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SEMESTER 1/2011 • NUMBER 1

48 Hours:
Bay of
Islands

Morning Tea
in France

Off the
Beaten
Track: top
picnic spots

Profile:
Suzie Bates,
sports
supremo

Healthy
hampers:
picnic snacks
to bake
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 From the Editor
K ia ora tātou – welcome to Aotearoa/New Zealand!...
By now your sunburn from Orientation will have
S ooner or later, I won’t find the
Wellington wind fun anymore.
It’ll just be annoyingly windy. It’s the
faded (or more likely, peeled. Lovely). You will have
same with your stay in New Zealand.
settled into your host universities, had a lot of kai, and
Our accent may stop being cute and start being
done a lot of stuff. Although some of you have had
annoying (“Why can’t they talk like normal people? My
more time to settle in than others...
name is Ben not Bin!”), you might get sick of bumping

T he Christchurch earthquake on February 22 had

a devastating effect on the city, although the
University of Canterbury’s campus was relatively
into people when walking down the sidewalk/footpath
(keeping left is best, even on the footpath), and Kiwi
students’ refusal to turn a heater on might go from
unscathed. The 15 University of Canterbury students being amusing to infuriating as it starts to get chilly
left Christchurch just over 24 hours after the quake, (anger could help keep you warm, though).
and were enrolling at their new host universities (Otago
and Auckland) 48 hours after that. I’d like to commend
them all for their maturity, adaptability, resilience and
T o help alleviate those tell-tale culture shock
symptoms, make sure you get out and about, try
something new, and have fun with your new friends!
understanding in these difficult circumstances. Thanks,
Like organising a picnic — why not rope in a few
too, to the Otago and Auckland IFSA-Butler students
unsuspecting Kiwis as well. Check out page 6 for the
for helping welcome them to their new domains.
best places to go, and the recipes on page 12 for

Y es, it’s definitely been a memorable start both to

the semester, and my time with IFSA-Butler. You
see, I’m kind of in the same situation as you all are at
delicious food to pack. SSC Guy Ferguson profiles
sportswoman Suzie Bates, whose career has led her
into many cross-cultural situations. And we touch base
the moment. I’ve moved to a new city, and everything is with former IFSA staffer Kate Davidson (opposite) to
new and exciting. Even the Wellington wind is fun! But find out how she is adapting to life in France.
having sat through numerous orientation sessions, I’m
vigilant about making sure I don’t succumb to culture
shock. (Ok, I know. Moving from Dunedin to Wellington
R emember to contact me or your SSC if you want
to share your experiences (good and bad). And, of
course, study hard.....!
isn’t that much of a change, compared to what you are

A my Rutherford, Editor
going through. But bear with me).

Contents
3 Morning Tea & 6 On & Off the Beaten Track:
NewZ in Brief Top picnic spots

8 Profile: Suzie Bates, sports supremo

10 Review: 12 Haere mai ki te kai:

Kiwi films & Healthy picnic snacks
magazines

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 Morning Tea
Kate Davidson, former Canterbury SSC and interim Assistant
Director at IFSA, left our beautiful shores for the sophistication
and style of France, in September last year. For the last six
months she has been living in the lovely city of Toulouse. She
connected with VUW/MAW SSC Liesl Nunns via Facebook.....

Fave morning bevvie: Tea LN: Apart from the Kate gets jiggy
with cream & jam pikelets, Crusaders and the with a public sc
ulpture
overlooking Banks Peninsula. Canterbury rugby team,
and apart from me, what do you
LN: So how did a nice girl like miss most about NZ? Assistant, which involves trying to
you get caught up with IFSA- teach French students to speak proper
Butler anyway? KD: Well you are definitely top of my English (i.e. English with the very
list of things to miss, Liesl. But next unique Kiwi accent and special vowel
KD: Well I couldn’t help it as it on my list is the clarity of the stars pronunciation...lucky them!).
was the perfect job and with pretty at night. And then in the day looking
awesome people. I saw the advert for up and seeing a clear sky without Like anything, it has its awesome
the SSC position the day before the jet streams. Sometimes here, I have moments and its not so awesome
job applications were due so I did a moments when I close my eyes and moments. On one hand it is great to
quick overnight revamp of my CV, had can travel through my memories of NZ experience a new culture, language,
and I am blown away every time by history, education system, and way of
a somewhat nervous interview, got
the beauty. life but it can also be very frustrating
accepted, met the crew, and the rest
too — like when the whole of France
is history. Without doubt it was the Another thing I miss is being in decides to go on strike and you
most enjoyable and rewarding job I nature and feeling like no aspect can’t do anything. It’s a great way to
have ever done.! of technology is distracting you or experience new things and challenge
polluting the environment and that yourself to get out of your comfort
LN: Any favourite moments when there is not another soul in sight. It’s zone, and it also teaches you so much
you look back on your time with just you and the beauty that stands about your own culture at the same
us? before you. time.
KD: Orientations with all the newbies LN: You’re now having your LN: Finally, any words of advice
fresh off the plane and the kick ass own ‘study abroad experience’ for current IFSA students? Fave
IFSA/YMCA staff and rafting the of sorts. Tell us about Toulouse, NZ spots to visit? Tips on where to
Rangitata were my favourite activities where you’re based, and what meet the best Kiwi boys etc… ?
without doubt...oh, and passing on you’re up to now...?
KD: Well where to start. Basically Kiwi
essential knowledge about NZ such KD: Toulouse is a lovely city in the boys are hot! Don’t be too forward but
as the concept of ‘dirty hot’! And south of France which is famous for don’t be too shy. If you want to meet
that Canterbury kicks arse! Yeahhhh. having the best rugby team (just like Kiwis, get into university clubs and go
But also building relationships with good old Canterbury), good Irish away on their trips; it’s the best way
students and seeing them grow pubs, universities, canals, and an to get to know Kiwis and experience
individually and together while in NZ enormous aerospace industry. I’m
was a huge highlight. working as an English Language Continued on page 5

