The Meeker-New Zealand Student Exchange Program

The Meeker-New Zealand Exchange Program has been in existence since 1989. It all started when a Meeker Middle School teacher, Dick Turnbull, decided to try to connect his students to those in another country via email. He found a willing partner in John Withell in Invercargill, New Zealand. While the exchange started with just emails, it wasn't long before representatives were traveling from one country to the other.

In any given year, about twenty American and twenty New Zealand students take part in the exchange. There are well over 500 students and adults who have made the journey in one direction or the other.