Peters said she was looking forward to that as they do that part on their own, without the other teachers.
"That's when I think we'll get a lot more of the culture and family life."
She said she and her students had really enjoyed learning Mandarin last year, as well as te reo, which prompted her to apply for the exchange.
Al Azhar has some 50,000 students across the country, and Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world, with close to 90 per cent of its 264 million people followers of Islam.
Asked if that was even more pertinent after the Christchurch mosque attacks, both teachers agreed the exchange was about getting the students aware of different faiths and beliefs, and understanding different world views and ways of looking at the world.
The teachers' Indonesian counterparts will reciprocate with a visit New Zealand in June to learn about New Zealand's culture and education.
Te'o, who teaches year 6 students, wants them to see themselves as "global citizens and learners" and show them that people might have different ways of doing things and different beliefs, but humanity underlines all of it.
As well as the teachers bringing their knowledge home, the students at the respective schools around 7500km apart will communicate using digital technologies and show each other things like cultural performances.
The exchange is part of the Global Schools Partnership Project, aimed at building connections between students in Asia and New Zealand.
It's a collaboration between Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono and the Southeast Asia Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence (SEA CAPE).
