Kavanagh College principal Kate Nicholson. Photo: suppliedA tour group reassured parents that cancelled education trips would be covered by insurance but that has so far proved worthless for Otago families. Antipodeans Abroad has since been in a dispute with its insurer and has gone into liquidation in both New Zealand and Australia. Antipodeans’ New Zealand operations manager Jen Cook wrote to a concerned Kavanagh College parent in February. Nineteen pupils from Kavanagh College had planned a trip to Cambodia this month but it had to be abandoned.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 23, 2020 17:48 UTC