Summer High School Programs in New Zealand

Turn your passion into real-world digital photography skills this summer and learn to craft powerful images that tell stories, whether you're using a DSLR or your phone. In hands-on classes taught by professional photographers and local artists, you'll master composition, lighting, and editing—alongside new friends who share your creative drive. Classroom sessions lead into daily workshops and photo challenges across Auckland’s black sand beaches and volcanic peaks. One day, focus on street portraits at Viaduct Harbour with you and your fellow Global Navigators taking turns as models. The next day, you’re chasing golden-hour light along the coast for wildlife shots. You’ll curate your best work for a final gallery show and present an artist’s statement that reflects your growth and creative process. Auckland is photogenic, to say the least, and so much more. On excursions beyond the city, capture the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pools of Rotorua and the towering waterfalls and crystal-clear lake views around Taupō. You’ll return home with a stand-out portfolio you can use for college applications—and a new understanding of your unique style as a visual storyteller.

Journey to the lands down under and immerse yourself in all this New Zealand and Australia travel program offers: incredible beauty, friendly culture, and thrilling adventure. Try a wide variety of activities you won’t see anywhere else: zorbing, waterfall rafting, and alpine trekking in New Zealand. Then, enjoy scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef, boomerang throwing lessons, and bridge climbing in Australia. Your summer program leaders will be there to create a fun, inclusive, and accepting family atmosphere. This is no ordinary high school summer tour; it’s an adventure of a lifetime! Teens on this trip participate in the first 21 days of the longer New Zealand, Australia & Fiji Adventure 28-day program.