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Welcome to the St John National Youth Festival!
The Northern Region Youth team is excited to be bringing you this years festival!
The St John National Youth Festival has a long history of bringing cadets and
leaders together to share ideas, meet new people, broaden their experience andknowledge, and to have a lot of fun.
Perhaps one of the most important parts of the festival is the annual National Youth
Competitions bringing together our best cadets for the ultimate level competition!
However the festival is about much more than competitions, and we encourage you
to get involved.
This newsletter will provide an overview of the festival, how to register and costs.
We will be sending further communication closer to the date.
Festival theme and logo
This years festival is focussed on our young people,
with Hauora as the festival theme. Aspects of Hauora
will be woven throughout the festival programme.
We want to congratulate George Mita from Northern
Region for providing the base of our logo representing
the 2013 National Youth Festival. The logo really
goes to the heart of what Hauora represents.The four koru represent the four dimensions of health
and well-being. They represent the basic needs to have good health: te taha
hinengaro (mental and emotional health), te taha wairua (spiritual health), te taha
tanana (physical health) and te taha whnau (social health).
The four koru converging on Northern Region represent nga hau e wha (four winds)
coming together, just like the three regions are coming together for the festival.
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St John National Youth
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The hei matau (fish hook) in the South Island representing strength, determination
and good health. It also provides safe travels over water for our South Island
whnau.
The Maori koru design is inspired by the New Zealand fern frond unfurling as it
grows. It represents peace, personal growth, positive change and awakening.
The colours of the four koru have meaning in that the green is known as the South
Island colour which starts near Picton, yellow as Central Region which starts in the
centre of their region, and blue as Northern Region. The fourth koru is a mix of the
three representing wider whanau.
Finally we have chosen to include Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island in the
logo as we are very proud of our island divisions, and fully embrace them as a part of
our region.
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Registrations are now open!
Registrations are now open for you to attend the National Youth Festival 2013!
Its easy to register: surf tohttp://tinyurl.com/NYFregistration2013 to sign uptoday!
Beds are strictly limited, so make sure you get your name down as soon as possible.
Once you have registered, the Festival Committee will be in touch with more
information.
Key venues
Accommodation
The Festival Committee is delighted to confirm our accommodation is at Kings
College, Golf Ave, Otahuhu, Auckland. This is a beautiful boarding school, with
some buildings looking something reminiscent of Hogwarts from Harry Potter!.
Competitions
The National Youth Competitions sponsored by Laerdal on Saturday 27 April are
being held at Eden Park, Reimers Ave, Kingsland, Auckland. This is the same place
where the Rugby World Cup was won by the All Blacks in 2011.
We want to thank Eden Park for generously supporting the National Youth Festival.
The drill and communication tests on Friday 26 April will be held at the North Shore
Events Centre. You may know the centre as the home of the Skycity NZ Breakers.
Sightseeing
There will be plenty of opportunities to see Auckland while youre at the festival. We
will spend time in Auckland City (the CBD), youll see Aucklands waterfront, and
well even visit one of New Zealands largest shopping malls.
Rainbows End
Thats right, we are heading to Rainbows End after prize giving on Saturday night!
New Zealands largest theme park promises all the thrills you can handle with a hostof fun activities and world class rides. There is something for everyone; spin
vertically and horizontally, suspended 18m high on the Power Surge, be trapped in a
runaway mine cart and Fear Fall 18 storeys at 82km/hr! Defy gravity on New
Zealands only corkscrew roller coaster or ride the Log Flume with its dramatic water
chute plunge.
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Festival programme overview
Please note this is a draft programme only and is subject to change at any time.
Time Events
Thursday 25 April
16:00 Registrations openKings College
18:00 Opening ceremony and ANZAC Day reflection19:30 Dinner and ice breakers
Friday 26 April
Morning Drill and Communication Competition
Hauora Youth Health Expo
Afternoon Sightseeing and shopping
Evening Dinner
Motivational speaker and Haoura badge activity
Saturday 27 April
All Day National Youth Competitions sponsored by LaerdalEvening Dinner and Prize Giving
Rainbows End Night Adventure
Sunday 28 April
All Day Sightseeing activities (Auckland CBD)
Evening Formal Dinner
Monday 29 April
Morning Poroporoaki
Afternoon Farewell
Festival fees
Live in attendees
The cost for live-in attendees is $350. This fee excludes transport to and from the
festival.
As always, we encourage fundraising to support your attendance at the festival.
Contact your Regional Contingent Manager for ideas or for information on what
fundraising activities are being conducted in your region.
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Live out attendees
If you do not require accommodation, but would still like to attend activities as part of
the festival, these are the costs that apply to you for each activity.
Activity Cost
Friday 26 April
Packed lunch at North Shore Events Centre $18Packed lunch at NSEC plus dinner (own
transport to evening venue)$33
Packed lunch at NSEC, dinner and transport
from the competition venue to the evening
venue
$38
Saturday 27 April Competitions Day
Packed lunch at Eden Park $18
Packed lunch at Eden Park and prize giving
dinner (own transport to prizegiving venue)$33
Packed lunch at Eden Park, transport to the
prize giving dinner and the prize giving
dinner
$38
Packed lunch at Eden Park, prize giving
dinner and Rainbows End (own transport to
prizegiving venue)
$78
Packed lunch at Eden Park, prize giving
dinner, Rainbows End and transport to the
dinner and to Rainbows End
$83
Prize Giving dinner $15Rainbows End Night Adventure $45
Prize Giving Dinner and Rainbows End $60
Sunday 28 April
Sightseeing Day (includes lunch) $43
Formal dinner $70
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Formal Dinner
The theme for the formal dinner is .
A Night at the Races
Let your imagination run wild!!! Have a look at these pics and do some research
yourself and come along! More details on the dress code and the formal dinner ingeneral in the next newsletter.
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The Festival Committee
Before we go, lets introduce our Festival Committee the people dedicating their
own time to ensure the festival is an outstanding success!
Name Responsibility
Lynn Mosley Festival Co-ordinator (The Boss)
Jamie Orchard Committee (The Money Man)Lorene Cassidy Committee (Fun Police)Nic Telford Committee (Food & Formal Dinner)Vicki Hawkins Committee (Support)Nic Gini Committee (Competitions)Gaye Hill Committee (Registrations)Andrea Thumath Committee (Support)Jo Carroll Committee (First Aid)Christine Benson Committee (Support)Hamish Bell Committee (Communications)
Shaun Greaves Regional Youth ManagerSarah Manley Community Programmes ManagerSonya Gale and Support Crew Community Programmes Director
Got a question?
The Festival Committee is available to ask any question you have related to the
National Youth Festival.
Email us at:[email protected]
Check out our Facebook pagehttp://tinyurl.com/nyf2013
Please note transport to and from the National Youth Festival is the responsibility of
your region. Contact your Regional Contingent Manager if you have questions on
that.
Thanks for reading, keep an eye out for Newsletter 2 coming your way soon and
well see you there!!
Best wishes
The National Youth Festival 2013 Committee
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