Current student updates: Japan
We love getting news from our students overseas! Here are two letters from current students in Japan Kaelin, Japan Life in Tokyo is fast, everyone has a place to…
NZ Global Competence Certificate Teen
Travel may currently be off the cards, but intercultural learning continues with AFS New Zealand! The NZ Global Competence Certificate for Teens is a web-based, blended-learning programme which provides rangatahi…
Sweet memories of Sweden
Kia Ora, My name is Gypsy-Rose Koteka and I travelled to Sweden for my exchange in 2019. Where do I start? I’m just a Cook Island, Māori girl from the…
A dream Denmark exchange cut short
Hine-au-rangi Campbell-Collie returned home to New Zealand in March 2020 when all AFS programmes were cancelled due to Covid-19. Covid-19 had the hugest impact on my exchange. By the time…
“Sheltering” in New Zealand
By Caio Carvalho (Brazil) When I arrived in New Zealand in the beginning of the year, I was full of expectations and dreams. All I wanted was to make good…