The Power of Small Changes

The Power of Small Changes

Our POET Co-Ordinator, Pete Guyan shares his insights from a recent conference and his work in outdoor education – how small changes can lead to bigger outcomes: In the effort to improve, we often find ourselves aiming for significant transformations and big...
Covid & The Outdoors

Covid & The Outdoors

In today’s world, not only is the outdoors better for your mental health, but it’s safer too. According to a recent study, only one in every thousand cases of COVID-19 are transmitted outside. Fresh air allows the virus to disperse, rather than build up in an enclosed...
Carrying on through Covid

Carrying on through Covid

To support our work we run an annual fundraiser – the NZ Mountain Film Festival.  It’s a collection of the best short films from the Wanaka event and this year was our fifth time hosting the event in Hamilton. We were all set for the night of the 12th...
Back to school just more lockdown?

Back to school just more lockdown?

Written by  Gemma Periam With schools being back today, what type of learning will be valued and prioritised? Will it be just another form of lockdown for students in the hope of ‘catching up’ on what has been missed while learning at home? Will schools even consider...
Five Things

Five Things

The weekend is nearly here and whether you’ll be spending it indoors or outdoors, we’ve brought you five more links from around the web to read in your downtime. Should kids climb trees? How high should they climb? Which trees are safe to climb? A whole heap of...
Five things

Five things

Hi everyone – it’s been a long hot summer here with this scorching, dry weather showing no sign of abating. During those moments when we’ve been hiding indoors trying to stay cool, we’ve enjoyed reading, browsing and bookmarking some...