Having fun in the city can be expensive, Office Manager / Academic Affairs org) in Coromandel (2- 4 April) and North
so check out www.grabone.co.nz which Coordinator Debbie Campbell is addicted, Shore (15-16 April). These are fun events
helps you get great discounts at eateries, and as addictions go, we think it’s quite a that really make a difference; the brainchild
cinemas, spas and more at businesses smart one to have! of visionary NZder and passionate surfer
near you. Select your region and sign on Auckland students can get involved Sam Judd, profiled in our Sem 2/2010,
for notifications of special deals. There are in ‘coastal cleanups’ run by Sustainable #2 newsletter (see http://newzealand.ifsa-
discounts of up to 90% to be had. IFSA’s Coastlines (www.sustainablecoastlines. butler.org/). Continued on page 14

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 48 Hours:
“...the biggest
platter of
prawns
I have ever

Bay of Islands
seen”.”

In February, SSC Liesl Nunns Day One, p.m.: Back in Kermit’s snug
headed to the beautiful and varied embrace, we took the car ferry from
northern-most tip of the country. Opua to Russell, on the other side of
Here are highlights from her few the bay. Formerly known as Kororareka,
days in the Bay of Islands.... ‘the Hell-Hole of the Pacific’, home to
whalers and sailors and ladies of ill-
Day One, a.m.: We’d arrived in Paihia repute, not to mention New Zealand’s
the night before in the aftermath of first pub, Russell is now a charming
Cyclone Wilma in ‘Kermit’, our small, colonial town, bursting at the seams
green, and endearingly ugly Hyundai with cutesiness. If you love you some
TB (which I presume stands for because it was school holidays. We
Tuberculosis). Woke to discover that whizzed around the beautiful bay, did
both roads out of town were closed some exploring, and were then dropped
due to slips. We happily wandered off on an uninhabited island with our
along the coast to the Waitangi Treaty picnic basket, books, and walking
Grounds. The exhibits shy away from shoes. It was bliss. The best bit was
any real discussion of race relations the trip back — by helicopter! Probably
and land rights following the Treaty, but smaller than Kermit, if that’s possible.
it’s awesome to visit such an important Without a doubt, one of the coolest
historic site. Plus, there are some things I’ve ever done.
“The view was unreal.”
seriously cool waka (traditional Maori Day Two, p.m.: Back across on the car
canoes). Waitangi Beach is also home to ferry, we found the roads were open.
Coastal Kayakers. Knowing that IFSA- kai moana, get yourself to the Bay of Not that we ever wanted to leave by this
Butler Orientation was only a couple Islands. We ate our way through the stage. Headed for Kerikeri, in search
weeks away, I planned to hone my biggest platter of prawns I have ever of NZ’s oldest building (plus, there’s a
fearsome kayaking skills, but Cyclone seen. So good. farmers’ market that does the meanest
Wilma had made that impossible, with hotdogs ever). The Keri-
Day Two, a.m.: The best way to see
the river angrily disgorging something keri Mission Station is
the Bay of Islands is by sea and we had
more closely resembling chocolate milk another beautiful piece
booked a tour with Salt Air. We were
than crystal clear flat water. Oh well, I of our history. A great
picked up by a boat, co-captained
probably would have capsized anyway end to an idyllic couple
by the cutest kid you’ve ever seen,
once the kayaks got near Haruru Falls. of days. LN
who was missing his girlfriend badly,

The sub-tropical Bay of Islands, with STAY @ Russell Top 10 Holiday Park: Good for
its 144 islands, was where the first off-season travel, holiday parks are generally
Paihia, Russell & European settlers to New Zealand value for money, offering a variety of sites
Kerikeri arrived — and where the first (not for tents or campervans, plus use of shared
always friendly) relationships with local kitchen and bathroom facilities, and are
Maori were forged. Also the home of mostly well-maintained. Best to avoid during
Waitangi, where NZ’s founding document peak season as these camps are often taken
ISLANDS

was signed. Paihia, with its three sandy over by repeat visitors and massive tent cities!
beaches sheltered by rocky islets, was
EAT @ Alfresco’s Bar Cafe & Restaurant,
BAY OF

settled by missionaries in 1823, and is

the ‘jumping off point’ for exploring the Paihia: Rated for taste & value by visitors &
Whangarei locals. Near to two scenic reserves on the
area. Across the bay is Russell, where
the first ‘Pakeha’ (European) whalers beach front, so great views while you dine.
and sailors landed, calling it ‘the hell EXPLORE @ Kerikeri River Track: A 90 minute
hole of the Pacific’! There are heaps of walk along the river, past massive native Kauri
activities in this beautiful area ranging trees to Wharepoke Falls and Rainbow Falls,
from water-based fun to island-hopping, which tumble over ancient basalt lava fields.
and visiting the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Go to www.doc.govt.nz for more info.

