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Congrats Mark Johnston – Tall Tōtara award

Congrats Mark Johnston – Tall Tōtara award

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Oct 2024 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

Congratulations to Mark Johnston for being awarded the Tall Tōtara award at last week’s NZOIA Excellence Awards 2024! Awarded to a current instructor or guide who personifies ‘excellence in outdoor leadership’. A highly respected role model, someone...
Tim Wills, CEO, awarded NZOIA Life Membership

Tim Wills, CEO, awarded NZOIA Life Membership

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 5, Oct 2024 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

Congratulations to our CEO, Tim Wills, for being recognised as an Honorary Life Member at the NZOIA Excellence Awards last week! This award is awarded to a member who personifies the very best combination of an excellent instructor/guide, a high achieving personal...
Christmas message from Tim Wills, CEO

Christmas message from Tim Wills, CEO

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Dec 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Newsletter, Staff Profiles

[This message is copied from our Christmas newsletter. Read the rest of the newsletter here.] Meri Kirihimete! I hope this year has been a fulfilling one and now you have some time to relax and enjoy a slower pace. Our staff are looking forward to a well-deserved...
Staff training in Christchurch

Staff training in Christchurch

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 31, Jul 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

Our Christchurch team got together a few weeks ago for a 2-day staff training event (which happens once each term). Instructor Peter described it like this: “April ran a session up at Sign of the Bellbird on pūrākau [Māori myths and legends], looking at the...
#kayaking

#kayaking

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 15, Jul 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Open Enrolment Programmes, Stories from Programmes

Five Fun Facts about Andy, Christchurch manager

Five Fun Facts about Andy, Christchurch manager

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Jun 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

Five Fun Facts about Andy Balcar, our beloved Christchurch manager! 1. I used to play the Trombone2. I brew my own beer and recently attempted to make my own beer from all my own home-grown ingredients – I failed😊3. I have won 3 x Giant Pumpkin Contests4. I love...

Happy Monday everyone!

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 22, May 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

Photos from Kayak Block Course

Photos from Kayak Block Course

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 6, May 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

A whole bunch of Adventure Specialties Trust staff (including instructors, adventure therapy clinicians, contractors, interns and our Safety and Training manager) went on a 5-day “Kayak Block Course” where they got a chance to practice a wide range of...
How to deal with too much screen time

How to deal with too much screen time

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 27, Apr 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Stories from Programmes

“Never before in human history have our brains had to process as much information as they do today. We have a generation of people who I call ‘computer suckers’ because they are spending so much time in front of a computer screen or on their mobile phones. They are so...
Our CEO is famous!

Our CEO is famous!

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 20, Apr 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Media, Staff Profiles

Our CEO is famous! Tim Wills stars in a recent Stuff.co.nz article titled ‘How outdoor adventure is a key tool for tackling our mental health crisis’.Read the article on the Stuff.co.nz website, or keep reading for the copy-and-paste version below: How...
Job Vacancy: Funding Administrator

Job Vacancy: Funding Administrator

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 13, Apr 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies

JOB VACANCY: National Funding Administrator Use your admin skills to support our non-profit by maintaining our current funding base and looking for areas of growth. This includes tasks like researching funding opportunities, writing funding applications, etc. DO YOU...
New uniform??

New uniform??

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 1, Apr 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

New uniform for Adventure Specialties Trust staff?!?
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