You can try a selection of these activities outside school hours:

  • go ice-skating
  • go ten pin bowling
  • learn to play touch rugby
  • visit a museum
  • go sailing
  • play soccer
  • go surfing
  • try wine tasting
  • go on an Auckland city highlights tour
  • visit an art gallery or a photo exhibition
  • climb a volcano such as Mt. Eden where you have fantastic views of Auckland
  • visit a wild west coast beach such as Karekare Beach (where the film ‘The Piano’ was filmed)
  • play pool or table tennis
  • go shopping
  • join a pub trip
  • see a sheep
  • go tree planting
  • go to Kelly Tarlton’s Under Water World
  • play ‘laser strike’
  • go tree planting

At the weekends, you can visit many popular sightseeing destinations and try more new activities:

  • The Bay of Islands (picturesque islands, dolphins and early NZ history)
  • Rotorua (geysers and geothermal landscape)
  • Coromandel (Hot Water Beach)
  • Waitomo (caves and gloworms)
  • Taupo (lake and waterfalls)
  • Tongariro (mountains and snow)
  • Opononi (sandboarding)
  • Waipoua (giant Kauri trees)
  • Muriwai (wild surf)
  • Coromandel (white beaches)
  • Farmstay near Auckland
  • Hobbiton (the Lord Of The Rings film set)
  • share a Maori cultural experience
  • go horse riding

Languages International works closely with a number of travel companies who offer students a wide range of customised weekend, and after study, travel options and tours.

Click here for the Kiwiana Tours website.

 Click here for the Marae T.I.M.E. website.
 Click here for the Aotearoa Surf website.