Getting Ready

In just over two weeks, we will be together in Auckland. Here are a few things to help you get ready.

1. The schedule is being regularly updated as we get more details and confirmations.

2. We will be joined by some locals at various times, so please keep wearing your name badge (which we will provide) throughout the programme.

Packing List:

Remember to pack as light as you can. We will give you some resources but we will not pay for excess baggage, so your starting weight should be no more than 15 kgs for your main bag and 6.5 kgs for your carry-on. You must be able to handle your own bags. New Zealand dresses for practicality not formality, so no dress shoes or formal attire is required. (No need for suits or ties.) However, we will be in a Pasifika Church for one of the Sundays, so no shorts, covered shoulders, but otherwise casual is ok.  

• Comfortable shoes and warm socks: 1 pair walker/sneakers and 1 pair alternative (e.g. boots if you have them).  (for Pasifikas, if you do not have closed in shoes, you can wear warm socks with your sandles, which is what the Samoans and Cook Islanders do in Auckland)
• Jeans/Long Pants/Leggings - think casual, warm and comfortable (for Pasifikas, NZ can get cold at this time of year, especially at night, so you may want leggings or something under your lavalava/sulu/sarong.
• Casual tops
• Sleepwear - Pyjamas or track suit 
• Hat/Beanie, Gloves (optional), Scarf/Pashmina
• Adaptor - NZ uses a 3-pin plug See: https://nztraveltips.com/nz-power-plugs/  (AKB can bring a couple of loan ones, but please bring your own leads)

CWM will provide an umbrella.

Hints from Amelia's packing:

Bring lighter-weight clothes that can be layered, mixed and worn several times, rather than too many unique outfits. This is what is in my suitcase for this programme:

• 2 long-sleeve Base Layer Tshirts
• 2 pairs leggings
• 2 tops/shirts (can be work over the base layers)
• 1 short-sleeve Tshirt
• 1 pair pants/trousers (can be work over the base layers)
• 1 dress (can be work over the base layers) + either a skirt or sulu (sarong/wrap)
• 1 warm fleece vest OR 1 cardigan/jumper/pullover OR hoodie
• 1 warm waterproof jacket
• 4 sets underwear, including socks (Note: I handwash a few items every few days.)

When my husband travelled for these conditions:

• 1 pair jeans AND 1 pair long-pants
• 2 long-sleeve Tshirts 
• 1 shirt / 1 football shirt
• 1 hoodie and 1 jumper
• 1 Puffy Vest
• 1 Coat / Jacket (water resistent)
• 4 sets underwear, with extra socks.
• 1 beanie hat / gloves / pashmina scarf