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"The whole trip was well run and my daughter had the greatest time she will be talking about it for a long time to come. From my perspective it was great being able to see what the kids got up each day by viewing the photos posted on facebook. Great stuff!"
Leonie Fraser
Look at the tons of fun had on the KiwiKhaat trips from past explorations around New Zealands beautiful North Island and check out our videos on you tube.
E olivia.dean_kiwikhaat.co.nz P 0273473001 W www.kiwikhaat.com A PO box 17 383 Karori
Our aim is to provide children with an enriching, geographical experience of the North Island.
We aim to give children an exciting adventure, where they will be constantly learning, having fun, and creating new stories for themselves.
Kiwi Khaat is designed to help children get more out of their school holiday, giving it an exciting edge with new, appealing attractions and the chance to discover new environments.
It further aims to give parents a holiday at the same time! Kiwi Khaat gives parents a break from the constant organisation and forward-planning that parenthood involves.
Ultimately, Kiwi Khaat provides days of action-packed entertainment and adventure for children during their school term break, by taking them on a geographical tour of the North Island, engaging in many of the iconic activities offered and experiencing great scenery with good company.
Name: LOUISE THAYER
Favourite Food: Steak Always!
Favourite Place: Wanaka
Favourite Sport: Netball!
Favourite TV Show: The Simpsons
Name: EDWARD BROWN
Favourite Food: Rack of Lamb
Favourite Place: Taupo
Favourite Sport: Cricket + Rugby
Name: CONNAIRE ROUGHAN
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Place: Hawea, NZ
Favourite Sport: Rugby
Favourite TV Show: Modern Family
Name: MARK HURDLE
Favourite Food: Mexican
Favourite Place: Argentina
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Favourite TV Show: 7 Days
Name: OLIVIA DEAN
Favourite Food: Roast Chicken
Favourite Place: Gold Coast, Australia
Favourite Sport: Hockey + Tennis
Favourite TV Show: Glee!
KHAAT DIRECTOR
Name: SOPHIE MACDONALD
Favourite Food: Bacon & Egg Pie
Favourite Place: Queenstown
Favourite Sport: Hockey
Favourite TV Show: Friends
Olivia Dean
OLIVIA DEAN DIRECTOR - SENIOR COUNCILLOR
Olivia Dean is 23 years old and grew up in her favourite city of Wellington! She attended Karori Normal School, until Year 8 and Wellington Girls College from Year 9 to 13. Olivia then ventured South and completed her Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology, at the University of Otago. She is currently completing a Masters in Entrepreneurship at Otago in hope to one day become a great Social Entrepreneur.
Olivia worked at Thorndon After School Care as a leader throughout her 7th form year and was a supervisor for many of the YMCA holiday programmes throughout 2005 to 2007. She has since worked at Brooklyn After School Care and Holiday Programmes whenever she has come home from Otago for holidays and visits. Olivia also spent six months being a nanny in Dunedin for four children between the ages of 2 and 10 years old, and has been engaged to undertake many babysitting stints from as soon as she was old enough.
Olivia absolutely loves all sports. During High School she played Tennis, Hockey, Cricket, Netball, Soccer, Golf, and Waterpolo. Olivia toured South Africa for Cricket at just 14 years of age with the Wellington Regional Development Squad, which later also toured Australia. In more recent years, she has completed a duathlon, two half marathons, and the Tour de Wakatipu challenge. Olivia is also very keen on drama and, although not much of an artist, likes to think of any artwork she might do as being "abstract"! Last, but definitely not least, she is very proud to be an Outward Bound graduate.
Olivia is down-to-earth, vibrant, and energetic. She can't wait for the next Kiwi Khaat touring team. She's excited to take the children on their adventure of a lifetime as they groove their way around the North Island! Olivia know's there will be endless laughter and is determined the kids will all come back having learnt alot, with plenty of stories to share, and fantastic photos to put on the wall. Finally, Olivia has no doubt that everyone is going to make some great friends!
