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- 30 -*For 21 years (1986-2007), MU sent 35 students to DCE (2 male students and33 female students).*The first two students from MU (Kaoru Kojima and Mayumi Hosokawa)studied at DCE before the student exchange agreement was concluded, so theyhad to live at their own expense. But thanks to DCE, they could get a tuitionwaiver.*Because of the difference of academic calendar, MU students had to leaveMiyazaki in the middle of January, namely at the end of the academic year.They came back in December, when the second semester was on here at MU.＜Reminiscence (8) ～Study and Life in Dunedin～＞*Hisayoshi Inoue（1989）Two male studnets of my age welcomed me at the dormitorywhen I arrived in New Zealand. They easily carried my heavybaggage in front of my room on the 3rd floor. I could only say tothem, “Thank you, thank you very much.” They said to mesmilingly, “You can say ‘Ta’ instead of ‘Thank you’.” ‘Ta’ was thefirst slang word I remembered in New Zealand. I learnedeveryday English from many friends and practiced theseexpressions repeatedly. After 10 months, my English had so muchNew Zealand accent that it was called ‘Japanese Kiwi.’ Theencounter with these friends made my stay in Dunedin enjoyable and fruitful.“Thanksheaps for all of my Kiwis, ‘cause I had a blimin good time with them!”[The Support Committee Newsletter No.4 (July 9, 1990)])*Junko Eto（1993）It hailed in midsummer. As I was born and raised in Miyazaki,I had never seen a hailstorm. It was a real surprise to see it onmy first day in New Zealand. For 10 months after that, I tried todo as many things as possible, and made friends with manypeople. Dunedin was the beautiful and good city to study, exceptthat it had a bad and cold weather. One fifth of the populationwere students, who came to Dunedin from all over theworld. ...Most classes were interesting. I could have chances tolearn Maori language and culture, and to learn scuba diving inthe swimming class. We had to do homework, but we lived a full life. During the holidays,I traveled around New Zealand or enjoyed skiing for the first time in my life. I alsoexperienced a 10-day farm stay and got to know more about sheep. I walked along theMilford track, so-called the most beautiful walk in the world, for four days with a heavypack on the back. These days were really the best days in my life, when I could do whatI cannot do in Japan. I will try to make a contribution to this internationalized society.[The Support Committee Newsletter No.8 (March 17, 1993)])