Student Leadership Teams 2026

Our Student Leadership Team applications opened in February and we were amazed to have over 130 students apply to join the team!

These students were put into 4 teams, Lower primary, Upper primary, Intermediate and Senior (high school). Each age group is offered different opportunities during the year. We started off with sessions with each team to get to know the students. They played a BINGO game to learn about each other, then a role play game to learn about the history of biodiversity in Aotearoa. It helped them to understand why we do what we do, planting native trees and trapping predators.

When we heard that Blake was going to be in town with their amazing VR session all about looking after our marine and freshwater environment, we asked them to do a session for our student leaders. 35 lucky students got to take part in this immersive experience.

We took 20 lucky intermediate and high school students to camp at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. You can read all about this amazing camp here.