30 September 2009

Surf's up for a New Zealand gap year

Surfing fans on a New Zealand gap year will be in a prime position with the country hosting several major surfing events next year.

Up-and-coming talent will be on show at the World Junior Surfing Championships to be held at Piha Beach, Auckland, in January.

This event will be followed in April by the women’s leg of the Dream Tour, the largest ever surfing event to be held in New Zealand and one that is expected to draw a television audience of around 50 million viewers worldwide.

The Dream Tour will be held in Taranaki, on the North Island, from April 14 to 18.

The Taranaki leg of the women's Dream Tour will also be the finale for a week of surfing events as part of the Taranaki Women's Surf Festival.

The New Zealand Working Holiday Visa program gives young people aged between 18 and 30 the chance to travel and work in New Zealand for 12 months, and can be extended to 23 months if you are from the United Kingdom.

 Apply here for your New Zealand Working Holiday Visa

 

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