Outdoorsy NZ can inject some outdoorsy action into your corporate health and wellbeing program. These days, we lead increasingly technological lives. It’s becoming critical to counterbalance the digital overload with quality time outdoors. If you would like the women in your team to have an outdoor adventure, take part in a conservation project or outdoorsy community initiative, or simply soak in a rejuvenating nature workshop, Outdoorsy NZ can help. The benefits are unlimited, and can include: happier, healthier workplaces thriving, nurtured teams confident decision-making increas ..read more

Welcome to Outdoorsy NZ! We help mums to fit more of the outdoors in, so that they feel adventurous, raise outdoorsy kids, and develop an energetic, happy sense of well-being. Hi, I’m Michelle, outdoorsy mama to two exuberant young boys. I understand how easy it is to lose your ‘outdoorsy mojo’ after having children. If you want more adventure in your life, and the confidence to revel in it both with and without your kids, then you’ll LOVE our supportive, fun community. HOW WE DO IT: FREE Facebook group, The Outdoorsy Mama – tips, advice, inspiration and local knowledge fro ..read more

There’s a remarkable amount of energy created when you fill an auditorium with like-minded people. Now, if only we could harness THAT and use it for carbon credits! Recently I attended Forest & Bird’s national conference held at Te Papa, in Wellington. I never need an excuse to visit the coolest little capital in the world – it’s a very inspiring place. A typically gentle Wellington zephyr carried me into the atrium, coat-tails flying and hair tangled around my face. I felt like I had sailed into a sea of grey – more than one of the presenters throughout the day jokingly commented o ..read more

The Pinnacles hut, located near Thames in the Coromandel Forest Park, is a great hut to visit with children in tow. Sleeping 80 people in two large, airy bunkrooms, it is the largest Department of Conservation hut in the country. There is a full time hut warden – so you can be sure that the hut will be clean and tidy, well-maintained, rodent free (?!) and that other hut users will not be partying all night keeping you awake – these are all fairly major considerations when you are taking your children tramping to a hut, and you want the experience to be a positive one… The other g ..read more

The Spirited Women – All Women’s Adventure Race is an awesome event held in NZ every year. Teams of four women navigate their way around a secret course in a stunning location, on foot, by mountain bike, kayaking, and a couple of ‘mystery’ activities are usually thrown into the mix as well! All past competitors agree that it is superbly well-organised. The emphasis is on fun and friendship; and with three course lengths to choose from (short, medium, and long) there is something to suit all abilities. Read about Colette Baker’s experience – will we see you there next year?! Outdoors ..read more