by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 24, Jul 2023 | All, Blog, Bush Skills, Staff Profiles
CONGRATS to our instructors (Isaac, Nat, Oli and Anna S) who have just passed the 3-day NZOIA Bush 1 qualification last week! Contrary to the name, “Bush 1” is not an easy or entry-level qualification. It is very a challenging assessment that includes...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 26, Sep 2022 | All, Blog, Media
Darrin Worsfold is a long-term friend and supporter of Adventure Specialties Trust, a guru outdoor instructor, teacher, youth worker and carpenter amongst many other skills. An influencer, life changer and supporter to so many young people (and adults) over many...
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...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 20, Oct 2021 | All, Blog, Media
CONGRATULATIONS GRACE!!! Winner of the NZOIA “Emerging Instructor” award at the annual Outdoor Excellence Awards. GO GRACE!!!⠀ Our CEO, Tim, says, “What a privilege to have Grace on our instructional team. She not only inspires her peers with...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 26, May 2021 | All, Media
In the latest edition of the NZOIA (New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association) Quarterly magazine is an article written by Amy (our Adventure Therapy manager) and April (one of our field instructor) Here it is, transcribed in full below, if you are interested in...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Apr 2021 | All, Blog
Huge congratulations to our instructors, Laura from Auckland and Andy from Christchurch. They both successfully completing their mountain biking MTB1 qualification through NZOIA (New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association). The MTB1 qualification is a gruelling 2-day...