KYC Camp
17th Dec 2019
Kaikoura Youth Council finished up the year with a camp in Clarence!
We wound Kaikōura Youth Council up this year with a camp at Clarence - we went hunting, swimming, rafting, played Settlers of Catan, talked to a NCTIR engineer about the road construction, and just generally chilled out after a busy year. A massive thanks to all our youth council members - you've put in a huge year! Not everyone could make it on camp and some of you have come and gone a bit, but we value every one of you and appreciate your input into making Kaikōura a place where youth are optimistic, confident and make valued contributions.
Under water videoing
10th Dec 2019
Exploring South Bay marine environment in a totally new way...
What a great weekend we had at the Underwater Videography workshop. An awesome group of 15 rangatahi joined us to explore the underwater world at South Bay, learning film and camera techniques for both story telling and data collection, as well as a plethora of marine science info.
A massive thanks to Sharyn Goldstien from KnowledgeAble Communities who masterminded the weekend, and to Steve Jensen for technical and back up support. As well, thanks to Adele More, our local underwater documentary expert and to Dan Crossett and Robyn Dunmore from Cawthron Institute who brought cameras and expertise of a marine research nature! And finally a huge thank you to Takahanga Marae for hosting us and all the yummy food!
Defensive driving courses...
17th Oct 2019
Mike from AA has been back at it again - taking on a local group to put through a defensive driving course. Completeing your defensive driving course eqiups you with skills to handle yourself safely on the road in all sorts of situations - and it takes 6 months wait time off your restrictive license to get you onto your full licence sooner. Well worth signing up for :)
Kaikoura Unplugged... Day 4 & 5
4th Oct 2019
This busy week has come to a close...
Thursday bought Rockets, UFO's and Aliens to the Kaikoura Library, and a gardening afternoon at Te Ha O Matauranga - getting the garden all ready for spring!
Friday was a jam-packed day of fun and dancing. In the morning Marz ran Music and Movement at the South Bay Domain, followed by a Whanau photoshoot! 🎵😃📸
The Kaikoura Scouthall was filled all afternoon, with back to back discos for pre-schoolers, primary aged children and a Youth Blast for highschool aged youth.
At Youth Blast we were treated to some fabulous musical items by Theo, Jade and Te Po - they were brilliant! 🎤🎸😍
Kaikoura Unplugged...Day 3
3rd Oct 2019
Wow what a full on day. Toni Batey ran golf at the Kaikoura Golf Club for families in the morning, following that was Golf Croquet at the Croquet club. Then a Teddy Bears Picnic and sausage sizzle at Kaikoura Playcentre. The Kaikoura library ran star making AND there was a sports afternoon at Kaikoura Primary school! We are so thankful to all the different people and community groups that are contributing their time and energy to make this week chocka full of fun activities. Thankyou everyone!!
Kaikoura Unplugged... Day 2
2nd Oct 2019
Yesterday was an exciting mishmash of activities around town... The Museum allowed free entry for all our unplugged whanau, there was planet decorating in the Kaikoura Library, and a screening of the movie Screenagers in the Memorial hall supper room followed by a talk by Martin Hughes. Did everyone enjoy the free icecream??? 😋🍦
Kaikoura Unplugged... Day 1
30th Sep 2019
We had an awesome kick off to our Kaikoura Unplugged week... thanks to all our lego experts who came along and made it an awesome morning! The lego building session was epic!
Highschool Maths Tutoring
5th Sep 2019
The lovely Emma and Zachary have been offering their expertise in maths to support other students struggling to grasp some tricky concepts brought up in the NCEA maths curriculum.
This ongoing tutoring group has been a fabulous way for students to catch up on some difficult maths problems - sometimes its easier to understand concepts when they are explained in other 'young people words'... solving quadratic equations anyone?
