The Meeker-New Zealand Student Exchange Program

The Meeker-New Zealand
Student Exchange Program

Browse the albums below and explore
the Ambassadors' adventures in New Zealand.

During their travels, we added more links as we received more stuff:

The Airport Farewell
Photos of the departure from Invercargill...
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2

Donovan Primary School Visit ~ March 3

More from the Queenstown Trip ~ Feb. 24-26

The Farewell Dinner, and...
A few photos of stuff done with the host families, followed by the first photos received of the farewell dinner.

Stewart Island Day Trip ~ March 1

The Amazing Race and the Queenstown Trip ~ Feb. 24-26

More from the Welcome Dinner
One of the host families sends in some nice photos.

Stuff We Did With Our Host Families ~ Volume 6 ~ Volume 7
Thanks to everyone that sent these in!

The Amazing Race ~ Feb. 24
The ambassadors pose before starting their amazing race around Invercargill.

Te Anau ~ Feb. 23
The ambassadors take a boat to visit the glowworm caves.

Adventure Southland ~ Feb. 22
The ambassadors divided into two groups and had some fun in kayaks and on a ropes course!
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2 ~ Album 3 ~ Album 4

The Marae and Bluff NZ ~ Feb. 17
More from the Māori Marae (ceremonial meeting house) and Bluff NZ.

Dunedin Overnight Trip ~ Feb. 18-19
Visiting the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre, an overnight stay at the Otago Museum, followed by Baldwin Street, a water park, and the Cadbury chocolate factory (and shop).
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2 ~ Album 3

Stuff We Did With Our Host Families
Thanks to everyone that sent these in!
~ Volume 3 ~ Volume 4 ~ Volume 5

Bonus ~ Ambassador Close-Ups!
Some "portrait" photos of the Ambassadors taken while at Te Papa.

At the South End of Southland ~ Feb. 17
A visit to Māori Marae (ceremonial meeting house) and Bluff NZ.

Stuff We Did With Our Host Families ~ Volume 2
Thanks to everyone that sent these in!

Farm Day ~ Feb. 16
Visits to a few of the farms in the Invercargill area.
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2 ~ Album 3

This 'n That ~ Volume 2
Photos from cooking at James Hargest, Stadium Southland, and Farm Day.

Second Day in Wellington ~ Feb. 11
~ Album 2 ~ Album 3 ~ Album 4 ~ Album 5

This 'n That ~ Volume 1
A few photos from the day traveling to Invercargill, and some from the day of the welcome assembly at James Hargest.

The Welcome Dinner

Stuff We Did With Our Host Families ~ Volume 1
Thanks to everyone that sent these in!

Second Day in Wellington ~ Feb. 11 ~ Album 1

The Airport Welcome
More photos have come from Invercargill, added in a fourth album.
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2 ~ Album 3 ~ Album 4

First Day in Wellington ~ Feb. 10
A bus tour around the city, the botanical gardens, and some time for fun!
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2 ~ Album 3 ~ Album 4 ~ Album 5 ~ Album 6

"Day 1"
Photos from the first day, from Seattle to NZ.
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2

First Photos from New Zealand!
Some group shots from the first day of touring Wellington February 10.

Airborne!
The Ambassadors' airplane on its way to San Francisco, as seen from the Heritage Park neighborhood in Northeast Tacoma. You get stuff like this when one of the ambassador parents is a pilot for the airline flying them there...

The Airport Departure
More photos of the departure from Seattle-Tacoma have come in since the first posting, and they are in the second album.
~ Album 1 ~ Album 2

Pre-Trip:

Group photos
The Ambassadors around the Seattle-Tacoma area. Click the links below each photo in the album for more info on the location.