{"id":5662,"date":"2019-12-16T11:43:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T22:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janszoon.org\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2019-12-19T08:04:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:04:12","slug":"meet-mark-mackenzie-golden-bay-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janszoon.org\/news\/meet-mark-mackenzie-golden-bay-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mark Mackenzie – Golden Bay High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Seven years ago Mark Mackenzie arrived for a ten-week fixed-term contract as a teacher at Golden Bay High School. He spent those ten weeks finding every possible excuse to stay.<\/p>
It seems to be a bit of a habit. Mark was one of the inaugural teachers involved in the Abel Tasman education programme and five years on he is still an enthusiastic and committed member.\u00a0<\/p>
So what made him want to stay in Golden Bay? \u201cIt was a nice small school with brilliant kids and two national parks close by. There was an instant appeal,\u201d says Mark.<\/p>
Fresh from a career change prompted by the Christchurch earthquakes Mark saw an incredible opportunity with the education programme. \u201cThere was an opportunity to get more students into the park on a regular basis. Most students had been to Totaranui but the park is so much more than the beaches\u201d, he says.<\/p>