Your EcoQuest Adventure
Toitū te Marae o Tāne,
Toitū te Marae o Tangaroa,
Toitū te Iwi
Protect and strengthen the
realms of the Land and Sea,
and they will protect and
strengthen the People.
Te taenga ki te Ao hou - Arrival in a New World
Your flight across Te Moananui-aKiwa—the great Pacific, will take you through the night, leaping forward a day into a bright Aotearoa dawn. The shift begins, everything is different: night is day, right is left, the sun goes backwards. You are seeing with fresh eyes. Capture that feeling and let yourself be immersed in our place, our culture. Our papa kāinga (field centre) by the sea will become your home.
Ngā hīkoi - Journeys
Teammates and staff will become whānau (family), and companions on a series of place-based learning adventures throughout our land, from the mountains to the sea. We combine rigorous academic pursuit with hands on learning, taking you on a quest that extends your horizons and challenges you.
As we travel, you will learn how two world views—te Ao Māori and te Ao Pākehā—inform our responses to the issues we face in managing the impacts we have on our land.
Hōnonga - Connections
Te Rarangahau Taiao has layered meanings. It speaks of the questing for the natural world. It also conjures up the idea of weaving relationships to form webs of knowledge for sustainability.
Throughout your time with us, you will experience how EcoQuest works closely with local iwi (tribes) Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Whanaunga, and other iwi around Aotearoa, government and non-government entities, research institutes, landowners, etc.
Together with our experienced faculty and staff, you will engage in practical field studies and scientific research with real community and conservation outcomes.
When you leave New Zealand, you will have left something of yourself behind—our place and our people will by enriched by your efforts.
Whatever your pathway, if we can widen your vision, earth your understandings, and encourage an abiding fascination for the natural world, we can feel assured that you will work towards sustainability wherever you belong.
Every place needs its guardians.
CONTACTS
U.S. Program Inquiries
Director of Admissions
Donna Dowal: (603) 862-2036
email: eco.quest@unh.edu
N.Z. Contact
Director: (+64) 9 232 2501
email: eqhq@ecoquest.co.nz
LOCATIONS
North Island Field Centre
1204 East Coast Road
Whakatiwai
RD3 Pokeno 2473
New Zealand
South Island
Golden Bay
