Kaitiaki Leadership (End of Year Programme) 

Connect to nature while developing your outdoor adventure skills in our local national parks, learning about conservation and biodiversity management to protect these taonga.

These 9 day residential programmes offer Level 3 credits and give students the opportunity to extend their skills and passions through focused and challenging programmes in the outdoors. If you’re looking for a challenge in the outdoors and want to follow your environmental passion, these programmes may be for you.

The Kaitiaki Leadership Programme will build adventure skills and conservation knowledge, from both Western and te āo Māori perspectives, across 9 days of multi-activity expeditions. A focus of this programme will be on conservation and kaitiakitanga, including
predator trapping and control. Activities will include the opportunity to contribute to existing conservation projects which allow students to develop an understanding of environmental management practices and the technical and personal skills required to effectively participate in field-based environmental programmes. Students will explore the wilderness of Te Tauihu – Top of the South Island, a perfect platform to build up conservation awareness and an understanding of kaitiakitanga principles in environmental management of these sites.*

Students will have the opportunity to complete 13 credits at Level 3.

As these courses require students to operate in the outdoors at a high level, it is recommended that students are reasonably independent in their approach to learning, have an ability to self-manage and have a high level of interest in the outdoors and conservation.

The alternative 9 day programme available is Adventure Skills Development.

• Prepare and use traps to control rural pest animals.
• Contribute withing a team or group which has an objective