Sports in New Zealand is a big part of their culture. You'll have first-hand experience of coaching a variety of sports to children from all backgrounds. The Auckland schools include Maori children and refugee children from the South Pacific Islands, amongst others. You'll help these children to integrate into the Kiwi school system.

►SUMMARY FACTFILE
Start Dates	All year round - you choose your start and finish dates! Placements may be subject to school terms and sports seasons
Duration	From 4 weeks to 1 year, subject to visa requirements. .
Requirements	No qualifications or experience required, but you must have a very good knowledge of your sport and lots of enthusiasm!.
Price	From £1,295 for 4 weeks, ranging to £2,295 for 12 weeks. From US $1,945 for 4 weeks, ranging to US $3,445 for 12 weeks. Full Price List and other Currencies
What's included	►Accommodation ►Meeting you at the Airport ►Transfer to your accommodation ►Full pre-departure support ►Local in-country team support and backup ►24-hr emergency support  ►Free T-shirt.
What's not included	Flights, Food, Insurance, Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and assistance), Transport to and from your project, Return transfer to the airport.
Who can do this Project?	All projects are open to all nationalities. You need to be aged between 17 and 70+

PROJECT OVERVIEW
This project provides you with a diverse experience in that your activities will take place in two locations and will also give you the opportunity to coach other sports as well:

1. During the mornings and early afternoons, for about 4-5 hours every day, you'll bring very welcome sports coaching skills in the School Sports project. This project takes place in a school in one of the suburbs of Auckland and here you'll coach a variety of sports to children from the Maori community and other countries.

2. You'll spend your afternoons and evenings coaching and/or training at a sports Club of your choice in Auckland.

The school we work with in Auckland has a large number of disadvantaged children from the Maori community as well as children from the South Pacific and many refugee children from countries such as Sudan and Ethiopia.

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM DOING THIS PROJECT:

• An exciting, never-to-be-forgotten adventure into New Zealand and you'll learn about the Maori culture that makes this country so fascinating!

• The enormous satisfaction of also helping disadvantaged children and knowing that you made a difference to them.

• New skills, more confidence, a greater understanding of a different culture, invaluable personal and professional development.

• An entry on your CV or résumé that will put you head and shoulders above most others in the job market

• And best of all ... an unforgettable experience!

WORK CONTENT:

1. YOUR PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL:
The School Sports Project will take place during the day. For this element of your programme, you will be working at a school located in Auckland. The school has children from a variety of backgrounds and countries such as Maori children and children from Sudan and Somalia who are refugees, as well as children from other lower economic countries such as Samoa and Tonga. The school has good facilities that will enable you to coach a variety of different sports. 

There are a wide number of sports available to coach on this project and you will be involved in a wide range of sporting activities, giving you great diversity. The sports are generally coached by season, but if you wanted to coach a sport that was not in season, or if you wanted to introduce a new sport to the children, the school would welcome it as long as it was of benefit to the children. Each school offers different sports so if there was a particular sport that you were interested in coaching please let us know and we will make arrangements for this.

The sports vary with each term, as follows:
Term 1: Tennis, Cricket, Athletics
Term 2: Rugby Union & League, Football, Hockey, Netball
Term 3: Rugby League, Football, Netball
Term 4: Athletics, Cricket, Cross Country & Football.

COACHING TIMES AND PROJECT DATES:
The school dates for 2012 are:

• Term 1: 30th Jan / 7th Feb – 5th April       

• Term 2: 23rd April – 29th June       

• Term 3: 16th July – 28th Sept       

• Term 4: 15th Oct – 20th Dec    

The school dates for 2013 are as follows:

• Term 1: 28th Jan / 7th Feb – 19th April       

• Term 2: 6th May – 12th July       

• Term 3: 29th July – 27th Sept       

• Term 4: 14th Oct – 20th Dec  

The lessons you will be coaching in will last for 45 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:30 - 3:00 pm. You'll assist the sports teacher to coach the children. You'll spend about 3 to 5 hours a day helping the children at the school.

"The school has also been great. Like the hockey club the staff are forever going out of their way to show their gratitude, from great multitudes of tea and biscuits to lifts home and advice on touring the city. All the kids are fantastic, showing great enthusiasm and energy in every aspect of the curriculum. Also, almost without fail the kids love me! Fighting for my attention and approval all the time, which is really flattering. I have very much been placed in some areas of the school as a male role model which is a role I am more than happy to play. All said, I have really enjoyed my time at the school so far and would undoubtedly advise it to anyone else who was planning a venture such as mine". Simon Thomson

2. YOUR PROJECT AT THE CLUB:
This element of your programme will take place in the late afternoons and evenings where you'll have the opportunity to coach and train at a sports club in Auckland. We work with a wide variety of sports clubs, so no matter what field your skills lie in, you will be able to coach and train in your field. Coaching and playing sport at a Kiwi sports club will give you a real insight into the Kiwi sporting culture.

Please click on the sport that you'd like to coach from the list below for more detailed information about the project:

• Athletics

• Baseball

• Cricket

• Hockey

• Rugby Union

• Tennis

REQUIREMENTS - POLICE CHECKS:
As part of the law in New Zealand, it is compulsory for all volunteers who work with children to undergo a police check. These checks are done to ensure the safety of children in New Zealand.

The checks are a simple process and we will provide you with all the details of what identity you need to take with you. On your arrival in Auckland, our New Zealand manager will complete the checks with you and take you through the process. As soon as you have registered, you'll be allowed to start working with children. We will ensure that you have all the relevant information before you come to New Zealand.

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Maori Village on North Island

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Front view of the Hostel


Dining area of the Hostel

You will fly into Auckland where you'll be met by our local organiser. From the airport you'll be taken to your accommodation. Several days later, once you have settled in and recovered from the flight, you will be introduced to the staff on your project.

You have the option to arrange your own flights or we can assist you with your flight arrangements. If you would like us to do this for you, we will liaise with you regarding available flights and dates to suit you. All arrangements for your flight bookings/payments will be fulfilled by Murray Rogers Travel Limited, ATOL No. 6856. Where possible, we arrange for two or more people to travel on the same flight and we will let you have the names and telephone numbers of other volunteers on your flight, so that you can chat to each other or even meet up before leaving for your placement.

Where possible, all flights we arrange for you have changeable return tickets because many of our volunteers choose to extend their stay once they are in their destination country. Changeable return tickets enable you to do so, within the limits of your visa and the level of your air ticket, of course. If you choose to book your own flights, you should endeavour to get a changeable ticket.

VISAS: We will liaise with you about specific requirements, if any, and make the Visa process very easy. 

To read about the excellent Support & Backup we provide before you leave and during your programme, please click here.

We can also arrange your flight dates to give you additional time at the end of your project for travelling around and sightseeing - this is a fascinating and wondrous country!