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 break and also a slower pace, as we wind down for the year (although I’m sure many of them will go on personal adventures).

As you read this newsletter, you will see that they haven’t been sitting on their laurels and have been facilitating some great adventurous programmes and bringing positive change and experiences to so many.

I am proud of our team, who not only love the outdoor ‘office’ that they work in, but also have a real, genuine care and concern for the people they work with.

We are not just an ‘activity provider’. We use the outdoors to facilitate growth and change. You will have read some of these stories in this newsletter.

On a more personal note, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to my mother, who recently passed away at the age of 84, after a well-lived life. She was an extraordinary woman and a selfless servant, quietly touching the lives of many—a fact that became evident during and after her funeral. Her life story was a reminder that our impact can extend far beyond what we may perceive.

We can never truly know the level of influence we have on someone’s life.

This leads us to the Christmas message of hope and goodwill. The story of a baby boy who grew up to influence many and who brought about transformative change in ways that we may never fully comprehend.

May this Christmas be a time of renewed hope and a reminder that our actions can create that transformative change, like my mother did for so many, and as our mahi at Adventure
Specialties Trust continues to do.

So, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Cheers,

Tim Wills

CEO

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Quoting Dr Martin Luther King Jr.,

“Everything worthwhile that is done in the world is done by hope.”

As we near the end of a very unusual year, we hope and wish that you have a Christmas full of family and friends and love and happiness and good food!

If you ARE lucky enough to have friends and family to share the holidays with, please consider reaching out to those who might not be so lucky. If you know anyone that is alone or struggling at the moment, could you invite them over for a meal? Or even just give them a call? Let’s share the love around and increase the amount of tūmanako in our world!

Read the Christmas message from Tim, our CEO, on this blog post.

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