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Welcome
to Ponui Island! Ponui is an
island just off Auckland. Two thirds of the
island is owned by the Chamberlin family. Peter
and his son David run the bottom third and it's
here that the Inter School Christian Fellowship
runs two camps each year. Ponui Junior is for
Forms 2-4, while Ponui Senior is for Forms 5-7.
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runs for about 8 days and includes sailing,
swimming, canoeing, waterslides, tramping,
overnight hikes, widegames and with upto 70
campers and a bunch of leaders, that makes for an
EXCELLENT camp. The camp also has a
strong Christian influence, with regular studies
each day, aimed at being relevant to the youth of
the camp.
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| I've been 8
times to Ponui Senior, 3 times as a camper (`88 -
`90), 4 times as a leader (`91 - `93 ,95). Each
year the campers are broken up into tent groups
with a leader. I don't have many pics of my early
days as a camper as I didn't have a camera. But
here's a pic of the Sloths. All the 7th Former
guys were in one huge old army tent. We walked
the plank (typical punishment) so many times that
year that the plank was never seen again. I do have a few pics of
my days as a leader, some provided by me, some by
some friends who would like to remind me of
certain events.
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For
my first page of Ponui Senior Highlights, here's
some pics of Rich.
He's been a camper in my tent twice (poor guy)
and is far too photogenic, or maybe he just gets
in the way a lot! |
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