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...
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...
[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...
All our Adventure Therapy programmes are run as small groups (max 8-10 people) and they are a form of group therapy. There are so many advantages to working with others in a group! [Please note that the photos in this article are not from the RESTORE programme, to...
KidsCan is a New Zealand charity on a mission to help kiwi children who are living in poverty and going without essentials like food, warm clothing and shoes. KidsCan believes that “Education is a pathway out of poverty [but] children can’t learn if they are cold and...
During Term 3, we ran an INSPIRE Adventure Therapy day programme (one day a week over eight weeks) for young women who have been struggling with their mental health. Here are some quotes from the young women who attended: “I feel hopeful about my future and that life...
REVIVE is a new Adventure Therapy day programme (one day a week over eight weeks) for clients who are being supported by ACC’s Integrated Service for Sensitive Claims (ISSC) therapists. We have just completed our first REVIVE programme in Christchurch. Anneke (a...
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...
FAREWELL DAVE! The man, the myth, the legend … After an adventure-filled 10 years, we are sadly saying farewell to Dave, one of our most experienced outdoor instructors and Adventure Therapy facilitators. Dave and his wife, Sophia, and their little ones are...
