Recreation Blog
12 December 2018
Around 15% of New Zealanders work outside and businesses have a duty of care to ensure that employees are safe.
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4 December 2018
New Zealand is an increasingly diverse nation - a rich cultural mix of peoples from the Asia, the Pacific and elsewhere. Read more
8 November 2018
This week I attended the launch of the Government Tourism Strategy at Parliament. Read more
7 November 2018
Cam Calkoen was the closing speaker at Recreation Conference 2018 and wanted us to share this story with you Read more
12 October 2018
Last month, a one-day child protection training workshop was held near Nelson for people working with kids and youth in the outdoors. Read more
10 October 2018
Superdiversity is here in Aotearoa/New Zealand and it's here to stay. Read more
25 September 2018
Barry Ogilvie is a Chartered Accountant (when he is not offshore yacht racing) with a Graduate Certificate in Marketing (Wintec) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Waikato). Barry has held senior strategic and business development roles in both the public and private sectors and has a deep commitment to lifelong learning. Read more
19 September 2018
For you Community Recreation boffins out there, this year's Recreation Conference will be a boon. It's hard to know where to start, but here's a few teasers. Read more
7 August 2018
If you had asked my mum if I would grow up to be an Outdoor Instructor she would have laughed. She is constantly reminding me that I hated getting cold and dirty. The scary thing is there was almost a time that my dream career, one of helping others, a job that fills me with pride and never-ending opportunities was almost taken away from me. Read more
10 May 2018
We're looking for speakers for three of our conferences; the Outdoors Forum, Waves and the Recreation Conference. Read more