Staff
Director
Steven Miers
Steven is our awesome director and loves camping. He brings a wealth of practical knowledge from his farming background and loves having a good chat with people.
Operations Coordinator
Ben Cochrane
Ben and his family think camp is the best place! He loves hosting, holiday camps and making the place look good!
Ministry Coordinator
Grace Bruce
Grace has been on our kitchen team, but besides food, she also has a passion for people so she is now our Ministry Coordinator. She takes the lead role in organizing our Holiday Camp programs. Grace alongside her husband Cameron, are the go to people when it comes to our leaders here at camp.
Office Manager
Watch this space?!
We are in the process of finding a new person to fill this key role at Camp
Bookings Manager
Mandeep Kaur
Mandeep has been with us for almost a year and is a great asset to the team. Originally from India but has studied and lived in New Zealand before joining us here at CYC. Mandeep would love to help you book with us!
Maintenance/Host
Nick Dodds
The majority of Nick's time is spent working on grounds and maintenance during the week. In the weekends he is your "go to guy" as he does the majority of the hosting.
Head Maintenance
Les Irvine
Les is our grounds and maintenance man. He has a wide range of skills and can fix almost anything! He has a huge job and a very long "to do" list that never seems to get shorter.
Instructor/ Host
Cameron Bruce
Cameron does many things around camp but his main jobs are to host, instruct on the climbing wall, and helps Grace mentor the leaders at camp.
Maintenance/Host
Brett Falconer
Brett is a massive asset around camp and helps out with a variety of stuff, whether it be hosting, maintenance or programme directing.
Activities Instructor
Reuben Zegwaard
Reuben was a leader at Karakariki Christian Camp for years before joining CYC as an intern. He is now full time staff as Activities Instructor.
Head Chef
James Doyle
James has been with us for 7 years now. He and his family moved here from Scotland and James loves to create delicious meals. He is enthusiastic and always has a joke or two on the tip of his tongue.
Second Chef
Nat Feldon
Nat is our 2nd chef. He not only cooks but is an essential member of our maintenance team.
Part Time Staff
Alex Miers
Alex interned with us in 2018 and was such a massive help we had to keep her around! Alex is only part time now as she is also busy studying
Shoshanah Miers
Shoshanah is at uni, but in her spare time she helps in the office and kitchen. She is a hard worker and is always ready for a chat.
Painter / General Worker
Alyshia O'Brien
Alyshia hails from London, but finds Aotearoa to be her home. She is here to help in conquering our long list of things that need to be painted!
Interns
Katarina Hadley
Kat was one of our leaders for many years and has decided to do our internship through Pathways. Kat is enthusiastic about activities and holiday camps!
Toni Goncalves
Toni was one of our leaders for years before deciding to do the internship through Pathways. Toni loves holidays camps and serving the Lord through all things
Our interns are placement through Pathways College. This internship is unique as it is balanced between 50% ministry and 50% study. Their ministry is 15 hours paid work and 15 hours volunteered. Their study is towards a diploma in Christian Ministries and is made up of six week long block courses throughout the year and online assignments. Contact leaders@cyc.org.nz if you are interested in this internship or head onto our intern page
Volunteers
We currently have 2 volunteers at CYC. One from Germany, and a local.
Merle Schankat
Merle is from Germany, and is here with us for a year. She is enthusiastic and cheerful, and good at painting!
Carla Rhodes
Carla recently graduated Epsom College, and is one of our upcoming Interns for 2020! She has been helping out as a volunteer over the past few months. Carla is hardworking and loves to laugh.