Category: Culture

Pre-New Zealand Whilst packing for my trip abroad, I listened to a variety of New Zealand musical artists. One thing I did not know is that the popular singer Lorde is from New Zealand which was pretty cool to find out. Also,...

Wyatt Carnes Auckland & Pahia Auckland is the economic heart of New Zealand. This economic dynamism has drawn both educated professional immigrants as well as working class immigrants. You can see the influence in the...

Taylor Drake Blog #2: So It Begins We’ve spent one week in New Zealand. On our first day in Auckland, I stopped by a record store named “Real Groovy Records.” It had this beautiful flashing neon sign out front, and I couldn’t...

Abby Jacobson Blog #1 Blog 2 One talking point that I find particularly interesting is Kiwi’s views on the environment and New Zealand’s reputation as being one of the “greenest” developed countries in...

Shawn Potwardowski Journal Entry #2 Life, Death, and the Peculiar Afterlife of Culture Where does a culture come from? Sometimes it’s out of survival, sometimes it’s for art and expression’s sake. One thing is for sure though,...

Will Barham Journal Entry #1 / The beginning of a Journey: The Fellowship of the Ring I would have to say the beginning movie of this legendary trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is my favorite. I believe the beginning of a...

Peter Do New Zealand: A Media Empire As part of the awesome adventure I and 24 of my best friends are about to embark on, we had to do complete some of the most difficult assignments I have ever encountered … watch movies...

Logan Derbes Lord of the Rings Trilogy At first, I was really skeptical about the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the series of films grew on me as I watched them for the first time this past week. Whenever I start a new movie or...