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 Fill in the____
With Andrea Purcell from Massey Wellington...

While kayaking never wear a hat... Kiwi boys like

to knock on
Kai and stuff are fantastic! Currently on a hazelnut and
windows.
bubble tea kick.
This weekend
People say that I dance like Molly Ringwald in The Breakfast
will be spent
Club..
exploring the wilds
Every day...without a Tim Tam is a day wasted. of New Zealand.
If you’re heading to Wellington get some roller blades. AP
Never ever step on anything if you travel back in time.

Iconic Images Challenge continued from page 3

- due 26 April 2011
the Kiwi university lifestyle. I know it is easy and
Now that you’ve been important to spend time with fellow Americans but
in this beautiful land for definitely make an effort to get to know the locals.
a whole month, there Kayaking club — join in, you’ll never regret it. And
you might just meet a nice Kiwi boy or girl. Joining
will probably be some
any outdoors club will also give you the chance to
scenes, people or
see some amazing parts of NZ you might not see
objects that are etched otherwise so it is very much worth it.
in your mind as being
typically ‘Kiwi’ and There are so many amazing places to see, I could
probably write three or four pages on it easily but two
memorable.
places I think people skip out but shouldn’t because
they are amazing are Golden Bay (Mussel Inn — a
Potential snaps are
must-visit eco friendly
everywhere.!...So why
pub) and the Catlins,
not capture them on film near Dunedin. These are
and enter them in our two paradises that have
world famous Iconic to be relished.
Images Challenge!

We’ll print the winners Kate Davidson

and stand out entries (right) with
in your next newsletter friend
— out in May. So get
that deadline date —
26 April — into your
calendar now.

You can enter up to

10 images, and we’ll
be asking you to send
them to us via Dropbox.
Your SSCs will send you details on how to submit
your photos. Great prizes, including Kathmandu
vouchers, and a variety of random spot prizes.

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 On & Off the Beaten Track:
Perfect Picnic Spots
We’re still counting on some good weather before winter hits, so get your mates, grab your picnic
basket and head out to your nearest ‘al fresco dining spot’. Our friendly IFSA experts take you there....

How to get there:

A little tricky to find, hidden at the bottom of a
winding gravel road. The Google maps directions are
pretty good. It’s a wee bit of a trek — about 40mins
from central Auckland — but totally worth it! Check
out the following links if you’re keen to go: http://
www.planmyplay.co.nz/CustomContentRetrieve.
aspx?ID=145619. And for some history: http://www.
historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/
Auckland HeritageNZ2002/HNZ02-LegacyConcrete.aspx.
Old Lime & Cement Works
Wilson Road (off Pulham Road), Warkworth, Rodney, Wellington
Greater Auckland, with SSC Emily Nicholson Otari-Wilton’s Bush, 160 Wilton Rd, Wellington, with
Feel like something a tad different? A picnic spot with that SSC Liesl Nunns
extra bit of charm? What about the Old Lime and Cement One of my favourite picnic spots is Otari-Wilton’s Bush. I
Works located just South of Warkworth. Absolutely free, love it because it’s close to where I live, but also because it
there’s a beautiful lime pool to swim in, creepy ruins to feels ancient. It is the largest area of original native bush in
explore around, grass area for picnics, piles of parking and the Wellington region, and is home to thousands of species
generally very private! You and your friends can spend an of native flora and fauna. When you visit, you feel like you’re
entire day soaking up the sun, in the middle of nowhere, but
“The swimming hole is incredibly deep and
floating in your own private it’s actually close to the Victoria
the water is full of lime... so you come out
paradise. campus and close to town.
with amazingly soft skin! Bonus!”
Picnicking essentials, for me,
This has always been a favourite spot for my friends and depend on who I’m with. If I’m with my family, this means
I on beautiful sunny days. We pack a picnic, towels, togs, little nieces, and so there is usually a Thomas the Tank
sunblock, and sunnies. Don’t forget the floaties or pool toys Engine tucked in the picnic basket somewhere, and the
as you might call them — noodles, beach balls, blow up food often gets forgotten because we have to run races
beds and such (all can be purchased at The Warehouse and find goldfish in the pond. If I’m with a friend, then I
pretty cheap) — and head out to the lime pool. The prefer lots of “nibbly food”, like cheese and crackers and
swimming hole is incredibly deep salami and olives. Plus a cold bottle of wine, a good book,
and the water is full of some good gossip, and lots of sunblock.
lime... so you come out
with amazingly soft skin! If you’ve got a big group of people together, Otari-Wilton’s
Bonus! bush also has free-to-use electric BBQs in its Group Picnic
Area. This is a good place to set up camp for an afternoon,
There is also a steep cook up some sausages, play some frisbee, and then go
bank to one side ideal explore the 14km
for jumping if you’re not of walking tracks Fun comes before food for Liesl
a scaredy pants like me, in the native bush. & her neice
and it comes with its
very own dodgy rope How to get
swing! Warning: use there:
at your own risk, as Take the No.
this spot is secluded 14 bus from
and help isn’t that close. As long as Lambton Quay,
you’re sensible this spot is amazing. Post picnic, and before or on a weekday
swimming, while your food digests, have a look around the you can catch
ruins of the old lime and cement works. the No. 47 from

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 The entrance to Otari-Wilton’s Bush

coastal conditions of the peninsular, hence ‘sand flies!’

