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- 32 -as “Historical tour,” “Wakemonja MIYAZAKI,” “Miyazaki Furusato Dancing,”“A forum about internationalization of Miyazaki,” “The National Meeting ofRoma-ji Education (in Hyuga-shi)” and some others.*They never failed to make school visits. They introduced New Zealand cultureto elementary or junior high school children. They also learned directly howthe classes were organized and managed in Japanese schools. This experiencesurely helped them when they became teachers.＜Reminiscence (9) ～A ‘Kiwi House’～＞Looking for an apartment or a house for exchange students was one of the mostimportant tasks of the SEC members, which continued until the International House wasestablished on campus in July 1992. The first exchange student from Dunedin, ElizabethTate, lived in the student dormitory, so we didn’t need to worry about her housing. As thesecond exchange student, Jane Barton, came with her ‘partner,’ we needed to find a housefor them. In August 1988, the movement of MU to Kibana area was complete by themovement of Faculty of Education. As Kibana campus is far away from downtown, mostexchange students wanted to live near Daiei, as it is in the middle between the Universityand downtown. SEC struck up an acquaintance with the real-estate agent near the MinamiMiyazaki station, which made it easy for us to look for an apartment in that area. Anacquaintance of the SEC members who was eager to help foreign students offered to renta house near Takamatsu-bashi almost for nothing. We called this house “Kiwi House,”where the exchange students from Dunedin, including Jane Barton, Gillian Wilson andJosie Robinson, lived. One summer, when there was a big typhoon, and the water level ofthe Oyodo river rose, Jane Barton had to take refuge to the Komatsu apartment where oneof the SEC members lived. The ‘Kiwi house’ was flooded below the floor level. Mr. Maxwellalso lived there for a while when he lived in Miyazaki after his retirement from DCE. Theforeign students of MU could have a good studying and living environment with this kindof help from Miyazaki people. They were really lucky!～Dunedin exchange students participating in various events out of campus～