NEW ZEALAND STUDY ABROAD

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NEW ZEALAND STUDY ABROAD HORT
4000 Instructors Stan Hokanson Spring
Semester 2007 Emily
Hoover Tentative trip dates May 13-27
Horticulture Kiwi production Botanical
gardens Rugby fields Golf courses Avocado
production Viticulture/enology
New Zealand Culture Greenhouse vegetables Cut
flower production Massey University Volcanos/geot
hermal Native plant nursery Maori culture
Proposed trip will explore the North
Island Auckland Rotorua Tauranga Taupo Napier
Wellington Palmerston North Hawke Bay
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Overview of Hort 4000New Zealand

• Spring Semester
• Class meets Mondays 300-455
• Trip Dates May 13 May 27
• Cost range 2700-3400 depending on student number
  (15-30)
• CLA International Perspective Theme
• Scholarships Available

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Hort 4000

• Expose students to horticulture in New Zealand
• Kiwi fruit, avocado, nursery crops, cut flowers,
  turfgrass, apples, citrus, native plants,
• Compare with U.S. horticulture industry
• Introduce culture, geography, climate
• New Zealand history

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Hort 4000

• Guest lectures
• Student presentations
• Pot-lucks
• Trip preparation
• Reading assignments
• No Tests
• Final project in NZ
• Massey University

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Trip

• Experience all aspects of the horticulture
  industry
• Experience NZ culture
• Transport by bus within NZ

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8,092 miles
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Auckland

• 2 nights / 3 days
• Auckland Botanic Garden
• Aquarium
• Auckland Zoo
• Rangitoto Volcanic Island

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Auckland Volcano Field
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Tauranga

• 2 nights in Tauranga
• Orchid nursery
• Rainbow nursery
• Zespri Kiwi Fruit
• Growers field, postharvest, storage, packaging,
  shipping
• Dinner at growers house
• Beach and city free time

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Rotorua

• 1 night
• Maori culture dinner
• Geothermal

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Taupo

• Native plant nusery

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Hawke Bay Area

• 2 nights
• Mission Estate
• Cape Kidnappers Golf Course
• Mr. Apple Orchard
• Free-time in Hastings/Napier

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Palmerston North

• 2 nights
• Massey University
• Hort Research
• NZ Sports Turf Institute

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Wellington

• 3 nights
• Wellington Botanic Garden
• Te Papa National Museum
• Free day in a great city

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14 days in a blink of an eye

• Fly from Wellington to Auckland
• Auckland to Minnesota (14 hour flight)

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