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Would you like to work in outdoor education? Apply now to train at Hillary Outdoors during 2019. Two tertiary programmes are available: the Certificate in Outdoor Adventure Skills and Leadership (Level 4) and the National Diploma in Outdoor Education (Instruction) (Level 5). Both meet NZQA Unit Standards, and are run concurrently at Hillary Outdoors Tongariro. […]

Amy Tsao – Hillary Outdoors Certificate in Outdoor Adventure Skills and Leadership Graduate 2008. Park Ranger, Auckland Council Without doubt 2008 was one of the best years of my life. It was challenging in the ways we had to push ourselves, mentally physically and emotionally – to push our bodies and the conditions we had to […]

Home School students looking for an away-from-home outdoor experience can now sign up to a 2 Week Discovery Challenge at Great Barrier Island following a successful pilot run earlier this year. “The Hillary Outdoors schools programme has continued to grow and it seemed only natural to offer the experience of a lifetime to 15-18 year […]

An update on all the latest Events news from our Events Manager, Darren Ashmore (pictured left)… We have just completed an incredibly exciting week at the Tongariro Centre hosting the 18th 2018 Torpedo7 Hillary Challenge National Final. This week is always an amazing, lifechanging week for the 96 students participating, many of whom have been […]

New Plymouth Girls’ and Boys’ High Schools have won New Zealand’s most prestigious secondary schools adventure-race event, the Torpedo7 Hillary Challenge Final, for the 11th time in 18 years. A hotly contested competition amongst secondary schools from throughout the country, the five-day Hillary Challenge Final ran last week at Hillary Outdoors Tongariro Centre in and […]