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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 […]

Great Barrier Island Centre Manager Gemma Parkin (pictured left) updates on what’s been happening lately… Thanks to the Trillian Trust Kaitiaki, our new semi-rigid inflatable support boat arrived recently. This boat replaces our previous support boat, which after 12 years of service was becoming less reliable than a safety boat should be. Kaitiaki will take […]

An update on all the latest Events news from our Events Manager, Darren Ashmore (pictured left)… Our exciting programme of 20 secondary school outdoor adventure events for 2018 is just about to get underway. The online entries for all our events are now open and you can find these on our website. It is always […]