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AUIP’s Donna writes: The team from AUIP headed away from Christchurch on their annual pilgrimage for a few days retreat. It’s a great time to de stress and catch up with staff who live outside of New Zealand and talk over all that’s happened over the last year and to plan for the year ahead. This year we went to…
Continue readingSara Teear from the AUIP office has recently returned from a holiday with her husband in Melbourne, Australia, she writes: When our friends invited us to their wedding in Melbourne we immediately said that we would attend and then got stuck into planning our trip! During the week we visited numerous Melbourne icons, such as Federation Square, Lygon Street for…
Continue readingThat’s the tag line that the Coromandel Peninsula uses for promotional material and after spending a few days there last month AUIP’s Sheena can see why. The Coromandel Peninsula is the perfect destination for students spending a few days in Auckland in-between or after programs. It is within an hour and a half drive from Auckland city centre and even…
Continue readingDr. Lee Stoner, our Director of Academic Affairs writes: I recently came back from a visit to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). I was actually on site helping to start our new Exercise Physiology program at the Australian Institute of Sport. However, while there, four of the students (Trevor, Adam, Heeral and Mary) and I made some time…
Continue readingDr. Lee Stoner, our Director of Academic Affairs writes: I have just returned from spending eight days at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Australia. I was there for the first week of our new Exercise Physiology program. I had not been to Canberra before, so I was excited about the visit, but what excited me most was the…
Continue readingWhat’s a goal you have? To snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef? To study abroad? To work for an international company? Each person has different goals. Whether you’ve written them down or not, you’re bound to have some ambitions in mind for life. For AUIP’s Eleanor, she aspired to visit all seven continents. Such a task may seem unachievable or…
Continue readingCovering a third of Australia but only possessing a population of 1.9 million, Western Australia’s expansive lands and distinct regions are attracting increasing numbers of tourists from “the East,” as the rest of Australia is called in Western Australia. The majority, roughly 1.5 million, of Western Australia’s population resides in Perth. Renowned for its endless sunshine, Perth is one of…
Continue readingNext up on Dr. Lee Stoner’s travels was Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is a land of extremes; the only city which straddles two continents and where east truly meets west. This city has served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Latin Empire and Ottoman Empire. Even if you do not have a great imagination for history, this place just…
Continue readingNext up on Dr. Lee Stoner’s travels was Porto in Portugal. This time Lee and fiancé Krystina were accompanied by Lee’s little niece Chelsey, age 5, and Chelsey’s dad, David. Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, is one of Europes oldest settlements. Not surprisingly, Porto (aka Oporto) was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. Lee…
Continue readingThis past winter our Director of Academic Affairs, Dr. Lee Stoner, and his fiancé, Krystina, based themselves out of West Sussex, England. Each weekend took the two in a new direction, including road trips across 3 out 4 British countries (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland), Southern Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. Each destination left a lasting impression. England was a must…
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