Activities

The school has daily activities and special events which allow students to mix with teachers and other students outside class hours. Every activity is supervised by a teacher or the activities co-ordinator to ensure there is a good mixture of safety and fun. Speaking English is compulsory!

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

• play squash or badminton
• see the latest movie
• go ice-skating
• go ten-pin bowling
• learn to play tennis or touch rugby
• play volleyball or basketball
• visit an art gallery
• try rollerblading or cycling
• dance the night away at a Languages International party, or learn how to dance
• play soccer, maybe joining an inter-school competition
• try rock climbing
• play a round of golf
• visit the city museum
• take a harbour cruise (Auckland) or go walking on the hills or the cliffs (Christchurch)
• go horse riding on a New Zealand farm
• enjoy a school barbecue in the park
• listen to a talk about an area of New Zealand life

At the weekends, you can visit many popular sightseeing destinations.

From Auckland:

• The Bay of Islands (picturesque islands, dolphins and early NZ history)
• Rotorua (geysers and geothermal landscape)
• Waitomo (caves, gloworms and blackwater rafting)
• Taupo (lake and waterfalls)
• Tongariro (mountains and snow)
• Opononi (sandboarding)
• Waipoua (giant Kauri trees)
• Muriwai (wild surf)
• Coromandel (white beaches)
• Farmstay near Auckland

From Christchurch:

• Akaroa (attractive town by the sea, with a chance to see dolphins, seals and penguins)
• Quail Island (walk round the whole island)
• Hanmer Springs (hot pools, also bungy-jumping and jet-boating)
• Kaikoura (whale watching)
• The Southern Alps (hiking and sightseeing in the summer, ski-ing and snowboarding in the winter)
• The West Coast (rain forests and wild coastline)
• Dunedin (elegant city, feels like Scotland)
• Mount Cook (the highest mountain in New Zealand)
• Beaches, cliffs and hills just a short bus ride away