Internships ::: New Zealand Tourism Research Institute

Update: Applications are currently closed for 2009. If you have any enquiries regarding internships, please contact Suzanne Histen via email suzanne.histen@aut.ac.nz There are many opportunities for students at the graduate level to work on NZTRI projects. Under certain circumstances we may consider exceptional undergraduate students who have research interest closely aligned with projects NZTRI is working on. The following information and examples show how you can become part of our research team and how the opportunities we provide can enhance your educational experience. In busy times there will also be available temporary work as a research assistant. Please contact us if you are interested in working or studying with the NZTRI. We provide a supportive and resourced environment in which students can work towards and complete a research project. Depending on the requirement of your university, you can work on a range of NZTRI projects, or focus on completing a research project that is of mutual interest to your studies and NZTRI. This means you are fulfilling the requirements of your university while you are working on a NZTRI funded project. We benefit from your skills and enthusiasm for conducting tourism research. Our students and staff also benefit from interaction with people in the same field around the world. We take a multi-disciplinary perspective to managing the problems and prospects of tourism development. You do not have to be a tourism student to work with us. For example you might be studying information technology, management, marketing, geography, anthropology, sociology, economics, environmental and resource management. A more comprehensive list of past and current NZTRI interns can be found here SOME CURRENT AND RECENT INTERNS

" Coming to NZTRI gave me an opportunity to practice the quantitative and qualitative research skills that I had acquired at Wageningen University and my undergraduate studies. By working on a series of projects that were assigned to me over the past f..." Erika Petersons		19 June 2007

" The 4 months internship at the NZTRI has been a pleasant stay. Not only because of the things I have learned but also because of the nice work environment which is really important to me, the facilities at work were good and the team of colleagues an..." Bas Peeters Universtiy of Wageningen Wageninging Netherlands		26 April 2007

" I carried out an internship in the period August – December 2005 at NZTRI. One of my largest tasks included gathering and selecting useful information for the partial development of a comprehensive on-line tourism toolkit to support small and medium ..." Inge Herman Masters program of Leisure Tourism and Environment at Wageningen University Netherlands.		21 August 2006

" I am Mina from Japan and I worked as an intern from June-August 2005 at NZTRI, in order to gain work experience from New Zealand. The first few days, I was trying to learn my job and adjust to a new environment that was different from what I was used..." Mina Sato Seton Hill University, USA Major Sociology, International studies		21 August 2006