The sand flying via the saltation process (sixth form
geography coming into use here) has created giant sand
dunes which lead down to the ocean. If you can access
a slick bottomed body board there is great sand duning
to be had! Sandfly Bay is a great picnic location on a
good day, otherwise a ‘wrapped up walk’ on a winter’s
day. Another distinguishing feature of the beach is Lion’s
Rock , which is an island rock a couple of hundred
meters off the northern end of the beach. The rock looks
like a male lion in profile, when looking northward up the
beach.
Kelburn Pde. Better yet, grab a map and walk there through
the Karori Tunnel. The Bush is open daily from sunrise to The north eastern end of Sandfly Bay has a Department of
sunset, and the Information Centre is open 9am-4pm daily. Conservation Yellow-eyed Penguin sanctuary, with wooden
hides located in the flaxes of the sand dunes. The beach
Wellington is also a common site for the Hooker’s Sea Lion. These
Princess Bay, between Lyall Bay & Houghton Bay, creatures chill out like giant logs on the sand, so be careful
South Coast, with designer Anne Taylor not to sit on one! All in all, this is a beautiful spot, so please
During the five years I lived in Wellington, the rugged South get out there, Otago students —and any of you who make
Coast became a much-loved haunt, alone or with friends. So it down this semester.
many rockpools, so much fresh sea air, so many stunning
sunsets. The sea can be either sparkling Mediterranean How to get there:
This one’s a car
azure and smooth — perhaps that’s why so many Italian
job. Sandfly Bay
fishing families moved here from the early 20th century
is located 15
onwards — or crashing ‘hell for leather’ over the winding
kilometers north
coast road. The American manager of the Island Bay Marine
east of central
Education Centre Dr Victor Anderlini says the the sealife and
Dunedin and is a
ecology here is much like the San Francisco coast. Though 25-minute drive
unfortunately I never saw an otter here, I have seen dolphins away from the
and seals. Visit his centre on the Island Bay foreshore. student area of
north Dunedin, on
The whole coast is gorgeous, right down to Red Rocks, a
the eastern side of
seal sanctuary at the western end. But Princess Bay is a
the Peninsular road.
picnic place ‘par excellence’. Choose a sunny afternoon to
stretch out on your blanket here. On a clear day, you’ll see
the snowcapped Kaikoura Mountains, glimmering across
Cook Strait.

Explore rocky outcrops to your heart’s content, or stake

out the promontory above neighbouring Houghton Bay for
some serious ‘surfie gazing’. As the evening draws in, you’re
perfectly placed to take in the spectacular sunsets.

How to get there:

Take the No. 1 bus from Courtenay Place, central
Wellington, to Island Bay and walk the several scenc
kilometres to Princess Bay. Or take the less frequent No. 32
bus to Houghton Bay and you’re practically there.

Dunedin Marshmallows
Sandfly Bay, Seal Point Road, off Braidwood Road, optional;
with SSC Guy Ferguson woolly hats
The name ‘Sandfly Bay’ comes not from the sandfly insect,
essential for
beach picnics
but from the fact that the beach gets harassed by the

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 Profile: Suzie Bates,
awesome sportswoman
Suzie Bates is one of New Zealand’s premier sportswomen. Having represented New Zealand in the women’s
cricket team since she was 18, she has competed in three cricket World Cups, played in the New Zealand
Women’s Basketball team, and competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She’s also doing the same course at
Otago as SSC Guy Ferguson, who took time out for a chat with her.
Suzie currently holds the highest
20/20 score for the New Zealand Suzie Bates
Women’s Cricket team and has
the highest batting average.
International tournaments have
taken her all around the world, and
she is fiercely competitive on the
field. But off the field she is a fun
and caring person, with a wicked
sense of humour. She won the
‘Camp Mother’ award at our end of
year PE camp for looking after the
rest of us!

Suzie, apart from being ‘Camp Mother’,

has the Beijing Olympics been the
highlight of your career so far?
Attending the Beijing Olympics has
definitely been a highlight. As a
youngster I always dreamed of going
to an Olympics so for this to become
reality was amazing and one of the best
experiences I have ever had.

Highlights were competing against

China in the tournament and the
Chinese national anthem was inspiring.
Also playing against the USA women’s
team was an eye opener to the level of
women’s basketball around the world.
Watching New Zealand shot putter
Valerie Vili and Jamaican sprinter Usain
Bolt win gold medals on the same night
at the ‘birds nest’ is also an experience so easy on the eye I would love to What is the least favourite place you
I will never forget. return. I was also fortunate enough to have travelled to?
travel to the West Indies in 2010 for A difficult question as I have not had
What is the favourite place you have cricket and we played in St Kitt’s, St many bad experiences travelling.
travelled to so far? Lucia and Barbados. One place which stands out though
The most memorable country I have is Blackpool in England. My negative
visited is India. I travelled there for a The island lifestyle and the weather was thoughts could be because we were
cricket tour in 2007 and as a 19-year- wicked and some of the resorts we absolutely smashed in a cricket game
old it was a real eye opener. I enjoyed stayed on made it difficult to remember there but I do remember not enjoying
the totally different culture and ways of you were there for a cricket trip and not my time there.
life, and also loved the food as long as a holiday. On our return we stopped
it was not too spicy. The Indian people in Miami for a couple of days and Have you travelled to America?
were also very friendly and although Recently we stopped over in Miami for
shopped up a storm.
there were some things that were not

