{"id":9773,"date":"2020-04-14T13:42:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=9773"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:42:46","slug":"zealand-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/zealand-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iz8e6J7k9UU\">Maori poi balls<\/a>, recreating a New Zealand greenstone carving, or learning how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p5cHElD5cf8\">perform a Haka<\/a>. You can even try out a game of rugby, one of the most popular sports down under!<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of famous <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/entity\/new-zealand\/m0ctw_b?categoryId=place&amp;hl=en\"><em>New Zealand<\/em><\/a><em> museums.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for New Zealand include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)<\/li>\n<li>Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)<\/li>\n<li>The World\u2019s Fastest Indian (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Learn some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of the vibrant cultures down under. Study the Maori culture, the landing at Gallipoli, or the Treaty of Waitangi. Then, take a virtual tour of Wellington with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qantas.com\/travelinsider\/en\/explore\/south-pacific\/new-zealand\/wellington\/virtual-tour-video-wellington-new-zealand-things-to-do.html\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Good Keen Man <\/em>by Barry Crump<\/li>\n<li><em>The Luminaries <\/em>by Eleanor Catton<\/li>\n<li><em>The Whale Rider <\/em>by Witi Ihimaera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yg1UaJjIB8Q\">savory<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZSW3BJi-1jI\">sweet<\/a> cooking class with your travel group or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try cooking up some meat pies, pavlova, fish and chips, or host a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Rm8d60z3H4\">Sausage Sizzle<\/a> in your backyard.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. Learn to talk like a local by perfecting your understanding of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QBET1i_DR0w\">Kiwi<\/a> slang or learn how to properly pronounce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2pPthzQrFy8&amp;list=PL_txf_nR4fNP1ZT2c6KdujrqbQvmGt7iW&amp;index=4\">Maori <\/a>words you might encounter in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There are ten sheep to every one person in New Zealand&#8230;that\u2019s un-baa-lievable!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Meet Your Partner in Travel<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Adventure_NewZealand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Adventure_NewZealand-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Adventure_NewZealand-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Adventure_NewZealand-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Adventure_NewZealand.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Kia Ora! Jenn spent a year living and working in Auckland, New Zealand. While there, she visited all over the North Island and road-tripped across the South Island. A few of her highlights were Milford Sound, the glow worms in Waitomo, seeing Yellow-Eyed Penguins in the Catlins, and hiking Rangitoto Volcano in Auckland. She recommends trying L&amp;P soda with your \u201cfush and chups,\u201d trying a Feijoa fruit, and taking a deep gaze at the southern hemisphere\u2019s night sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider making Maori poi balls, recreating a New Zealand greenstone carving, or learning how to perform a Haka. You can even try out a game of rugby, one of the most popular sports down under! Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of famous <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/zealand-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10144,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9773","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9773"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10236,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9773\/revisions\/10236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}