Cultural Differences: Part 2 of 4

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I came to New Zealand to study English. It was a new experience to see people driving on the left side. Before crossing the street, I always look on the wrong side of the road. When pedestrians cross the street, the car drivers never stop. Most Kiwi people aren’t very fashionable. When people say “cheers”,

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Cultural Differences: Part 1 of 4 (Korea and New Zealand)

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Hi! I’m Emily. I’m from Korea. Nice to meet you. ^^ If you come to New Zealand, you will experience cultural differences. So, I’m going to explain some “cultural differences” for you. I think you should come to New Zealand to see the beautiful views and to meet Kiwi people. It is a wonderful country,

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Tiritiri Matangi – tossed by the wind

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Tiritiri Matangi is a bird sanctuary which is really worth visiting. In the language of the Maori its name means “tossed by the wind”. This awesome island is located north of Auckland. It’s reachable by ferry in 75 minutes. Pay attention, the ferry leaves once a day from Wednesday to Sunday and you have to

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Israeli Student Happy with Experience

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Shalom Cohen who celebrated his 70th Birthday while studying at Languages International is now finishing his course here. We have asked Shalom to reflect on his experience at school. Q Today is your last day at school. Can you tell us if you are happy with your progress?A Yes, I just had my last class

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About New Zealand Culture

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New Zealand is a multi cultural country with Maori, British, NZ born European, Indian and some Asians while there is just one culture in Korea. It’s completely different from Korea. Many cultures exist together beside each other in one country, and we can experience a variety of interesting cultures. According to researchers like linguists, archeologists,

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Auckland

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I heard Auckland is beautiful and clean place. When I come to here I find that it is true. I like Auckland’s beautiful nature. there is a lot of delicious food in Auckland. When the weather is warm I go to the Albert park. It’s very nice park. Auckland has nice educational place. so many

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About Auckland

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Auckland is a beautiful city. there is the Sky Tower, Devonport, One Tree Hill, the Auckland Zoo, Queen St., Mission Bay and onessmart. Sky tower is the highest building in New Zealand. You can see all of Auckland from the top of Sky Tower. If you’re a brave man, you can go bungy jumping there.

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Travel in New Zealand

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New Zealand is a very beautiful country to travel around. We went to Rotorua with our frends last month. In Rotorua there are a lot of activities you can do to relax. There are many hotels and motels. We went rafting and also went on the luge. Before going on the luge we enjoyed a

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New Zealand Named in Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Countries for 2010

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Lonely Planet has named New Zealand as one of its top 10 countries for 2010. New Zealand was chosen for its amazing variety of spectacular landscapes, Maori culture, fine food and drink, and the easy-going nature of its people. The other countries to make it into the top 10 were El Salvador, Germany, Greece, Malaysia,

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The Trip of My life

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We all know how difficult it can be to decide what you want to do after having graduated secondary school. You might not know what you want; maybe you are tired of school or you just don’t know what to study. If that is your situation I suggest you take a gap year. By doing

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