24/04/2020
🌍 MEET OUR TEAM 🌍
Have you met the "baby" of our mahi family, you will find her at our Greytown office...
Meredith Gillies
How long have you worked as Travel Professional?
13.5 years (took a 14yr break but came back to my passion of travel in 2019)
What is your Favourite Food?
Japanese Kai 🍜🍣
Do you have pets?
2 Dogs (Jacko, named after Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga - but we call her Lady or Fatty girl lol) 🐶🐶
Next Destination/s you would like to visit?
Cambodia & Vietnam or Canada 🇻🇳🇰🇭🇨🇦
Favourite Holiday Destination?
Cook Islands 🏝
What are your hobbies?
Don't really have any but enjoy gardening or D.I.Y stuff
Most adventurous thing I have done...
I am not very adventurous really but probably snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef knowing there were Reef Sharks nearby as I have a huge Shark Phobia 🦈🐠
If you could paint a picture of any scenery you've seen before, what would you paint?
At the top of the Jungfrau Mountain in Switzerland
If you were stranded on an island, what 3 things would you have with you?
Matches, My Family and Cold Beer
If you had a theme song, what would it be?
You wouldn't have guessed this one:
El Condor Pasa - I always enjoy this song from Peru and the Condor flying represents freedom and peace to me which is quite appropriate at these times. I close my eyes and imagine being the condor (I bet your all searching in YouTube right now lol)
What chore do you absolutely hate?
Grocery shopping (it was this also Prior to Covid 19) and Oven cleaning (now as I don't have a self cleaning oven anymore 😭)
What was your favourite subject at school?
Typing (yes it was a subject back then haha and Science)
What is something you learned in the last month?
That I don't actually need Malls in my life anymore and Family time is precious
Where do you not mind waiting?
Nowhere as I am impatient
If you could time travel, when would you go?
Anywhere back in time as I don't want to get older or to see what the future holds now after Covid-19
What is the best piece of advice you’ve received?
Enjoy your kids before they leave home as it will come up so quickly - and it is!!
What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
There are many but Aitutaki, Cook.Islands would have to be right up there 🏝🌏
Red or White Wine?
Prefer Rum but White 🍾
Which country would you live for the rest of your life?
Aotearoa for sure 🇳🇿