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...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 22, Jun 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies, Staff Profiles
Sleeping God Canyon It’s not often that a team of outdoor instructors all get time off at the same time. So when the Auckland staff had a long weekend where almost everyone was available, including some office staff and a few friends, we headed down to Sleeping...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 20, Jun 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
INTRODUCING ANNA! One of our new outdoor instructors in the Christchurch office.Here’s what Anna has to say about herself: ☀️ I am from the beautiful town of Waihi Beach in the North Island ☀️ I worked a ski season in Alberta, Canada. I fell into a tree well on...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 13, Jun 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog
A HUGE thank you to The Lion Foundation (@thelionfoundationnz) for their support in helping us purchase some new outdoor clothing. When we are able to supply outdoor adventure clothing and equipment to all our programme participants, it allows more people to come on...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 1, Jun 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog
Our Auckland office is still working out of “The Crater” (the rock climbing wall attached to the main office building). We moved all the computers and office equipment in here after The Great Flood, when a water pipe burst upstairs earlier this year and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 27, May 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
Working hard or hardly working?!? Our new interns, Oli and Micah, working hard on their kayak block course. They headed up north with Mark, our training manager, to the beautiful beaches of Whananaki, Northland, and spent time together learning about kayaking:...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 25, May 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
INTRODUCING JOE: One of our outdoor instructors who has recently jumped ship from Christchurch to Auckland. Here are five facts about Joe: “1. From my first game of canoe polo, back in 2012, I have been playing non-stop (except for one season due to injury and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 23, May 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog
“Adventure With Purpose” and “Adventure Therapy” are the two categories that all our programmes fall under. What is the difference between these two categories? ADVENTURE WITH PURPOSE Adventure With Purpose programmes are aimed at people who...