Archives: 'Events'
February 6, 2010
Reaching Wellington was a huge achievement for The Big Walk; however, the final steps up to Parliament represented the start of the real purpose of the campaign.
On Tuesday we had almost every participant from TBW in the capital to spend time with CEOs, Ministers, and each other, to discuss their own life challenges and transformational [...]
Categories: Events, Jamie Fitzgerald, N15, North Island, Sponsors, TelsraClear, Video
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December 29, 2009
Just before Christmas The Big Walk’s North Island contingent strode into Auckland and what better way to celebrate their arrival … than a bit more walking!!!
We figured the best way to mark the milestone of reaching the city of volcanoes was to scale one of them! But which one? There are 48(ish) to choose from [...]
Categories: ANZ, Auckland, Community, Events, FYD, Jamie Fitzgerald, Sponsors, TelsraClear, Uncategorized
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December 9, 2009
Today we woke up at our normal 6am again with the aim of heading back into Kerikeri for a transition breakfast organised by ANZ. By 7.10 we were all packed up and ready to go and by 7.30 we were back at The Bakehouse, where we had met last night. ANZ were awesome hosts, friendly [...]
Categories: Events, N3, Nick, North Island
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December 1, 2009
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What a day to begin: sun shining down on the Far North, moderate Northerly, and a bus full of cheerful Kiwi Can kids from a range of Primary Schools in the area – one of them, Wirimu, seemed to take a like to the Pou Rongo stick and soon became its carer for the day!
Let [...]
Categories: Events, Jamie Fitzgerald, Kiwi Can, N1, North Island, Sponsors, Uncategorized
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November 20, 2009
It’s nearly 40 years since Jill Tremain and I set out to traverse the Southern Alps from end to end in winter. As we prepare to set out on The Big Walk I’ve been reflecting on that ambitious undertaking so long ago: it took us 100 days; on 50 of those days we were stormbound [...]
Categories: Events, FYD, Graeme Dingle
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November 16, 2009
Last week I joined a bunch of Summer and Winter Olympians, adventurers, business owners and outdoor gurus as The North Face officially opened its first flagship store in New Zealand.
As corporate big-wigs trundled home after work, the new store filled with athletes in enough trend-setting threads to fit out the shop – The North Face [...]
Categories: Auckland, Events, Jamie Fitzgerald, Sponsors, The North Face
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November 3, 2009
Northcote Primary School was the alive with enthusiasm this evening, as a group of Project K graduates signed up for a great summer challenge – The Big Walk!
Auckand-based Project K offices teamed up with AUT staff to host graduates of all ages. It didn’t take long before stories from the various programmes started coming out. What [...]
Categories: Auckland, Events, Jamie Fitzgerald, Proect K
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Loved the video. Had an awsome time on the last leg of the big walk minus the boat trip but ...