Saturday 22 September 1.00pm

How to book your optional activities:

After you have selected your conference ticket, follow one of the links below to book an optional activity. Each delegate who has purchased a conference ticket is entitled to attend one optional activity for free.

Partners should be booked AFTER you have booked your activity. Partner optional activity tickets are $160 each, $165 for casual dinner and $190 for formal dinner.  Please click here to book dinner and activities tickets for partners.

Click to download a flyer detailing all optional activity information

Canopy Tour

Click here to book Canopy Tours-Zip-line

 

FULLY BOOKED - No longer available! Canopy Tours - Zip-line through native forest

Zip-line through the wonderful native trees of Mamaku Forest taking in an awesome mix of ecology and adventure. This zip-line adventure activity is the experience of a lifetime. It’s a magnificent environment where you visit a long forgotten ancient New Zealand forest just like the whole of New Zealand once was. But we have a very fun way of moving through it – a low impact mode of transport to get you high in the ancient canopy!

Special requirements: Comfortable walking clothes and closed toe footwear.
Note: Max weight of 120kg.
Equipment provided: All necessary equipment will be provided.
Ability Level Grade 3: Medium Difficulty – Moderate level of fitness required (should be able to walk medium distances). Activities may take place on uneven terrain or have an element of easy adventure.

Click here to book Mountain Biking

 

Mountain Biking -  Whakarewarewa forest, guided cycling for all levels of experience

Mountain bike through one of the best trail networks in the world. With over 130km of tracks to choose from, your guides will take you on the trails that are best suited to your ability. Join the only company that is accredited under the Adventure Activity Regulations as well as concessioned for both the Rotorua Lakes Council and DOC to guide mountain biking, Mountain Bike Rotorua.

Special requirements: Shorts, t-shirt, light rain jacket and sneakers.
Equipment provided: Helmet and bike.
Grade Level 2-4 Grade 2 - Easy: Relaxed activity - No significant fitness required.  No serious obstacles.
Grade 3 - Medium Difficulty: Moderate level of fitness required (should be able to walk medium distances). Activities may take place on uneven terrain or have an element of easy adventure.
Grade 4 - Difficult: Should be able to be active for longer periods of time. Activities will likely be adventurous and involve uneven terrain, heights and/or obstacles that require skilled maneuvering.
 

Click here to book White Water Rafting

 

White Water Rafting - Kaituna River (Ability Level Grade 5)

This tour takes on three waterfalls, including the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world. You will be paddling through the pristine heart of the best rafting region in New Zealand – Okere, Rotorua. Set amongst the sub-tropical rainforest this spectacular 2.0 - 2.5 hour experience provides all the gear you need, initial training and around 50mins on the water. Enjoy a thrilling mix of dropping down three waterfalls, pushing through 14 rushing rapids and paddling through calm waters of recovery where you can look back in awe at what you have achieved.  The Kaituna Waterfall Experience is suitable for nature lovers to adventurous first timers and total thrill seekers.
The area is steeped in Māori history and you will learn about the history and caves used as the burial ground for Chief Tutea – hence the naming of the mighty waterfall, the Tutea Falls.

Special requirements: Bathing costume, towel and warm clothes for afterwards.
Equipment provided: Wetsuit, booties, fleece, jackets and safety gear.
Grade 5 - Very Difficult - Much like Grade 4 except risks and consequences are higher. Should be able to be active for longer periods of time. Activities will likely be adventurous and involve uneven terrain, heights and/or obstacles that require skilled maneuvering.
 

Click here to book Monster Truck/Skeet Shooting/Go Karting

 

Monster Truck/Skeet Shooting/Go Karting

Off Road NZ is located on a beautiful NZ native bush-clad property on the Mamaku Plateau, just 20 minutes north of Rotorua City. The rugged, formerly volcanic landscape offers diverse terrain for 4WD vehicles.  Be thrilled by the Monster 4X4’s unique 4-wheel steering mechanism, which helps to power through New Zealand native bush, up and down near-vertical slopes tackling the ‘Widow Maker’ and the ‘Loggers Long Drop’.  Challenge yourself with the more sedate clay bird shooting, then speed your way around the internationally recognised course at Off Road NZ with Raceline Karting's state-of-the-art karts that can hit 100km per hour on the 150m straight.

Special requirements: Comfortable closed in walking shoes, warm clothes and rain gear.
Equipment provided: Wet weather gear for Monster Truck (if needed), race suits for karting.
Grade 2 - Easy: Relaxed activity - No significant fitness required.  No serious obstacles.

Click here to book Redwoods treewalk and Geysers

 

Redwoods treewalk and Geysers

Redwoods Treewalk is a 600-metre long, eco-tourism walk in the heart of Rotorua’s Redwood Forest. Consisting of a series of 23 suspension bridges, traversing 22 majestic Redwood trees that are more than 117-years-old. The height of the walkway ranges between 6 m and 20 m, including glass viewing panels allowing an elevated view of the forest below.  This option replaces the Kiwi experience at Rainbow Springs which is unfortunately being refurbished in September 2018.  
Then travel to Te Puia, the Centre for New Zealand's Māori Culture and Geothermal Wonders (venue for Saturday evening’s formal dinner) for a private hosting through the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, explore the Te Whakarewarewa geothermal valley and enjoy steamed canapes and bubbles at the Pohutu Marquee.

Special requirements: Comfortable walking shoes, warm clothes and rain gear. 
Grade 3 - Medium Difficulty: Moderate level of fitness required (should be able to walk medium distances). Activities may take place on uneven terrain or have an element of easy adventure.

Click here to book  workshorkshop

 

Workshop on Goals & Flourishing

One of the most common misconceptions about goal-setting is that success drives well-being, even though research conclusively shows that people only succeed with their goals after they are flourishing first.  

In this workshop, Caroline Adams Miller will share some of the most important findings from Positive Psychology about what "wise interventions" are most likely to create well-being and how people can maximize their ability to flourish, including the identification and use of character strengths.  Caroline will help participants understand how to use their own strengths effectively to succeed with their goals, including how the overuse and underuse of those same strengths can become weaknesses.

Caroline will also unpack goal-setting theory to help participants understand why SMART goals might not actually be very smart, and how to create an effective plan of action that will include how to identify positive relationships, why one's environment can help or hurt goal pursuit, and how the creation of a resilient mindset can make a difference.