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How the ZORB team is surviving the lockdown

New Zealand is currently at Level 4 of our Covid-19 alert system. This means that everyone must stay home for the next four weeks, except for those providing essential services. As much as we think ZORB rides are an essential service they are unfortunately not and the whole ZORB team are in lockdown at home for the next four weeks. In what feels like the longest game of go home stay home ever, it can be hard to keep team morale up and make sure everyone is engaged and happy. So, we have come up with a few fun ways to virtually keep the team connected and help to survive the lockdown. Because let’s be honest, everyone is on their phone scrolling through the gram or binge-watching Netflix anyway!

WORD OF THE DAY

Each morning Steph, our Operations Manager has been posting in the private crew page asking the team to share their word of the day and an explanation of why they chose that particular word. Today we had to share our word of the day in Maori with a translation of what it means for everyone else! The day before that we had to share our word of the day and our favourite shows to binge watch.

LOCKDOWN TEAM DRAWING CHALLENGE ZORB birds

The team were given the same bird template and told draw a bird and let those creative juices flow! Who would have known we had so many artists in our midst! Especially when drawing on your phone isn’t easy at all! Here is a snapshot of our birds for your viewing pleasure.

WEEKLY TEAM MEETING

Another way to keep the team connected and help to survive lockdown, is to continue on with our weekly Wednesday team meetings. This gives the Operations and Marketing teams the opportunity to share the projects they are working on behind the scenes with the full team.

Now there are a couple of advantages of having virtual staff meetings. One is a later start time of 10:00am so plenty of time for a sleep in and the other is being able to connect in your PJs! Also getting the whole team together is great for team morale! ZORB team meeting

WEEKLY LOCKDOWN QUIZ

Not many people know this but before they became masters in ball rolling, Andrew and David Akers had a stint at developing board games! You can read more about it here. As a result, they have earned the title Quiz Masters and have been working hard in the background crafting a weekly quiz for the team via Kahoot as we speak!

TEAM ZORB PETS

Let’s not forget about our furry little friends! The new co-workers of ZORB who now have to deal with us being home all day and sitting on their favourite chairs! Most of the ZORB team have cats or dogs but did you know our front office superstar Shanyse has a pet pig! Lulu is 3 years old and according to Shanyse’s Mum was easier to house train than the dogs!

ZORB pets ZORB pets
April 2, 2020

#ZORBROTORUA

Here's to a decade of shredding for @crankworxrotorua!! It's been epic witnessing our mates over the hill achieve such cool things in the last 10 years! Don't forget if you need to wash away all that mud, sweat and maybe tears while you're here for @crankworx , you can come and see us for a roll or three down the hill πŸ’¦πŸš²
Letting the good times roll on here at ZORB Rotorua πŸ’š
Grab a friend or two and get your ZORB on this weekend! β˜€οΈπŸ’š
Embrace your competitive spirit and bring your A-game! Ride in seperate balls and race a friend down our dual straight tracks. Winner gets bragging rights! πŸ₯‡πŸ™ŒπŸ»
Summer + a good friend + downhill ball riding goodness = Smiles all around! πŸ§‘πŸ’š
Soak up the good vibes and let the stress melt away in our hot tubs! Complimentary with any ride purchase πŸ’š
One of our most asked questions is β€œwill I get wet?πŸŒ§οΈβ€ and the answer is, yes you sure will! We use 40 litres of water within each ZORB ball, cool water in Summer and warm water in Winter πŸ©΅πŸ’š
Taking in these breathtaking views while rolling through natures playground! 🀩🧑 #zorb #zorbrotorua
Make the most of the last few weeks of the school holidays and bring the kids on over to ZORB! 😍 There are smiles and good times going on all around over here! β˜ΊοΈπŸ‘ŒπŸ» #zorb #zorbrotorua #schoolholidays

DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS ICONIC KIWI INVENTION, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN!

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