by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 4, Mar 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Media, Open Enrolment Programmes, Stories from Programmes
We are super stoked to share that Adventure Specialties Trust has been awarded the Te Tohu Whakaaweawe Kaupapa (Outstanding Event or Programme Award), presented by Recreation Aotearoa.The Recreation Aotearoa Outdoor Awards celebrate individuals and organisations that...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 2, Mar 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Open Enrolment Programmes, Stories from Programmes
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 27, Feb 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
One of our regular programmes is a 21-day camp with Year 10 students from Kings College in Auckland. The students spend the first nine days at a camp in Northland, learning bushcraft skills and doing team-building activities, like building huts together. The next five...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 23, Feb 2023 | All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
“It was a teambuilding exercise,” says Peter the instructor. “The brief was that each team had to make a rigid raft using both kayaks and come up with a team plan, before racing to the Avon River, paddling downstream, getting out on the far side,...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 20, Feb 2023 | Adventure Therapy, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Staff Profiles, Stories from Programmes
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 18, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Our vision is “Lives Inspired by Adventure.” But that doesn’t mean hurtling yourself down a ski slope at top speed, or throwing yourself off a 10m ledge into the water below. It simply means that each person – each participant on our programmes...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 8, Feb 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Open Enrolment Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Why take young people caving? It’s a great way to challenge them, to ask them to step outside of their comfort zone (in a safe environment), to teach about teamwork and leadership, and a great way to give them the satisfaction of achieving something that they...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 16, Jan 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Jan 2023 | Adventure Therapy, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Stories from Programmes
Do you enjoy camping in a tent? There are fun parts and not-so-fun parts about camping! Our programmes often include camping in tents, with all the of fun and challenges that camping entails …
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 13, Jan 2023 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
(Apologies to instructors Rani and Oli who *might* have filmed this video just for laughs and not for sharing on social media) Family Camp caving adventure! This is from a recent family camp, going through the glow worm caves in Waipu, Northland. We run a couple of...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 9, Jan 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure Therapy, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
DESIGN YOUR OWN PROGRAMME Did you know that we run a variety of different programmes? All our programmes are fully customisable, depending on what your needs are: DURATION: Single day or multi-day (our youth camps are 5 days/4 nights, whereas our Inspire programmes...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 6, Jan 2023 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Learning about te ao Māori, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Our final Te Māhuri programme of 2022, in partnership with Purapura Whetu Trust, journeying through the stunning Canterbury hills with a group of Māori rangatahi (youth). Te Māhuri is a free kaupapa Māori programme for rangatahi in Ōtautahi Christchurch. It is an...