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a couple of days and stayed at South Beach. It was a brief What do you want to do when you finish University, Suzie?
stay but very enjoyable. I also travelled with my family in 1998 I have been chipping away at a Physical Education degree
and visited L.A., Florida and Pittsburgh. since 2006. I will be relieved to complete it at the end of
this year and then I guess the world is my oyster. I have
Was an American College basketball scholarship ever a considered continuing study next year with some sociology
possibility? How seriously did you look at this? and anthropology interest papers but also considered
Yes, this was a serious possibility at the end of my high sporting opportunities playing overseas. There are options
school year. I looked into attending Texas El Paso College to play in Australia in semi-professional basketball teams
and also looked into schools in Alabama but my cricket and also options to play cricket in England during our
career kept me in New Zealand. If it was not for cricket I winter. I am very fortunate to have these opportunities
would have most certainly pursued this option, like many so will look forward to completing my study and making
of my teammates have, because of the opportunities for some further decisions at the end of the year. I want to
basketball and education in America. make the most of being able to play sport because I love it
but I’m thinking about a career I am really interested in, in
Would the WNBA ever be a realistic option for you? sports organisations, and also working with youth and the
When I was younger I dreamed of playing in the WNBA and disadvantaged in sport.
my chances would have increased if I had attended college
over there. But realistically they are full time athletes and Is there anywhere in New Zealand that you’d recommend to
America produces some exceptional athletes, both male our IFSA Butler students?
and female. I am not very tall for a basketball player and If you get the chance, drive up to Central Otago. Arrowtown,
while I believe anything is possible, competing against the Wanaka, and Queenstown are all personal favourites that I
United States at the Olympics in 2008 highlighted to me the love spending time in.
standard of basketball there, so realistically this would be a
very tough ask. There are other options to play professional Having balanced sporting
basketball closer to home in Australia and also it is massive commitments and University
in Europe. yourself, do you have any
advice for our students on
Who is your favourite NBA team and player? striking the right balance?
Tough question but I have always liked Dwayne Wade and I guess I would just
the Miami Heat. recommend taking up
whatever opportunities
What is your favourite sport — basketball or cricket? you are presented with
This is a question I have been asked a number of times and and getting amongst it.
I don’t really have an answer. I still play and love both and Have no regrets and plan
at the moment I seem to just play what provides the most ahead.
opportunities. While studying at Otago, cricket is the obvious
option with plenty of international cricket to play. Thanks Suzie, and good luck for sporting
and other success this year.
Our IFSA Butler students all got to spend a night on Te
Puea Memorial Marae in Mangare over Orientation. How
connected are you with your Maori heritage and Te Reo?
My father is of Maori descent and I am proud to say I
am Maori. At high school I was interested in studying
the language and I continue to be interested in the Maori
culture and learn more about my whanau’s heritage. I try to
encourage Maori culture within the White Ferns cricket team.
Photo: Stacy Squires, www.stuff.co.nz

What international sporting commitments do you have this

year?
This year is a bit quieter than previous years for me. This is
partly because I have prioritised my study to ensure I can
complete my PE degree at the end of the year. But there
is a tour to England at the end of June where we will play
a tournament against the top four nations for three weeks.
The Tall Ferns basketball team is also touring China in the
middle of the year and they have a series against Australia in
September. So in between study, I hope to be part of some
or all of these tours.

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 In Review
& Kiwi magazines & film
town, I grab fishHead. With food, movies, music, fashion,
fishHead: news, adventures, and more, this is one of the most helpful
Wellington ’s magazines I have read. FishHead is also available outside
magazine Wellington, at Borders and other outlets.
Darren Meeker, Wellington
NZTODAY magazine
Being new to New Zealand, and Lily Keyes, Auckland
more importantly, Wellington, I did
not know what Wellington had to Upon my arrival in New Zealand,
offer. I figured it was like any city that I had been to, and I had one thing on my mind:
therefore had the usual activities. After reading the Feb/Mar tramping. But opening up the
copy of fishHead, I learned that there is a lot more to do than pages of NZTODAY magazine,
I would have guessed, and this is just a small portion. on one of Auckland’s rainy
days, opened my eyes to other
If you are looking to treat dimensions of New Zealand beyond the picture perfect. First
yourself to a night in, there was an editorial by Allan Dick about New Zealand society’s
are recipes that the writers revengeful side. It was an honest look at how the public
suggest. Along with a main reacts to criminals and tragedies in the name of ‘justice’.
course, there is a selection This issue was also brimming with current events, historical
of health conscious side controversy, South Island adventures, and quirky articles
dishes. To go with dinner, about home-brewed ginger beer, and a TV animal trainer,
you may want something that speak to the interests of locals.
to drink, and in this
magazine, there are some The articles, ranging in topic from Fiordland to Frisbee, are
recommended beers and written by New Zealanders, for New Zealanders, so I picked
wines. Maybe after dinner, up a slew of lingo while reading. I also found it to be a great
you would like to listen way to get to know names of towns in context, as opposed
to some music, watch a to reading them from a map. Likewise, while conversing
movie, or perhaps even with locals about their holidays and hometowns is my go-to
read a book. If so, look at the review columns in the back of method to plan trips, I quickly learned how few North Island
the magazine, and there are plenty of suggestions. dwellers have even been to the South Island.

