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Staff training in Christchurch

Staff training in Christchurch

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 31, Jul 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

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...
Photos from Kayak Block Course

Photos from Kayak Block Course

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 6, May 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

A whole bunch of Adventure Specialties Trust staff (including instructors, adventure therapy clinicians, contractors, interns and our Safety and Training manager) went on a 5-day “Kayak Block Course” where they got a chance to practice a wide range of...
A team-building exercise with Praxis

A team-building exercise with Praxis

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,...
#paradise

#paradise

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 20, Feb 2023 | Adventure Therapy, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Staff Profiles, Stories from Programmes

The Adventure Specialties Trust whānau

The Adventure Specialties Trust whānau

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 4, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

The Adventure Specialties Trust whānau At our annual Staff Retreat, Pāhāōā marae, January 2023 😍 Back Row (left to right) (kinda) Tanya Laybourn (trustee), Papa Wii (marae host), Amy Horn and baby Lillian, Andy Balcar, Reuben Biggelaar, Oli George, Nathalie Nasrallah,...
Annual Staff Retreat at Pāhāōā Marae

Annual Staff Retreat at Pāhāōā Marae

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 1, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Learning about te ao Māori, Staff Profiles

Our annual staff retreat was held at the stunning Pāhāōa marae in Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty. We were hosted by the lovely Andrea (one of the Trust’s previous trustees) and her whānau and hapū (community). Some of the staff had stayed at the marae on a previous...

Which explanation is correct?

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Aug 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles

There are two possible explanations for this photo, which one do you think is correct? 1. At our recent staff training retreat, the instructors practised zipline rescues (how to rescue someone stranded along a zipline). 2. Staff training is actually just a great...
Kayaking, hiking and kī-o-rahi games at Staff training

Kayaking, hiking and kī-o-rahi games at Staff training

by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 9, Aug 2021 | All, Blog

Twice a year, the staff at Adventure Specialties Trust gets together for staff training. There are over 25 of us, instructors and management and contractors, spread across Auckland and Christchurch. So it’s definitely a mission to get everyone in one place, but...

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