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Five Fun Facts about Grace

Five Fun Facts about Grace

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 24, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

Five Fun Facts about Grace, one of our Christchurch-based instructors ❤️ 1. “I am from Taranaki , the best place on earth 🌎Literally the definition of ‘earth, sea, sky’ 2. I am engaged to be married this November 💍 – to a very lucky man. 3. I followed my...
Join us as an INTERN!

Join us as an INTERN!

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 17, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies

What is it like being an intern at Adventure Specialties Trust? “In a nutshell, this year has been amazing, challenging and rewarding. I have spent a ton of time in the bush, on the water, clinging on to walls and dangling from ropes. All in the company of a...
Brian’s reflection

Brian’s reflection

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Staff Profiles

A reflection shared by our Chair of the Board, Brian Knolles: “I do not always get to set the agenda. “I had a plan for the way this day would begin. I had thought about my agenda for this morning. Yet within ten minutes of my alarm waking me, that agenda...
What do you think?

What do you think?

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 5, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog

Share your opinion: what outdoor activities should everyone experience, at least once in their life? > Beginner activities (go for a bush walk, go camping in a tent)> More intermediate and advanced activities (climb a snow-covered mountain, light a fire with no...
It’s all Go Go Go this week!

It’s all Go Go Go this week!

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 3, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog

This week is a busy one for Adventure Specialties Trust! > Most of the Christchurch staff are on a programme with the New Zealand Army, spending a few days sea kayaking and doing a high ropes course. With Andy holding down the fort at the Christchurch office. > Anneke...
Posters for polytechs

Posters for polytechs

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 30, Sep 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog

We are sending these posters out to various tertiary institutions around New Zealand, to let outdoor education students know that we are a potential future employer. If you have studied outdoor education, where did you study? P.S. Huge thanks to Torque Digital who...
Five Fun Facts about Instructor Pete

Five Fun Facts about Instructor Pete

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Sep 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

1. I grew up in a little place called Tasmania, which is where my love of the outdoors really began. Since before I could even walk our family would be found up in the highland lakes of Tassie either out on the boat trying to catch trout or sitting around the campfire...
What do you LOVE about working for Adventure Specialties Trust?

What do you LOVE about working for Adventure Specialties Trust?

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Aug 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog

We asked our instructors and office staff what they love about working at Adventure Specialties Trust and here is what they said:

Which explanation is correct?

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Aug 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

There are two possible explanations for this photo, which one do you think is correct? 1. At our recent staff training retreat, the instructors practised zipline rescues (how to rescue someone stranded along a zipline). 2. Staff training is actually just a great...
We’re featured in this month’s NZOIA mag!

We’re featured in this month’s NZOIA mag!

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 3, Aug 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Media

Read the full magazine (PDF) And the back page: And here is the cover. Isn’t the photo stunning?!? We are proud of our NZOIA qualifications! Check out the NZOIA website to find out more about becoming qualified in different outdoor adventure...
Persuasion vs compulsion vs attraction

Persuasion vs compulsion vs attraction

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 22, Jul 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog

“There are three ways of trying to influence the young: There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a hook without a worm. You can say ‘you must volunteer’: that is of the devil. And you can tell them, ‘You are...
Our Matariki Stories

Our Matariki Stories

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 24, Jun 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Learning about te ao Māori

Our Matariki Stories We have been learning about Matariki as a team: reflecting on the past year, assessing our present situations, and considering our hopes and dreams for the coming year. A huge thanks to April for leading us through this process. As a group, we...
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