You Have Arrived!
For your semester in New Zealand you will be arriving in Wellington! You will be met at the airport by an on-site staff member from Victoria University of Wellington and from there you will be brought to your accommodation. Your CISabroad on site staff memeber, Helena, will meet you after you are dropped to your accommodation marking the starting point for your CISabroad Orientation.
The person meeting you will be wearing a green t-shirt and carrying a sign with the Victoria University logo and your name on it.
As you will be arriving at the Wellington Airport (from an international flight), collect your bags and your Victoria University of Wellington staff member will meet you as you leave Customs.
If you can’t find your airport pick up please contact:
- the meeting service on +64-29-463-5350, or
- Co-op Shuttles Ltd on +64-4-387-8787.
Airport pickup is included in the CISabroad program fee, but we cannot guarantee airport pickup for anyone that arrives outside of the designated arrival times.
We will meet you at the airport, but not in baggage claim or before you have gone through customs and/or immigration. When you exit customs and Immigration look for our on-site staff holding a CISabroad sign. We will then transfer you to your housing for orientation, and orientation will begin!
Your bags may decide to take a later flight (don’t panic). If the airline loses your luggage you must file a report with the airline while you are still in the baggage area. It is much more difficult to file this report once you’ve left the baggage claim area.
If your flight is delayed, please make sure to call the CISabroad Emergency phone so that we can inform our onsite team of your delay. We will do everything we can to pick you up from the airport, even if your flight is delayed, but if we cannot meet you there, we will provide you with detailed information on how to take transportation to your housing.
A Pre-Arrival sheet will be e-mailed to you, 1-2 weeks before you arrive onsite. This will contain more detailed information on your arrival as well as specific phone numbers and contact information if there are any issues with your flight or airport pickup.
For extra information on airports around the world, including maps and estimated arrival times, check out the website, Flightstats.com.