Venture Wellington - Open your eyes

Applications have been flooding in for Venture Wellington. Over 470 Venturers and Rangers from New Zealand and Australia (and even one from the USA!) have now registered. If the current rate of applications continues there will be over 600 Venturers coming to Venture Wellington. That’s equivalent to around two-thirds of all Venturers in the country and will make it the largest gathering of Venturers in New Zealand for quite a few years. What an awesome Venture it’s going to be.

In case you're wondering who you all are, here are the vital statistics (as of 21 June):

• Number of Venturer applications: New Zealanders: 256; Australians: 214; Other: 1 (plus 5 NZ Rangers);
• Venturer Gender ratio: Males: 2/3rds; Females 1/3rd
• NZ Venturer applications by Region: Northern Region: 30; Central North Island Region: 42; Lower North Island Region: 109; Upper South Island Region: 31; Lower South Island Region: 44
• Number of NZ Units Represented: 63
• NZ Units with the most applications (in this order): Roslyn (Coastal Otago), Valley (Lower Hutt), St Josephs (Rimutaka).