Louise Thayer
LOUISE THAYER - COUNCILLOR
Louise Thayer is 22 years old and was born in Southland, where she attended Waikaka Full Primary School. She then went on to board at Columba College from year 9-13 in Dunedin. Louise played many sports competitively throughout her school years, such as Volleyball, Touch Rugby, Basketball, Netball, and Athletics which she specialised in Pole Vault and High jump. Netball and Athletics were and still are Louise's forte! She has been playing for the Otago National Provincial Championship team since 2007, including being in the Otago Under 21s team in 2008 and 2009. Louise has competed at Nationals for Athletics every year since 2004 - her most recent achievements were receiving Silver for High Jump in 2009, and coming top six in High Jump just this year! To add to her sporting success, Louise has taught at a number of Netball coaching clinics with kids of all ages, further helping coach high school Netball teams and Athletics. Louise has worked most summers on her family farm, and dairy farming, as well as having various retail and hospitality jobs. In December 2009 Louise graduated with a Physiotherapy degree, starting work in February this year at Roslyn Physiotherapy in Dunedin. Louise is a huge fan of camping holidays and growing up in an active family, has been on more than her fair share since she was a young age. She loves the outdoors, and being a from the South, is a born skier! As you have read, Louise is an extremely talented sportswoman, and will be a huge help on the Kiwi Khaat summer camps in putting together some drills for all the Netball fans!
Edward Brown
EDWARD BROWN - COUNCILLOR
Edward Brown is 22 years old, and was born and raised in Auckland, attending Kings College. He is graduating from his Bachelor of Arts degree in December this year. Ed is a sports fanatic, following cricket, rugby, rugby league, American football, soccer, and basketball all very closely. Ed has worked many summers at the Beckett Book Warehouse, so is familiar with all the good reads! There is no doubt Ed will be a hit on the Kiwi Khaat camps, as hes full of energy and will be sure to have us all out there playing backyard cricket any chance he can get! Ed is proud godfather of a nine-year old boy who he has absolutely loved watching grow up. Ed thinks he can be the favourite leader of the camp! What do you think?
Connaire Roughan
Favourite TV Show: Dora the Explorer
CONNAIRE ROUGHAN - COUNCILLOR
Connaire Roughan is from Lawrence, where she attended primary school, before being a boarder at Saint Kevins College, in Oamaru. She is 23 years old and having completed her Bachelor of Arts in English, she is now studying to be a secondary school English teacher.
Connaire has had plenty of experience looking after children, including five years as a volunteer for Edmund Rice Camps Dunedin, which runs during school holidays. This role has involved Connaire planning and running entire camps! Connaire has also worked in regular holiday programmes around Dunedin, namely for Kids Inc where she held the position of a tutor.
Connaire likes music, drama, sports, and reading. She loves holidays in the sun, and being outdoors. She especially loves family get-togethers camping in Hawea. She values a good conversation, and strongly believes in finding the fun in everyday situations. Connaire has a great zest for life and enjoys the energy that comes with being around children! She cant wait to meet the kids of Kiwi Khaat and knows shes in for an unforgettable holiday!
Mark Hurdle
MARK HURDLE - COUNCILLOR
Mark Hurdle is 23 years old who grew up in Wellington and attended St Patricks College, Silverstream. Mark is graduating in December with two Otago degrees, a Bachelor of Physical Education with a double major in sports/leisure studies and prescription, and a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Psychology! Mark has spent most of his university holidays working as a lifeguard at the Stokes Valley swimming pool in Lower Hutt. He currently works for the university gym as an exercise consultant and social sport coordinator. Marks physical education knowledge is really going to help the kids and staff on Kiwi Khaat to be active and his keen lifeguard eye will make sure were all super careful and swim-safe when were out there on all our water activities! Mark has a great sense of humor and loves being outdoors. On his GAP year in 2005, Mark was a camp activities instructor at a scout camp in Sussex, England. He gained instructing qualifications for archery, abseiling, small ball shooting and swimming. He returned home with endless and unforgettable memories! He has also been a supervisor for the Upper Hutt Blue Light holiday programme. On top of all this he has also coached, refereed and participated in Junior Soccer in Wellington! If youre a Soccer kid, you definitely need to follow this guy around and he may teach you some of his premier grade skills! Mark has been up and down the North Island many times, and thinks the Kiwi Khaat tour is going be a buzzing experience, with heaps of laughs! All the kids will unquestionably hit it off with Mark, bringing many stories home to the family of his lively, outgoing, and animated personality.
