by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Dec 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Newsletter, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
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...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 1, Jul 2023 | All, Blog, Featured Hike
Some of our fav tramps: Christchurch Port Hills Southern Alps Tongariro National Park Central North Island Hunua Ranges, Auckland What’s your favourite?
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 11, May 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Rangatahi Backyard Adventures! A group of young women from Middle School West, trying out a variety of different outdoor activities in their local area, one day a week over eight weeks. WHY? The whole programme was funded by Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa, through Sport...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Dec 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Featured Hike, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Aorere College prefects, soaking up the stunning view at the trig point of Ōmanawanui Track, one of the walks in the Waitākere Ranges.
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 17, Aug 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 5, Aug 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Stories from Programmes
Our instructors Peter, Joe and Oli took five students from Rutherford High School on a ten-day Journey. Here is a short slideshow of their photos, including hiking, camping and bush skills, river crossings, mountain biking, team building activities, cooking together,...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 29, Jun 2022 | All, Blog, Featured Hike
FEATURED HIKE: Montgomery Peak walk. A intermediate-level hike with stunning views of Akaroa Peninsula, 2-hour return. HIKE DESCRIPTION: The hike starts with the Giant Tōtara Walk, a short 5 minute walk in Montgomery Scenic Reserve which will take you to a huge forked...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 17, Jan 2022 | All, Upcoming Programmes
What is an “Inspire” adventure therapy programme? “Inspire” is a series of day trips using outdoor adventure activities to build health, wellbeing, confidence and connection. You meet up every Wednesday for a day of adventure, every week for...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 13, Dec 2021 | All, Blog
FEATURED HIKE: The stunning views from the Omanawanui Track, located at the southern-most point of the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, overlooking the Manukau Harbour and Whatipu Beach in Auckland. This is a reasonably steep uphill-downhill-uphill-downhill walk, but...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 15, Nov 2021 | All, Blog
Searching through the photo archives, I found some these photos from 2013. Young people having fun outdoors, experiencing the exhilaration of achieving something special, learning about teamwork and feeling on top of the world. A lot has changed since then, but also...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 11, Oct 2021 | All
Adventure Therapy in Christchurch: our adult “Inspire” programme successfully completed for Term 3. The group went mountain biking, kayaking and hiking around the beautiful Canterbury landscape.
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 24, Sep 2021 | All, Blog
Another successful Te Māhuri adventure therapy programme, partnering with Purapura Whetu Trust to support and empower Māori rangatahi (youth).
