Day - 1 Auckland
Arrive at Auckland Airport and drive north to Auckland and the summit of Mt Eden Volcano for an overview of the city.
Overnight Auckland
Day - 2 Auckland to Hamilton to Tauranga
Begin your day early today with a visit to a centre for the selective breeding of dairy cattle. Watch a semen collection then hear a presentation on the selective breeding program and its importance to New Zealand’s dairy industry: the phenotypical traits selected for and work in progress to find genetic markers for these.
Spend the rest of the day at a Hamilton high school. Meet Kiwi buddies who will look after you as you experience New Zealand’s education system.
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Begin your school immersion experience at the start of the school day, then leave a couple of hours early to fit in a visit to a prize-winning working dairy farm acknowledged for the environmental sustainability of its day to day practice.
Finish the day with a relaxing soak in Mount Maunganui’s Hot Salt Water Pools
Overnight Tauranga and Marae stay
Day - 3 Tauranga to Kawerau to Rotorua
This morning we’ll head for Comvita Honey Centre, where it’s possible to see inside a bee-hive, learn about apiary and (to be confirmed) and tour the honey factory.
Next is a visit a to paper mill to understand the production of one of our most important daily requirements and the challenge of producing this sustainably.
Norske Skog Tasman processes Radiata Pine timber from the state-owned Kaingaroa Forest. The site was chosen because of the ready availability of energy from an on-site 100-megawatt geothermal power station. Over 500,000 tonnes of paper are produced annually, supplying all New Zealand's newsprint requirements and thirty percent of Australia's.
Next you’ll try blokarting (where sailing meets the speedway). Plan and carry out simple investigations with wind energy themes.
Blokarting is land yachting for all ages and skill levels and the windy summer months find Blokart Heaven humming. With 360 degrees of available wind, karters can sail with any wind direction. Tauranga is the home of the blokart and its inventor.
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Day - 4 Rotorua
Your first stop today, Rotorua Museum provides a great introduction to New Zealand’s culture and volcanic highlights.
Discover the great stories of the Rotorua region (and the taupo volcanic zone) through innovative exhibitions and cinema experiences. Learn about the rich culture, volatile landscape and legendary figures that have shaped this fascinating region.
You’ll carry out qualitative and quantitative tests on hot spring water in a geothermal field in the centre of Rotorua city to understand how geologists monitor water characteristics as an indication of what is happening below ground.
Next, you’ll explore Waiotapu, one of Rotorua’s most colourful and dramatic geo-thermal parks with its hot pools, bubbling mud and steaming ground. Your guide will help you understand the nature of geothermal activity and its benefits and dangers to the inhabitants of Rotorua
Maori Cultural show: This evening will give you an authentic introduction to Maori culture. Be enthralled by the natural bush setting, see warriors in traditional dress paddle an ancient warrior canoe (waka) down the Wai-o-whiro stream, enjoy a traditional hangi meal and your only opportunity in the Rotorua area to see glow worms
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Day - 5 Rotorua to Pakiri
Our first stop today will be Waihi Gold mine, where you’ll enjoy a tour of this open cast mine and its processing facilities before carrying out an investigation at the nearby education centre.
Next, travel north to Auckland where there may be time for some shopping and on to Pakiri.
Take and early evening stroll along beautiful Pakiri Beach.
Overnight Pakiri
Day - 6 Goat Island – Pakiri
You’ll spend today at Goat Island Marine Reserve, New Zealand's first, established in 1975.
In less than ten years a virtual marine desert decimated by overfishing became a rich ecological area, teeming with fish and other sea life, free from exploitation.
You’ll explore the rocky shore to conduct ecological surveys of the rich wildlife (transect of inter-tidal zone).
Next you’ll explore the underwater world from a glass-bottom boat with a guide who’ll help you understand how Rocky shore ecosystems and the marine reserve works.
Before returning to beautiful Pakiri Beach, you’ll visit Auckland University’s on site Marine Lab for an experimental design exercise introducing the challenges of research) then enjoy a presentation telling the story of the reserve.
Overnight Pakiri Beach
Day 7 Pakiri to Auckland airport
Airport transfer for flight.
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