Building a habitat, making a difference.

AMAZING work by Susquehanna University students here on the Go New Zealand/Aotearoa Program.

Reforesting our native New Zealand wetland & extending the habitat of the endangered Matuku (Australasian Bittern).

This was a massive effort: 220 trees planted, including 50 10' monster Kahikatea (which will form the basis of this new forest for the next 900 years).

An instant forest!

Thank you NC State University & University of Florida students on a Sustaining Human Culture & Natural Environments Program, who last week planted these 10' monster native Kahikatea trees into our wetland here in New Zealand.
You’ve left a lasting impression on us, as well as our environment.

Awesome effort!

A massive thank you to the Clemson University students here on a Service Learning & Sustainability Program in New Zealand.

Nearly 300 native rainforest trees planted in a morning!

Establishing this forest will protect our valley for future generations.

Learning outside the classroom

LSSU students learn about Rongoa Maori traditional health practices & philosophies in a sub-tropical rainforest on a Health, Biology, Culture & Ecology Program.

#LSSU #StudyAbroad

VT & SUNY Brockport - Service Learning in New Zealand

Virginia Tech & SUNY Brockport students enhance New Zealand on a Conservation Based Service Learning Program.

Throughout this program students rebuild native wetland habitat, help maintain ancient rainforest trails & restore our ocean sand dunes. Making a lasting difference to our environment & our community.

A HUGE thanks to you all.

Instant wetland forest!

Thank You Virginia Tech & SUNY Brockport students.

The 'instant forest' of New Zealand native wetland Kahikatea trees you planted will stand for the next 1000 years.

This makes a huge difference, rebuilding our essential native habitat & greatly increasing the bio-diversity of this area.

What an effort!

Thank you University of Florida students for braving the bad weather to plant 300 native wetland species & finish off our riverside planting project.

Your work makes a real difference helping to clean our waterways & restore a much needed native habitat.

GO New Zealand Program

Thank You Susquehanna University Students for all your hard work.

Especially for extending our wetland by another 360 trees!

Thank you Clemson students!

Who planted 300 native wetland plants before lunch!

Your work helps restore New Zealand native habitat and clean our waterways.

Great work!

Planting an "Instant forest"

Arizona State University students help plant an "Instant forest" here in New Zealand.

Planting these waterways helps protect our land from erosion & increase our water quality.

300 native wetland plants in an afternoon!

Thank you Penn State & East Carolina University Students.

Restoring New Zealand native habitat AND offsetting the carbon of their travel!

744 Trees in a morning!

University of San Diego students are #LeadingTheChange, restoring native wetlands & offsetting the carbon of their travel while experiencing a slice of 'Kiwi' life.

#StudyAbroad #Changemakers

A Special Tree

The Pohutukawa pictured in our Xmas message is really quite a special one.

It was planted by Mary Eisenhower (grand daughter of President Eisenhower) in celebration of our USA High School conference - Huarahi Eco-summit - in July 2000.
(Which was attended by 180 American high school students, for six days across Rotorua & Tauranga, In New Zealand.)

Farewell GTA Singapore

Thank you for coming to participate in Geography field work & share on teaching practice. It is a pleasure to experience our diverse, constantly moving islands with Geographers.

We hope that, from your experiences here, you can apply “Case Study New Zealand” as a generic model to satisfy some key elements of the Geography syllabus.

We hope to see you again!

VT & SUNY Brockport - Service Learning

Virginia Tech & SUNY Brockport students enhance New Zealand on a Service Learning Program. Through this program's conservation focus, these students rebuild native rainforest habitat, help maintain ancient rainforest trails & restore our ocean sand dunes.
Then they pass on this knowledge on to local New Zealand elementary students, making a lasting difference to our environment & our community.
A HUGE thanks to you all.
#StudyAbroad #HokiesAbroad #VirginiaTech #Brockport

Clemson & Penn State Environmental Conservation & Sustainability

Through this program's service learning focus these students made a lasting difference to our environment & our community.
A HUGE thanks to you all.
#studyabroad #Clemson #PennState

'Greening the Rubble' in Christchurch, New Zealand

LSSU students on a Health, Culture & Ecology Program, bring together their disciplines on a service project Greening the Rubble in the wake of Christchurch's damaging 2011 earthquake.
The project is called the Family Recovery Garden - Te Oranga Ra, & it's mission is:
"Bringing together individuals affected by addiction, their whanau (family) & the community, this garden is a place for meaningful activity, reflection & gathering in support of peoples' journey to well-being"
#LSSU #StudyAbroad

Lake Superior State University - Health, Biology, Culture & Ecology Program

LSSU students study endemic species & their habitats, indigenous Maori health practices & local approaches to issues of environmental health using natural systems.
Students then combined these themes to give back, regenerating rainforests & helping create an amazing health initiative called a Recovery Garden.
#StudyAbroad #LSSU

save our sand dunes

A great day!
Today Clemson University & Penn State students teamed up with local New Zealand students to re-plant & save our sand dunes.
#studyabroad #Clemson #PennState

GIN852 Conference

"Generating Sustainable Change" was the title of Doug's keynote speech to the Global Issues Network - GIN852 Conference, in Hong Kong last week.

It was humbling to meet so many students working towards solutions to the biggest issues of our time.

Kuaka New Zealand - A Truly Sustainable Business

We take our role as a global citizen seriously. When we say we want to "enhance New Zealand through educational travel" we're talking about conducting our business in a completely sustainable manner. This means improving both the social & natural environments through the actions of our business.

We've been actively involved in native habitat restoration for 20+ years. And with the help of thousands of students we have been able to make a real & significant difference.

NMU Service Learning

Northern Michigan University Students enhancing New Zealand on their Service Learning Program.

A HUGE thanks to these students for all their hard work & the lasting difference they have made on our environment & our community.

#LeadTheChange

See University of San Diego students #LeadTheChange here in New Zealand, restoring our native wetland rainforests & offsetting the carbon of their travel.

Biodiversity & it's relationship to healthy water systems

Carrol College Interdisciplinary Health Exploration Program students monitoring biodiversity through presence/absence fauna survey.

#ClassOf2035?

University of Richmond & Wake Forest University students testing water quality in New Zealand & leaving a lasting impression on their unexpected local 'helpers'.

Celebrating the Stars

Frostburg State University & University of Florida students learn about Maori culture & Matariki (Maori new year) with TV personality (and former All Black) Matua Parkinson.

Then they helped him with his 'day job'.

A big thank you from NZ!

Frostburg State University & University of Florida students have off-set the entire carbon footprint of their program, including travel to & from New Zealand, by assisting in our native rainforest restoration project.

500 trees in an afternoon, amazing effort!

A big thank you to the NC State University students who helped in the restoration of our New Zealand wetland habitat.

"Best day ever"

Virginia Tech & SUNY Brockport students help extend New Zealand elementary students' understanding of their local environment by taking them on a sand dune restoration day.

Another day in paradise!

Guiding Geology students from Georgia Tech Pacific Program to Tama Lakes, across the volcanic landscape here in New Zealand.

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