Cheryl Fleet celebrates the 50th anniversary of her Outward Bound course and recounts her epic adventure. Cheryl has lived a full and adventurous life but still credits her OB course as her greatest experience.
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Celebrating the inaugural Te Toki o Awa course
Outward Bound is extremely proud to have successfully delivered a pilot course in partnership with Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust - a 5-day culturally immersive experience named Te Toki o Awa.
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High ropes course upgrade
The Ankiwa high ropes course is now over 23 years old and is one of the oldest systems of its type still being used in New Zealand. Thanks to the generosity of some dedicated supporters, the ropes course is being upgraded in 2024.
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Celebrating 50 years of friendship
In November 2023, a special 50th-anniversary dinner was held in the Anakiwa Dining Hall. The guests of honour were students of Hillary 111 - the first group of women to attend an Outward Bound course, and the watch remains a tight-knit group to this day.
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Empowering Youth Through Regional Schools Courses
Our Schools Courses give power back to the community, helping to shape the next generation of leaders. Learn how you can get involved in our fully funded 21-day schools courses.
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Whakatipu Programme: A focus on work readiness for rangatahi
With over 60,000 students leaving school in Aotearoa each year, the transition from secondary education marks a pivotal life moment How can we teach them the skills needed for their journey to employment?
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Course Spotlight - Youth Horizons
Our Adapted courses are always a highlight in the calendar. Enabling New Zealanders with intellectual and physical disabilities to have a typical Outward Bound experience is just as inspiring and rewarding for our staff as it is for the students taking part and their whānau.
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Outward Bound Expanding to the Coromandel
Opening a second school is part of our commitment to making our courses as accessible to as many New Zealanders as possible. We're currently looking for a possible location on the western Coromandel Peninsula for our second school.
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Students Find Connection on our Southern Cross Course
Outward Bound's Southern Cross course is a 21-day program designed to connect and empower students of diversity or who are fostering diversity in their communities. We hear from our 2023 students to see how the found the course.
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Disconnecting to reconnect
An important part of an Outward Bound experience is being fully present and connecting with the people around you and the nature that surrounds you and to do that, we ask students to hand over their devices so they can live in the moment.
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Twelve years ago Southland's Julia Colhoun was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but she has not let that stand in the way of taking on various challenges. Julia recently returned to Anakiwa to take part in our Activate course. Read more
Hi, I'm Taylor and my life has changed completely in just a few months. I’ve gone from being on the benefit, spending my time drinking with no direction in life, to having a great job that gives me a real sense of purpose and pride. Read more
Outward Bound had such a positive impact on Breanna's life that she wants other people to have the opportunity to experience OB too. In the summer of 2018/2019 Breanna will be swimming the Cook Strait to fundraise for OB. Read more
This is not a drill! Outward Bound is excited to announce a new partnership with No Duff, a New Zealand veteran support charity. In February 2019, 14 veterans will take part in the inaugural No Duff Outward Bound course. Read more
After receiving a scholarship to attend Outward Bound, Danielle asked her community to help cover the remaining portion of her course fee and travel costs. Through Danielle's initiative and the generosity of her community, she was able to get to Outward Bound. Read more
As Dick Hubbard steps down as a member of the Outward Bound NZ Board, he reflects on how the lessons he learned from attending a course in 1964 as a fresh-faced 18 year old saved the cereal company from collapse. Read more
Hi I’m Lizzie, and I received a scholarship to do an Outward Bound Horizons course – a course specially designed for people with disabilities. Something that wouldn't be possible without the generosity of people that donate to Outward Bound. Read more
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