Guides - Kōhine Whakamahiri
Girls 9½ to 12 – 13 year olds (Years 6-8 approximately] develop leadership skills as they become more independent in making decisions. Guide activities are more challenging to reflect the growing levels of confidence in this age group.
Being a Guide is about challenging girls to achieve personal goals while having fun in a safe and supportive environment.
What do Guides do?
Girls will never be bored at Guides. Some of the most exciting and interesting things to do at Guides include:
- Camping
- Outdoor adventures
- Learning leadership skills
- Earning badges, patches and certificates
- Community action projects
- Jamborees on the air and on the internet
- Cultural awareness activities.
What do Guides wear?
Guides have a whole range of uniform items to wear including a great light blue and navy T shirt just for Guides.
Guides – for those who live in isolated areas
Girls who because of distance, study or choice can’t go to units in their area are still able to do our programmes. We call these girls Lones. The activities are the same but adapted to use other forms of communication, email, mail, internet,etc. Lones are encouraged to join in other activities with girls in their area when they can.
Lones can meet at holidays and camps during the year and also attend activities and special events. Sometimes they are invited to join specials days and camps run by other units.
GuidesSpeak!
“I
had three terrific leaders who were full of enthusiasm and who encouraged me to
step out of my comfort zone and reach my full potential. While in Guides, my highlights were
definitely camping and completing my Guides Aotearoa Award.”
Kayla
“I’ve
learnt so many new things. I liked
selling Guide biscuits and they are yummy.”
Annabel, Halswell, Christchurch
“We
have all learnt so much from Guides and never want to leave! All the Guides in the unit get on so well and
all look out 
for each other (as if they are our l’il sisters!”
Isla, Reporoa
“I
went on a regional camp at Cracroft where I met heaps of new people and went in
the apparently haunted house.”
Bridget, Prebbleton, Christchurch
“I
like camps the best, Guide trips and earning badges.”
Cloudia, Guide, Whangarei
When girls are 13 or at the end of Year 8 they progress to, Rangers.