Need something to do? Look at the calendar, and you can This is where NZTODAY comes in handy. One article about
find a list of a wide variety of activities. Documentaries, Fiordland has inspired me to visit the South Island instead
concerts, art shows, and operas are just a few of the many of Australia for my mid-semester break. While the amazing
things offered in Wellington. The magazine covers a two photographs made me feel as though I would hear an echo
month period, so it is simple and easy to plan in advance. if I spoke into the glossy pages, the article covers everything
from the tales of a lost tribe living
When it comes to going out, everyone wants to look their in the bush hugging the fiords
best. From hair tips, to fashion advice, to personal trainers, and attempts to establish a
this magazine has it all, and after all of that hard work, it moose population in the park, to
would be nice to have a place to go to. This particular issue tips on warding off bloodsucking
suggests Estadio, a Latin American restaurant, right off of sandflies. While some tramping
Courtenay Place. Besides being a restaurant, Estadio is also enthusiasts repeatedly obtain
a nightclub, has two bars, a dance floor and a private room. six month permits to explore the
Instead of a night on the town, maybe you want to head final frontier, I’ll be happy with a
outdoors. If you want to simply take care of your garden, or day trip.
maybe take up scuba diving, this magazine is here to help
you out. That may seem like a lot of information, but there I took a lot away from reading
is even more in this magazine. It is my guide when I need just a few articles in NZTODAY,
something to do. Whether I need food, or an activity around from an understanding of the

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small protest that kicked off New Zealand’s conservation drinking is an accepted and expected part of daily life.
movement, to the controversial research that points to Although I’m sure our students at the Uni here in Dunedin
Europeans being the first to inhabit New Zealand. could have told you that much.
As much as I get quizzed and questioned about America, it’s All in all, NZ Life and Leisure was a pleasure to read as well
good to have some talking points about New Zealand culture as being educational and inspirational. Here’s to hoping
as well. There have been moments when I have found myself that some Kiwi sense rubs off, and we can bring these
surrounded by a circle of Kiwis who spit facts and figures adventurous and rational ideas back home with us.
and sound like they might know more about the United
States than I do. But after flipping through this magazine,
Boy
I can grill them for a change, and prove my growing (directed by Taika
knowledge of New Zealand. Whaititi)
Will Roane, Dunedin
NZ Life and Leisure
Family. Identity. Puberty. Love.
magazine
Marijuana. Money. Michael
Stacy Clark, Dunedin
Jackson. Imagination. Boy,
At first glance, NZ Life and Leisure released in 2010, is about all of
did not spark any fires within. A these things, told through the
simple glace at the cover betrayed eyes of Boy, a charismatic and infinitely lovable Maori boy.
nothing, merely a calming color Forced to become the man of the house because his
scheme of purples and pinks. However, further inspection mother died giving birth to his younger brother, Boy’s life
of Issue 35 ‘Summer Living’ relayed what I feel to be a very changes when his father (who calls himself “Shogun” due
accurate portrait of the typical Kiwi lifestyle. to a latent obsession with Samurai) returns home after
years of absence. Right away, it becomes apparent where
For starters, the practicality! The magazine is goal oriented
Boy gets his charm, as his father demonstrates enough
and organized, with each article focusing on different whimsy to lovingly coerce the viewer to join the Shogun
forms of creative eco-friendly living. From recycled huts to Fan Club. Boy’s journey involves a deftly balanced mix of
yurts to campers, every subject interviewed is an example sequences that range from fanciful
of sustainability, with the emphasis on sensibility. ‘Perch to tragic. An adorable imagined
Perfect’ looks in depth at Nikki and Wallace’s personally battle scene (complete with sticks
designed home, a quaint yet small hut built entirely from as guns) between Shogun, Boy, and
recycled materials. With both clear photographs and concise his brother corresponds nicely with a
writing, the author presents an honest image of an inspired later scene in which the theoretically
couple whose example readers are encouraged to follow. grown man gets himself — not to
mention his mates — knocked around
Each article is clearly
in a drunken fight.
constructed, without fluff writing
or extra punctuation. This ‘to This is really the crux of Waititi’s
the point’, level-headed style is film — Boy’s slow realization
indicative of the Kiwi approach. that his father is not the hero he always imagined. His
Although clearly written from an disappointment is palpable when he learns that his own
environmentalist perspective, father doesn’t want to be called “Dad.” “It sounds weird,”
this is not a magazine for he says to his son while swigging a beer. To make matters
wild hippies or pot smoking worse, their quality time quickly transforms from whimsical
teenagers. Simply put, games to a frantic search for a sack of money that Shogun
resources are limited, and buried in the backyard years prior.
there is no excuse for Held together with comedy, Boy is a delight, with subtle
ignorance. Sustainawool hints of melancholy. On the surface, it may seem like a film
carpeting is advertised next to sparkling primarily about a Maori boy, but this moving story holds
Pinot Gris. Wine is delicious, and unlike in American culture, significance for anyone who has ever had a childhood.

