{"id":7443,"date":"2018-02-15T04:26:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seinan-jo.com\/english\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2018-02-22T06:26:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T21:26:52","slug":"nz-study-abroad-days-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seinan-jo.com\/english\/2018\/02\/nz-study-abroad-days-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ Study Abroad – Days 2-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our stay in Timaru got off to a great start with an official welcome at Ara Institute for all the new Year 1 students. It started with a Maori “whakatau” welcome, during which our students performed the “hongi” – a traditional greeting where noses are pressed together while shaking hands.<\/p>\n

At lunchtime, we joined a celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year with lots of wonderful food. After lunch, we took a trip down to Timaru’s museum and learned much about the history of the region.<\/p>\n

Wednesday started off wet and rainy, but it cleared in the afternoon, allowing us to walk to Timaru’s Botanical Gardens to enjoy the flowers and trees, followed by a walk down to the beach. Enjoy some of our pictures!<\/p>\n

We also featured in a local newspaper story – [click the link<\/a>]\n

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