By Vanessa Maloney (University of Auckland, New Zealand). Having finally sorted out my flights, accommodation and visa it still hadn’t really sunk in that I would soon be moving on my own to the other side of the world. I was so used to thinking of New Zealand as some far-off dream that as my departure date drew nearer I was still in denial that it was actually happening! In the busy days before leaving I managed to pack in a few emotional goodbyes and then suddenly it was time to go… The plane journey was long and uncomfortable but I was so excited about arriving in Auckland that the…