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 Haere mai ki te kai!
You got the low down on great Kiwi picnic spots on page 6. Now, what to
bring? Before you rush out and buy an expensive ready-made treat, why not
make something from scratch to pack in your basket...then you’ll have money
left over for icecreams on the way home!

Liesl’s Savoury Muffins

2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 cup grated cheese
1 tsp sugar
1 Tbsp green herb stock powder, chopped
ham or salami
75 g butter
1 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
* Sift flour and baking powder
together.
* Add cheese, sugar, stock powder, and
ham. Mix well.
* In another bowl, melt better and
Liesl’s muffins combine with milk and egg.
* Make a well in the dry ingredients,
and pour in liquid. Mix only until
ingredients are combined - do not
Savoury Muffins - SSC Liesl Nunns over-mix.
This is a picnic staple, and you can replace savoury * Fill greased muffin tins with mixture
ingredients with whatever you want: maybe avocado and and bake at 220 deg. celsius, for about
bacon, or sundried tomato and feta, or broccoli and blue 15mins.
cheese. You can top them with pumpkin seeds or shaved
parmesan. Go crazy! I’ve given you a simple version here.
Emily’s pizza
Pizza Dough - SSC Emily Nicholson passes the test
This is a recipe mum gave me when I left home for
University. It is the easiest, quickest, no fail dough recipe
I have ever found! And it makes super yum pizzas which
are just as good cold for a picnic. Plus it can convert to
spiral buns! I add pesto and cheese for savoury spirals, and
cinnamon for sweet ones. Sometimes I put cracked pepper
or chilli into the dough for an extra kick. Making pizza is also
a great way to use up leftovers, and so easy that my little
cousins make it on their own when they come to stay.

Muesli Biscuits - designer Anne Taylor

Homemade ‘natural’ (unsweetened) muesli is the basis of
this recipe for yummy, crunchy biscuits. So if you don’t
have muesli already, throw together about a bag of rolled
oats, a good amount of shredded coconut if you like it,
and several handfuls of any seeds and dried fruit that you
like - I use pumpkin and sesame seeds, almonds, walnuts
and raw peanuts, with sultanas, raisins, chopped dates and
dried aprocots. Mix together. Now you not only have super
healthy, quite economical muesli that will keep you going till
lunchtime — but also the key ingredient for Muesli Biscuits!

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 Emily’s dough
can be made
into pizza
or spiral
rolls (right).
Awesome
versatility!

Anne’s Muesli Biscuits

125 g butter
3/4 cup sugar
Emily’s Multi-purpose Pizza Dough 1 Tbsp milk
1 ¼ cups warm water 1 egg
1-3 Tbsp sugar (depends on how sweet you 1 tsp vanilla or almond essence
want it) 1 cup flour
1 Tbsp dried yeast-granules 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp oil (I use olive oil) 1 tsp cinnamon or allspice
1 tsp salt 2 cups ‘natural’ muesli (see pg 12)
3 cups flour * Heat oven to 170 deg. celcius.
½ tsp baking powder
* In a large bowl, combine butter and
* Preheat the oven to 180 deg. celcius. sugar. Beat till pale and creamy. Beat
* In a small to medium size bowl, in milk, egg and essence.
dissolve sugar in water, add yeast and * Stir in flour, baking powder, and
oil, stir once. Cover with a cloth and spice. Mix well. Gradually stir in muesli
sit in a warm place for a few minutes. until combined.
* In a large bowl mix flour, salt and
* Line a baking tray with greased baking
baking powder. Add yeast mixture and mix.
paper. Take spoonfuls of mixture, roll
YAY now you have made the dough!
into balls and place on tray, squashing
For pizza: flat with a fork. (Allow space for
* Roll out dough, cover with pizza sauce. biscuits to spread during cooking).
Cut vegetables, grate cheese and add to * Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly
top. Bake in oven for 12 – 15 minutes. browned. Cool on a rack then store in an
Slice and eat hot or cold for a picnic. airtight container.
For spiral rolls:
* Roll out dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon
and brown sugar. Slice over apple or Anne’s Bis
cuits
sprinkle with sultanas.
* Roll up into a sausage. Slice into 12 -
15 pieces 4cm lengths.
* Place pieces into greased oven tray and
bake for 12 – 15 minutes.
* When cool ice tops with vanilla icing
or sprinkle with icing sugar.
* To make savoury spirals, replace
cinnamon and sugar with pizza filling,
cheese and herbs.

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Emily P and Amanda D were selected New Zealand Program Advisor in the came up with this list. Apologies to anyone
to blog on the IFSA-Butler website about Indianapolis Office. Well done and good we’ve missed off or got wrong (the Ori’s
their time in New Zealand. Check out what luck, Mike! all started to blur into one after a while!).
they’re saying about this fine land at: http:// And finally, we’d like to thank all the guys Ori 1 - Jeffrey Baird and Will Roane; Ori 2:
www.ifsa-butler.org/blog/. who did the mihi whakatau on behalf Eric Gruebel, Fady Hijji, Russell Foxworthy;
Mike Owens has joined Lindsey of the orientation groups. After frantic and Ori 3: Ian Eisenberg, Mike Hartnett and
Jendraszak and Rachael Derrick as a brainstorming and many flying emails, we Read Servis.

