<p>Having visited New Zealand, I doubt that race is an unknown issue to OP’s sons. Also, NZ is fairly socialistic (medical and retirement), anti-nuke, anti-war (at least as a global policy), VERY green and has a female leader.</p>
<p>I think that OP will have more difficulty finding a secular campus that is anywhere near the feel of NZ. We hosted a foreign exchange student from Japan last year. He mentioned the noticable ultra-conservative, moralistic US atmosphere of the “vocal” minority (who seemed to have been out-ed with some frequency during the year the student was with us).</p>
<p>I think that a small LAC in the West like Colorado College might be a decent fit, but the cost is going to be an issue. Be aware Colorado Springs itself is very “family values,” but the College is very secular.</p>