Parkvale school
Howard street
Hastings 4122
Nikau hub room 6/7
Date: 24th May 2017
Dear Dad
Thank you so much for coming on camp with us. Thank you for helping with all of the activities and keeping us safe. Also, giving up your time and energy to come on camp and I can't forget, you using your amazing cooking skills to make lunch dinner and breakfast.
My first highlight was caving. It was fun crawling under and over the rocks and looking at all the wetas hiding on the rocks. In the cave going through that little tunnel I was a little nervous.
My second highlight is kayaking. I was super happy that I got to hop in the kayak with you and I'm super lucky that I got to keep kayaking with you. Thanks for teaching me how to kayak. That obstacle course was really low. I remember when we crashed into that bush that was funny and when people were crashing into us.
One fact was that there was a school at Piripaua in 1939. Once the Piripaua power station was done in 1944 the workers shifted to Kaitawa the school was closed down and the builders were relocated to Kaitawa where the school remained active until 1957. When it was closed down in 1967 Camp Kaitawa was built.
Yours sincerely
Madelyn