Aussie beaches are legendary

New Zealand Facts

1. New Zealand is almost 20% bigger than the

UK but has a smaller population than Scotland.
New Zealand is 7% bigger than Oregon, three
times bigger than Portugal and one half the size
of France.

2. New Zealand is 12 hours ahead of GMT, so it

is the first country to greet the dawn of each new
day. New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, several
hundred kilometers east of the South Island,
are the first part of the country to be bathed in
sunlight each morning.

3. According to SPARC (Sport & Recreation

New Zealand), the most popular sports in New
Zealand, measured by club memberships, are as
follows: Golf: 128,860; Netball: 120,440; Soccer:
105,023; Rugby Union: 98,543, and Cricket Heading to Aussie?
87,100. But there’s no doubt about our national
sport: rugby! IFSA-Butler Australia
contact details
(Facts from www.adventurenewzealand.com/
nz_facts.php)
All numbers listed are shown as local calls

o Emergency Phone
1 800 676 911 or 02 8815 0625

o IFSA-Butler Australia
118 Darlington Road
Darlington, Sydney
02 9550 6337

o For police /medical assistance, dial 000

o TheUS Embassy is located in Canberra. US

Consulates can be found in Melbourne, Perth
and Sydney.

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Thinking Ahead
Though the semester has only just
Semester Break Travel Tips
started, there is no time like the present If you are planning a New Zealand road trip...
to start planning. Once you cross these o Many areas are remote, especially on the South Island. Make sure to keep
off your list, the rest of the semester will your gas tank at least a quarter full, and travel with a full tank if you are really
be smooth as! out in the wop-wops (for example, Milford Sound or the West Coast).
Making a change in your status... o Always lock your vehicle and stash any valuable items out of sight. Leave items
Having an awesome time and thinking such as passports and jewellery at home. Theft, especially at trail heads and
about staying a second semester at your hostel parking lots, is not uncommon.
current host university or transferring to o Refer to pages 93-94 in your Student Handbook for further information.
another in NZ or Australia? Or have the
If you are planning on heading to Australia...
marmite-eating, rugby-watching, sheep-
loving Kiwis put you off and despite o For ease of travel, apply for
planning to stay a year, you just don’t your visa online
think you can handle another semester? https://www.eta.immi.gov.au/
If either of these apply to you, changes in o If your student visa says ‘outward passage waived’ and ‘funds waived’, you do
status must be made by 1 May. not need to take your return tickets from NZ to the States with you. If your visa
does not stipulate this, you should bring proof that you intend to leave NZ as a
• Refer to pages 20-21 in your safeguard.
Student Handbook for further
o Australia is awesome, but it’s also huge. Do a bit of itinerary planning to make
information. the most of your time and ensure you aren’t spending the bulk of your holiday
Start thinking about your travel on a bus or train. Tip: travel long distances on overnight trains/buses to save
back to Auckland... on accommodation and precious daylight hours!
o Refer to page 76 in your Student Handbook for further information.
• You are responsible for making the
appropriate travel arrangements o Your Studentsafe-University insurance policy WILL NOT cover you during a
back to Auckland in order to holiday in Australia. You must check with your host university/international
connect with your international office insurance administrator for more information about how to purchase
flight at the end of the semester. extra insurance coverage for any trip outside New Zealand. (This updated
This is not covered by your information differs from what is in your handbook).
programme fees. Logging your travel plans...
• If you plan to fly, we recommend Please take time to let us know where you are heading. The information you
that you book your domestic provide is confidential and important to us in case we need to locate you in an
flight as soon as possible as it is emergency. Refer to page 15 in your Student Handbook on how to submit your
generally cheaper the further out travel plans:
you book. 1) Go to http://newzealand.ifsa-butler.org
2) Click on Travel Information Form
• Keep in mind that the airline will
only allow the international baggage 3) Enter your travel information and click on Send to IFSA Butler
weight limit if you are flying to a 4) Safe and happy travels!
foreign destination within 24 hours Post-travel insurance claims...
of your domestic flight. Otherwise, If you need to see a doctor, lose a camera, or have something stolen during your
you are only allowed the domestic travels, please be sure you take the necessary steps to help make a claim once
limit which is 23 kg for one checked your holiday ends.
bag (on Air New Zealand). o Save any receipts of things you buy or medical attention that you receive. If you
Changing your international flight need to make a claim on an item, you will need proof of ownership.
If you arrived on the group flight booked o If you plan on renting a vehicle, insure all drivers on the rental company’s
through Advantage Travel via our Indy insurance plan and pay attention to their excess rates (the base amount of
Office, you can change the return date damage costs you will be liable for).
of your flight once you know when your o To make a claim, contact Studentsafe-University or the International Student
finals are scheduled. Contact information Office at your host university when you return and take care of the paperwork
is listed on page 18 and the back cover immediately. If an emergency occurs in NZ, you should call 0800 486 004 or
of your Student Handbook. All date +64 9 486 6868 (reverse charge) anywhere else in the world.
changes and changes in your routing or o Refer to pages 22 and 39 in your Student Handbook for further coverage and
itinerary are assessed a fee. claim information.

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