Sophie Macdonald
Favourite TV Show: Friends!
SOPHIE MACDONALD - COUNCILLOR
Sophie is 22 years old and grew up in Masterton. She graduated as a Primary School Teacher, receiving her Bachelor of Teaching degree in 2008. In 2009, Sophie started teaching Year One and Twos at Hillpark Primary School in Auckland. She is back again there this year and absolutely loving it. Sophie claims I love working with children because there are always new challenges and endless funny stories! It's great as no two days are ever them same! Throughout her studying/ teaching placements she was working with kids right up to Year Eight, so she is very accustomed to being around all ages of children. Over the coming years Sophie plans to move up the ages she teaches, so is highly looking forward to Kiwi Khaat where she can sooner get to spend time with older children! To top it all off she is super excited that the children will be coming to her new hometown of Auckland where she can teach them everything she has learnt about the big city! Sophie is confident, bubbly and great fun to be around!
Open and print the itinerary below to see all the fun and adventure you could have on the easter camp this July!
All inclusive camp cost $949.00
-Free Khaat backpack, cap, drink bottle & journal!
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The whole trip was well run and my daughter had the greatest time shell be talking about it for a long time to come. From my perspective it was great being able to see what the kids got up each day by viewing the photos posted on youtube. Great stuff!
"When i first signed up my son to go to Kiwi Khaat i was nervous as i had never sent him away from home before. I learnt from the website that it was a week long camp that traveled all over the North Island. I emailed the camp co-ordinators and imediately got a responce. The camp co-ordinators were extreamly helpfull and anwsered all my questions when needed, they made me feel like my son would be in good hands. When i i first meet the caregivers i was put to ease, as they were very friendly and i could see that they would get along great with my son. As the camp went along we got daily reports and video footage of our chrildren and what they had done the previous days, this made me feel like i was on the camp with them to. i was also able to text the camp caregivers alond the way just to see how they were doing. when my son returned home he was still full of life and talked for days about all the fun he had had and how he wants to go on the next camp. It was a experiance that i could not have provided my son in one week and i know the memories of this camp will be with him forever, it was well worth it."
Natalia Parata
My favourite part of the trip was going to Rainbows End. Olivia and Con were great leaders. It was such a great experience that I want to do it again.
Theo, aged 9
When my sons brought the Kiwi Khaat brochure home from school and asked to go on it, I was anxious as I hadnt heard of the company before and it seemed a big undertaking to entrust my children to strangers for such a long trip. I neednt have worried. Olivia was a pleasure to deal with and very professional from start to finish. She really worked hard and went the extra mile to give the boys a wonderful week. A lot of thought had been put into the programme and every day was full of treats. The other parents and children were all really nice and everyone seemed to get on well and have lots of fun during the trip. The childrens smiling faces when they got off the plane at the end of the week spoke volumes. I am grateful to Kiwi Khaat for giving my children a terrific time and have no hesitations when recommending it to others. We would certainly send our children again with this company, and our youngest child wants to do it too when he is old enough.
Kate, mother of 2 Kiwi Khaat happy campers
"Kiwi Khaat was the best time i have had in my whole life. i was thrilled after all the stuff we did, especially the fear fall at rainbows end. I made alot of friends and got to know lots of different people. The caregivers where really nice and sometimes funny. Kiwi Khaat has got to be the best camp you could ever think of. i wish i could go on the camp again as it was the most fun i have ever had."
Pacey Murray
