About Katie & Jo

Katie and Jo have grown up in Glenfield on Auckland’s North Shore. They both attended Westlake Girls High School, where Katie was Deputy Head Girl in 2006. Jo lived in the United States for one year during 2009/2010, starting off in Chicago and then moving to Washington DC.

  • Katie Perkins

    Katie’s passions in life revolve around cricket, actively serving others and making the most of her opportunities...

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  • Johanna Perkins

    The day Jo heard about the Leaking Women of Africa Fund and the work that they do was the same day she found out...

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Fun Facts

  • Auckland to Cape Reinga is the same distance as Los Angeles to Las Vegas
  • Katie and Jo both had knee surgery 6 months prior to the walk for completely unrelated and unfortunate circumstances.
  • A blister that is walked on for 16 days continuously grows very large and is rather yellow and squishy.
  • Katie and Jo got into numerous newspapers, had a few radio interviews and had a short segment on 'Breakfast' as well as Shine TV