hay all

know a few people who really need some instructor work in NZ or the south pacific including the pitcairn islands cook niue tonga fiji new caledonia samoa and french polynesia and anywhere inbetween. finding it increasingly difficult to figure out which islands are and arent in season and where and where these schools dont reside. any and all help is greatly appreciated.

cheers warren

New Caledonia season is November to March or April I guess, but I imagine the schools run year-round. There are three schools in Noumea, although one at least is just a one-man band. Then there is another school at Poe Beach up the coast, which is also a one-man band I believe.

The ones to contact here would be Noumea Kite School (which recently changed hands) and Kitesurf Attitude. Not sure how much call they have for English-only-speaking instructors, if that is a concern...

Short answer... I don't know! I just finished my lessons here, so I'm not employed by any of the schools. I did my lessons in English, but English-speakers would be the minority of students. New Caledonia is a French-speaking country and work permits are difficult if you are not French in general - I don't know about the kiting schools though...

I don't know much about IKO. My school never talked about it. He just taught me how to kite, for better or worse. :-) I didn't end up with a certificate or anything, but possibly the bigger schools are IKO-affiliated.