After four years, Tongariro Centre's Training Manager will be leaving in the beginning of March. Matt Bennett is a well qualified and experienced outdoor instructor and has supported and assisted our instructors in their skill developement. He has led our training and competency pathway and has been a valuable member of our staff. We are now advertising for a new Training and Education Manager. Please follow this link to see the job description.

Recently we had an OutdoorsMark Audit - here is an overview of what was written by auditor Stu Allan...

"OPC GBI runs a model operation: instructors are trained and assessed well, they’re clear on the framework they may work in, the Activity Management Plans are functioning very well, and there’s clear and close overview from the Centre Manager. Young, inexperienced instructors were doing an excellent job under his guidance."

Recent feedback from a school...

“The Students, Teachers and Parents have all spoken so highly of your staff and the experiences and challenges they were given; caving, tramping, over night outdoors, climbing, raft building, jumping off bridges, and for the first time for many of them, seeing and touching snow!

We have been humbled by how generous you have been towards our school. Please thank your sponsors as well and let them know from us what a difference you have made in young peoples lives at our school.

I will certainly be singing the praises of your organisation with our colleagues and we hope to continue our relationship into the future.”

Wayne Leighton

Principal

Royal Road School

Congratulations to this year's winners of the Youthtown Get2Go Challenge Grand Final 2011! Way to go Whangarei Boys' High School and Whangarei Girls' High School! View the final results here!

OPC, with its fantastic locations and amazing instructors, offers an exciting, full on, action packed learning experience while arming you with new strengths and skills in which to grab life with both hands and discover just how awesome you are. Our activities include kayaking, rafting, rock climbing, abseiling, mountaineering, high ropes course, coasteering, over night adventures and many more all targeted to your specific skill base.

We have a wide range of courses in outdoor education (including NCEA & Unit Standard assessment programmes) and adventure across the entire community, from Intermediate and Secondary school students to New Zealands leading corporates and business people, we will challenge you and let you see you are more than you believe.

Check out our individual programmes for students which run throughout the holidays, give

your kids a unique challenge where they will discover who they can be, explore and develop their leadership potential and learn how to make a difference. We also provide high performance sports teams with courses that focus on their development as players, leaders and team members. And investigate the huge scope and benefit that comes from hauling your team out of the board room.