bottom of the world. On the one…

Time to reflect

When I signed in for the course about New Zealand, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I knew New Zealand had these amazing landscapes, but that was about it. I barely knew anything about the culture and their language. However, during this course I learned a lot about it.

The End Is Near

I guess this is the last time I will write a blog post like this. And I have to say, the time went really fast.

Yes, of course it was difficult to find a new topic for every post, but then again, I learned rather unusual things about New Zealand this way. As I have never…

Departing jokingly

Well, so that was it. As quickly as this semester started, as quickly it had been over. So in the end, the only obligation left is to make a final reflection post on this course about beautiful New Zealand. I could probably end this off like most other people by making a simple reflective post…

Goodbye New Zealand

To be completely honest, I have to say that I wasn’t really that interested in New Zealand when I chose this course. The…

Haere rā!

Even when it comes to say goodbye, the Maori language keeps surprising me. I decided to search how to say goodbye in Maori, and I discovered that there are many words to say it, they change according to the situation, e.g if the person stays or leaves. But, anyway, let’s get to the point now. The time to say…