meet the one big adventure family
Rob Kidd
Rob is a commercial businessman, currently employed as the General Manager of Plumbing World. Previous roles have included General Management at James Hardie both in NZ and in Asia. Rob’s association with Carey Park started as a young fella through church and Boy’s Brigade camps. At his local church in Auckland he has been involved with both young people’s and children’s ministries and is currently one of the church elders. He joined the Trust Board in 2014 with a desire to utilise both his commercial skills and desire for young (and the not so young) to experience the outdoors and Christian ministries in camping opportunities at One Big Adventure through working with the wider team of trustees and camp staff. Rob is married to Barbara and they have two adult children. Jessica is a primary school teacher and Evan is working in the building industry.
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Andrew Ferguson
Andrew is a high school Teacher with Technology and EOTC responsibilities. Andrew has a background in Youth Work and worked with Youth for Christ before teaching. Carey Park was where Andrew “got serious” about his faith. As a teenager Andrew was a Youth leader, camp volunteer and has run outdoor pursuits activities such as the Abseiling tower and kayaking. Andrew has a passion for Youth evangelism and sees camping as an integral method of introducing youth to their creator through His creation.
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Laura Leman
Laura is a high school Maths teacher who has a long standing history with Carey Park Christian Camp. She thoroughly enjoyed the kid’s camps during the holidays, rarely missing one. As a teenager, she joined the leadership team and attributed many of her leadership and ministry skills to her experiences at camp. Laura has a heart for young people and desires others to know their creator and realise their potential. This is why she volunteers her time as a board member of the Adventure Camp Trust.
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Boyd Clark (Director)
Boyd is originally from the UK and immigrated to NZ in the early 90's. he has held the position of Director with One Big Adventure since 2011. He leads a dedicated group of staff who all work together to make sure that all guests at our facilities have the most enjoyable time during their stay. Boyd is married to Johanne and they have four children. Boyd answered Gods call in coming to One Big Adventure as the Director. Having been employed in various junior and senior management roles over the years, culminating in the four years prior to coming to One Big Adventure running his own consultancy business. Boyd is passionate that children, teens, youth and adults will encounter God in and through the facilities One Big Adventure operate.
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