Inspiration – Tall Totara Award
Inspiration - Tall Totara Award 2008
Congratulations to David Mangnall, Outward Bound’s Training Manager, who is the recipient of the NZOIA 2008 Tall Totara Award.
The Tall Totara is an annual award made by the NZ Outdoor Instructors Association to a member to recognise:
• contribution to outdoor instructing
• consistent excellence in outdoor instructing and
• promotion of the objectives of NZOIA.
In his role as Training Manager, David is responsible for staff selection, and running a two month induction training programme.
“He ‘walks the talk’, is unfailingly professional and doesn’t hesitate to get wet, cold and dirty to demonstrate with ease any skill required in this job”
- Outward Bound Instructor, Jen Riley. 
David is an active outdoor recreationist, a keen whitewater kayaker, sea kayaker, tramper, sailor, and cycle tourer. He has ridden his mountain bike from Lhasa to Kathmandu with his wife Angela and friends, paddled the Buller and many other rivers many times, solo kayaked from Nelson to Anakiwa, and paddled and tramped in Fiordland for weeks at a time. He and Angela now share their outdoor passion with their young daughter, Hannah.
“It is a real honour to be awarded the Tall Totara and to be recognised for my achievements. Totally unexpected and it meant a lot to me even to be nominated by the staff here at OB”
– David Mangnall
