April 16 - Brook - Today we were hosted by the Botany East Tamaki Club for a wonderful recreational day. First we went to visit the lovely little town of Clevedon. In Clevedon we had the opportunity to visit a few of the tourist shops. Many of us found lovely New Zealand gifts for friends and family at home. Then we had morning tea, well most of us enjoyed some sort of amazing coffee and a variety of sweet and savoury treats. Then it was off to the Hunua Ranges a...

April 15 - Brook - Today was a rest day for all. The question is what to do with one's self on a rest day. Given that I am not the type of person that likes to sit around I was happy to have an invitation from my host family, David & Janet Cornish to join their Walking group this morning. Today there was a walk scheduled for Duder Regional Park. Vivian and her host family also joined us for the hike. We met at 10:30 and started off with a group of over 20 peo...

April 14 - Brook - Today we were treated to a trip to Kawau Island. We first drove to sandspit an estuary about 45 min north of Auckland on the west coast of New Zealand. Here we met up with about 25 Rotarians from various clubs who all came out to join us for the day. Once we were all there and had our coffee's for the morning we boarded the Norma Jean. This was a rather largish boat that was chartered for our experience. I was a little worried about how I would...

April 14 - Vivian: Our team enjoyed the relaxing boat trip to the island, the lunch, the walk, and lounging in the sunshine. Lovely day.

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...