By Vanessa Maloney (University of Auckland, New Zealand). Greetings from the land of the Kiwis! I’ts been a long time since I posted so I’m going to split this update into two parts. Here is part one… Hills, Hobbits and hospitals… My first month or so in Auckland after the semester started was up and down to say the least… I settled into the routine of classes quite easily as all of my lecturers are really approachable and interesting and I definitely chose the right courses. It is very hard work doing four modules of mostly 3rd level courses, especially as a couple of my courses had postgraduate level students…