April 17 - Brook - Today was an early morning Rotary presentation at the Manukau City Sunrise Club. After a lovely breakfast and conversation with the members of the club after our presentation we headed out for our Vocational morning at the Auckland Women's Correctional facility. Darius a Rotary club member had arranged this visit as he works for the correctional department as a manager of the patrol officers and their programs. I think I can safely say on beh...

April 13- Brook - Today was an individual vocational day. I was placed with a Nurse Practitioner who worked at the University of Auckland's School of Nursing as a lecturer and at a primary health clinic in the Southern part of Auckland. The morning was spent meeting some of the faculty at the School of Nursing, learning about the latest population based research outcomes, learning about the advanced assessment tools and resources for Nurse Practitioners. The aft...

April 11 - Brook - Today was a vocational day organized by the Rotary Summerville Howick club. We went to Kidz First at Middlemore Hospital. Here the CEO of the Kidz First organized an individual vocational day for each of us. I spoke with a couple of pediatricians doing research one was looking into RSV rates in New Zealand which are apparently very high, he was very interested in Bethel, Alaska because apparently they have the world's highest rates of RSV. He...

April 10 - Brook - This morning we were driven very early back to Auckland for a group vocational morning at the St. John's Ambulance Headquarters. This was a very interesting morning for me especially. The organization itself is actually a charity and relies on fundraising and partial government funding to provide all of the services including the emergency services. The also do quite a bit more than the standard emergency services, including education and fir...

April 4 - Brook - Today was a very early start. We presented to the Parnell Rotary club with a breakfast meeting at 7:00 am. Then Roger and Avis, our day hosts from the Parnell club treated us to an urban cultural day in Auckland. First we visited the Holy Trinity Cathedral and St. Mary's Church. The history, beauty, and delicate stain glass windows were stunning and created a lovely and peaceful setting for our tour. Then we were taken to the Auckland Art Galle...